APPLIANCE CONTROL METHOD, APPLIANCE CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SERVER, AND CONTROL TERMINAL
First Claim
1. An appliance control method for controlling a target appliance located in a building to disguise the number of people in the building, the appliance control method comprising:
- obtaining an operation history of the target appliance;
determining a change in the number of people in the building;
creating, based on the operation history and the change in the number of people in the building, control patterns each of which is for controlling the target appliance and corresponds to a different one of the numbers of people including the number of people;
selecting, from among the created control patterns each of which corresponds to a different one of the numbers of the people, a control pattern which corresponds to the predetermined virtual number of people; and
controlling the target appliance according to the selected control pattern.
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Abstract
An appliance control method is for controlling a target appliance located in a building to disguise the number of people in the building. The method includes: obtaining an operation history of the target appliance (S101); determining a change in the number of people in the building (S102); creating, based on the operation history and the change in the number of people in the building, control patterns each of which is for controlling the target appliance and corresponds to a different one of the numbers of people including the number of people (S103); selecting, from among the created control patterns each of which corresponds to a different one of the numbers of the people, a control pattern which corresponds to the predetermined virtual number of people (S111); and controlling the target appliance according to the selected control pattern (S112).
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16 Claims
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1. An appliance control method for controlling a target appliance located in a building to disguise the number of people in the building, the appliance control method comprising:
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obtaining an operation history of the target appliance; determining a change in the number of people in the building; creating, based on the operation history and the change in the number of people in the building, control patterns each of which is for controlling the target appliance and corresponds to a different one of the numbers of people including the number of people; selecting, from among the created control patterns each of which corresponds to a different one of the numbers of the people, a control pattern which corresponds to the predetermined virtual number of people; and controlling the target appliance according to the selected control pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16)
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12. An appliance control apparatus which controls a target appliance located in a building to disguise the number of people in the building, the appliance control apparatus comprising:
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an operation history obtaining unit configured to obtain an operation history of the target appliance; a number-of-people determining unit configured to determine a change in the number of people in the building; a control pattern creating unit configured to create, based on the operation history and the change in the number of people in the building, control patterns each of which is for controlling the target appliance and corresponds to a different one of the numbers of people including the number of people; and a control unit configured to (i) select, from among the created control patterns each of which corresponds to a different one of the numbers of the people, a control pattern which corresponds to the predetermined virtual number of people, and (ii) control the target appliance according to the selected control pattern.
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13. A control server which transmits, to a control terminal, a control pattern for controlling a target appliance located in a building to disguise the number of people in the building, the control server comprising:
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a number-of-people determining unit configured to determine a change in the number of people in the building; a control pattern creating unit configured to create, based on an operation history of the target appliance and a change in the number of people in the building, control patterns each of which is for controlling the target appliance and corresponds to a different one of the numbers of people including the number of people; and a selecting unit configured to (i) select, from among the created control patterns each of which corresponds to a different one of the numbers of the people, a control pattern which corresponds to the predetermined virtual number of people, and (ii) transmit the selected control pattern to the control terminal. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A control terminal which controls a target appliance located in a building to disguise the number of people in the building, the control terminal comprising:
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an operation history obtaining unit configured to obtain an operation history of the target appliance and transmits the obtained operation history of the target appliance to a control server; and a control unit configured to receive from the control server a control pattern for controlling the target appliance and control the target appliance according to the received control pattern, wherein the control server includes; a number-of-people determining unit configured to determine a change in the number of people in the building; a control pattern creating unit configured to create, based on an operation history of the target appliance and a change in the number of people in the building, control patterns each of which is for controlling the target appliance and corresponds to a different one of the numbers of people including the number of people; and a selecting unit configured to (i) select, from among the created control patterns each of which corresponds to a different one of the numbers of the people, a control pattern which corresponds to the predetermined virtual number of people, and (ii) transmit the selected control pattern to the control terminal.
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Specification