CONTROL SYSTEM, OPERATION DETERMINING APPARATUS, DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM

• US 20180241582A1
• Filed: 09/29/2016
• Published: 08/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: NISHIMURA, HIDEKI, NAKAZAWA, MASAYUKI, YAMASHITA, SHINGO, YAJIMA, SHUNSUKE
• Application Number:
  US15/752,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20180241582A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2823 Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2832 Interconnection of the control functionalities between home networks single bridge functionality H04L12/4625
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators

Abstract

A storage unit (M12) stores correspondence information in which at least two pieces of information among environment information, person information, and the device information detected by at least one of a plurality of devices (U1-n) and external information provided by an external device and autonomous operation information including operation information of the plurality of devices and notification information representing notification using a sound, a light, or an image of the plurality of devices are associated with each other. A control unit (M11) acquires the at least two pieces of information. The control unit (M11) determines the autonomous operation information based on the correspondence information and the at least two pieces of information. An input/output unit (U13-n) executes a notification, which is a notification corresponding to an operation based on the operation information, using a sound, a light, or an image in accordance with the notification information based on the autonomous operation information determined by the control unit (M11).

Claims

1. A control system comprising:

a storage unit that stores correspondence information in which at least two pieces of information among environment information, person information, and the device information detected by at least one of a plurality of devices and external information provided by an external device and autonomous operation information including operation information of the plurality of devices and notification information representing notification using a sound, a light, or an image of the plurality of devices are associated with each other;

an information acquiring unit that acquires the at least two pieces of information;

a determination unit that determines the autonomous operation information based on the correspondence information and the at least two pieces of information acquired by the information acquiring unit; and

an output unit that executes a notification, which is a notification corresponding to an operation based on the operation information, using a sound, a light, or an image in accordance with the notification information based on the autonomous operation information determined by the determination unit.

2. The control system according to claim 1,

wherein the autonomous operation information further includes identification information of the plurality of devices,

wherein the determination unit determines one piece of the identification information of the plurality of devices based on the correspondence information and the at least two pieces of information acquired by the information acquiring unit, and

wherein a device represented by the one piece of the identification information of the plurality of devices determined by the determination unit includes the output unit, and the output unit executes the notification.

3. The control system according to claim 2,

wherein the storage unit stores the at least two pieces of information and the identification information of the plurality of devices in association with each other as the correspondence information,

wherein the determination unit determines a plurality of pieces of the identification information of the plurality of devices based on the correspondence information and the at least two pieces of information acquired by the information acquiring unit, and

wherein a plurality of devices represented by the plurality of pieces of the identification information of the plurality of devices determined by the determination unit include the output units, and the output units execute different notifications.

4. The control system according to claim 1, the control system further comprising:

a direction input unit that inputs a direction from a user; and

an update unit that updates the correspondence information based on the direction input to the direction input unit after the output unit executes the notification.

5. The control system according to claim 1, the control system further comprising:

a communication unit that transmits the correspondence information for a target device to the target device executing an operation,

wherein the target device includes the determination unit, and

wherein the determination unit determines the autonomous operation information based on the correspondence information transmitted by the communication unit and the at least two pieces of information acquired by the information acquiring unit.

6. An operation determining apparatus comprising:

an information acquiring unit that reads correspondence information in which at least two pieces of information among environment information, person information, and the device information detected by at least one of a plurality of devices and external information provided by an external device and autonomous operation information including operation information of the plurality of devices and notification information representing notification using a sound, a light, or an image of the plurality of devices are associated with each other from a storage unit and acquires the at least two pieces of information; and

a determination unit that determines the autonomous operation information based on the correspondence information and the at least two pieces of information acquired by the information acquiring unit.

7. A device comprising:

an operation unit that exerts a function of its own device;

a direction input unit that inputs a direction from a user;

a communication unit that receives autonomous operation information, which is autonomous operation information based on environment information, person information, or device information detected by another device, including notification information corresponding to an operation of its own device; and

an output unit that executes a notification, which is a notification corresponding to the operation of its own device, using a sound, a light, or an image in accordance with the notification information based on the autonomous operation information.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the communication unit transmits environment information, person information, or device information detected by its own device.

9. A control method comprising:

reading correspondence information in which at least two pieces of information among environment information, person information, and the device information detected by at least one of a plurality of devices and external information provided by an external device and autonomous operation information including operation information of the plurality of devices and notification information representing notification using a sound, a light, or an image of the plurality of devices are associated with each other from a storage unit and acquiring the at least two pieces of information using an information acquiring unit;

determining the autonomous operation information based on the correspondence information and the at least two pieces of information acquired using a determination unit; and

executing a notification, which is a notification corresponding to an operation based on the operation information, using a sound, a light, or an image in accordance with the notification information based on the autonomous operation information determined using an output unit.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium in which a computer program is stored, the control program causing a computer of one or a plurality of apparatuses included in a control system to execute:

reading correspondence information in which at least two pieces of information among environment information, person information, and the device information detected by at least one of a plurality of devices and external information provided by an external device and autonomous operation information including operation information of the plurality of devices and notification information representing notification using a sound, a light, or an image of the plurality of devices are associated with each other from a storage unit and acquiring the at least two pieces of information;

determining the autonomous operation information based on the correspondence information and the at least two pieces of information acquired; and

executing a notification, which is a notification corresponding to an operation based on the operation information, using a sound, a light, or an image in accordance with the notification information based on the autonomous operation information determined.