Control device, control method, and program
First Claim
1. A control device, said control device comprising:
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one or more microcomputers operable to;
display, on said display unit, an operation screen indicating a plurality of room regions corresponding to each of a plurality of rooms, and one or more icons corresponding to each of one or more electronic devices installed in each of said plurality of rooms;
selectively set an operation control mode of said control device based on a predetermined operation performed by an operating unit associated with said one or more electronic devices installed in each of said plurality of rooms, wherein said operation control mode of said control device is set based on a number of times a predetermined operation key of said operating unit is pressed and time duration for which said predetermined operation key of said operating unit is continuously pressed and wherein said operation control mode comprises one of;
a first operation control mode in which operation control of a particular single electronic device is performed according to a predetermined operation input, wherein said operation input is determined based on said number of times said predetermined operation key is pressed and said time duration for which said predetermined operation key is continuously pressed,a second operation control mode in which operation control common to each of said one or more electronic devices installed in a particular room of said plurality of rooms is performed according to said predetermined operation input, anda third operation control mode in which operation control common to all of said one or more electronic devices connected to a communication network is performed according to said predetermined operation input,wherein said third operation control mode is selected when said predetermined operation input is performed across two or more room regions of said plurality of room regions of said operation screen displaying said plurality of room regions without requiring an additional operation input from a user; and
transmit a control command to said one or more electronic devices according to said control mode set by said one or more microcomputers.
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Abstract
A control device, which handles a network system in which electronic devices installed in each of multiple rooms are connected via a communication network and each electronic device can perform communication via the communication network, includes: a control unit to selectively set a first control mode in which operation control according to operation input is performed as to a particular single electronic device, a second control mode in which operation control according to operation input is performed in common as to electronic devices installed in the same room, and a third control mode in which operation control according to operation input is performed in common as to electronic devices connected to the communication network, as an operation control mode according to predetermined operation input, and to generate a control command; and a transmission unit to transmit a control command that the control unit has generated according to the control mode.
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19 Claims
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1. A control device, said control device comprising:
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a display unit; and one or more microcomputers operable to; display, on said display unit, an operation screen indicating a plurality of room regions corresponding to each of a plurality of rooms, and one or more icons corresponding to each of one or more electronic devices installed in each of said plurality of rooms; selectively set an operation control mode of said control device based on a predetermined operation performed by an operating unit associated with said one or more electronic devices installed in each of said plurality of rooms, wherein said operation control mode of said control device is set based on a number of times a predetermined operation key of said operating unit is pressed and time duration for which said predetermined operation key of said operating unit is continuously pressed and wherein said operation control mode comprises one of; a first operation control mode in which operation control of a particular single electronic device is performed according to a predetermined operation input, wherein said operation input is determined based on said number of times said predetermined operation key is pressed and said time duration for which said predetermined operation key is continuously pressed, a second operation control mode in which operation control common to each of said one or more electronic devices installed in a particular room of said plurality of rooms is performed according to said predetermined operation input, and a third operation control mode in which operation control common to all of said one or more electronic devices connected to a communication network is performed according to said predetermined operation input, wherein said third operation control mode is selected when said predetermined operation input is performed across two or more room regions of said plurality of room regions of said operation screen displaying said plurality of room regions without requiring an additional operation input from a user; and transmit a control command to said one or more electronic devices according to said control mode set by said one or more microcomputers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A control method, said method comprising:
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displaying an operation screen indicating a plurality of room regions corresponding to each of a plurality of rooms, and one or more icons corresponding to each of one or more electronic devices installed in each of said plurality of rooms; selectively setting an operation control mode of a control device based on a predetermined operation performed by an operating unit associated with said one or more electronic devices installed in each of said plurality of rooms, wherein said operation control mode of said control device is selectively set based on a number of times a predetermined operation key of said operating unit is pressed and time duration for which said predetermined operation key of said operating unit is continuously pressed, and wherein said operation control mode comprises one of; a first operation control mode in which operation control of a particular single electronic device is performed according to a predetermined operation input, wherein said operation input is determined based on said number of times said predetermined operation key is pressed and said time duration for which said predetermined operation key is continuously pressed, a second operation control mode in which operation control common to a first plurality of electronic devices of said one or more electronic devices installed in a same room of said plurality of rooms is performed according to said predetermined operation input, and a third operation control mode in which operation control common to a second plurality of electronic devices connected to a communication network is performed according to said predetermined operation input, wherein said third operation control mode is selected when said predetermined operation is performed across two or more room regions of said plurality of room regions of said operation screen displaying said plurality of room regions without requiring an additional operation input from a user; and transmitting a control command to said one or more electronic devices according to said set operation control mode. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for controlling a control device, the at least one code section being executable by one or more microcomputers for causing the one or more microcomputers to:
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display an operation screen indicating a plurality of room regions corresponding to each of a plurality of rooms, and one or more icons corresponding to each of one or more electronic devices installed in each of said plurality of rooms; selectively set an operation control mode of said control device based on a predetermined operation performed by an operating unit associated with said one or more electronic devices installed in each of said plurality of rooms, wherein said operation control mode of said control device is selectively set based on a number of times a predetermined operation key of said operating unit is pressed and time duration for which said predetermined operation key of said operating unit is continuously pressed, and wherein said operation control mode comprises one of; a first operation control mode in which operation control of a particular single electronic device is performed according to a predetermined operation input, wherein said operation input is determined based on said number of times said predetermined operation key is pressed and said time duration for which said predetermined operation key is continuously pressed, a second operation control mode in which operation control common to a first plurality of electronic devices of said one or more electronic devices installed in a same room of said plurality of rooms is performed according to said predetermined operation input, and a third operation control mode in which operation control common to a second plurality of electronic devices connected to a communication network is performed according to said predetermined operation input; wherein said third operation control mode is selected when said predetermined operation is performed across two or more room regions of said plurality of room regions of said operation screen displaying said plurality of room regions without requiring an additional operation input from a user; and transmit a control command to said one or more electronic devices according to said operation control mode set by said one or more microcomputers.
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Specification