Method for controlling information apparatus and computer-readable recording medium
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1. A method for controlling an information apparatus, the information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, a plurality of target devices being controlled over the network,the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to:
- display, on the display, a display screen representing a floor plan of one floor including a plurality of rooms;
display a plurality of device icons, representing the plurality of target devices on the display screen, the plurality of target devices including specific target devices, each of the specific target devices operating according to a corresponding set content and having a memory that stores the corresponding set content when power has been previously turned off, the plurality of device icons including a first device icon representing the specific target devices and being used in common to control the specific target devices of an identical device type, installed in at least two rooms of the plurality of rooms included in the floor plan, the first device icon being displayed in one of the at least two rooms of the floor plan;
when it is sensed that the first device icon, displayed in one of the at least two rooms of the floor plan, is selected on the display screen by a user,erase the first device icon from the floor plan,display the at least two rooms, in which the specific target devices are installed, distinguishable from a rest of the plurality of rooms, in which the specific target devices are not installed, andstart sensing whether or not a display region in a first room of the at least two rooms included in the floor plan is selected by the user; and
when it is sensed that the first room is selected by the user after it is sensed that the first device icon is selected by the user and the first device icon is erased from the floor plan,output, to the network, a first on-off control command that controls an on-off state of power of a first specific target device, of the specific target devices represented by the selected first device icon, installed in the selected first room.
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Abstract
A control method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display a display screen representing a floor plan including at least two or more rooms; display each device icon representing each of one or more target devices on the display screen, the one or more target devices including a specific target device that stores a set content when power has been previously turned off, the device icon representing the specific target device being used in common in one or more rooms; and when selection of the device icon representing the specific target device is sensed and selection of any region in a first room is sensed after the selection of the device icon representing the specific target device is sensed, output a first on-off control command for controlling an on-off state of power of the specific target device corresponding to the first room.
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1. A method for controlling an information apparatus, the information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, a plurality of target devices being controlled over the network,
the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to: -
display, on the display, a display screen representing a floor plan of one floor including a plurality of rooms; display a plurality of device icons, representing the plurality of target devices on the display screen, the plurality of target devices including specific target devices, each of the specific target devices operating according to a corresponding set content and having a memory that stores the corresponding set content when power has been previously turned off, the plurality of device icons including a first device icon representing the specific target devices and being used in common to control the specific target devices of an identical device type, installed in at least two rooms of the plurality of rooms included in the floor plan, the first device icon being displayed in one of the at least two rooms of the floor plan; when it is sensed that the first device icon, displayed in one of the at least two rooms of the floor plan, is selected on the display screen by a user, erase the first device icon from the floor plan, display the at least two rooms, in which the specific target devices are installed, distinguishable from a rest of the plurality of rooms, in which the specific target devices are not installed, and start sensing whether or not a display region in a first room of the at least two rooms included in the floor plan is selected by the user; and when it is sensed that the first room is selected by the user after it is sensed that the first device icon is selected by the user and the first device icon is erased from the floor plan, output, to the network, a first on-off control command that controls an on-off state of power of a first specific target device, of the specific target devices represented by the selected first device icon, installed in the selected first room. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores a program to be executed by an information apparatus, the information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, a plurality of target devices being controlled over the network,
the program causing a computer of the information apparatus to: -
display, on the display, a display screen representing a floor plan of one floor including a plurality of rooms; display a plurality of device icons, representing the plurality of target devices on the display screen, the plurality of target devices including specific target devices, each of the specific target devices operating according to a corresponding a set content and having a memory that stores the corresponding set content when power has been previously turned off, the plurality of device icons including a first device icon representing the specific target devices and being used in common to control the specific target devices of an identical device type, installed in at least two rooms of the plurality of rooms included in the floor plan, the first device icon being displayed in one of the at least two rooms of the floor plan; when it is sensed that the first device icon, displayed in one of the at least two rooms of the floor plan, is selected on the display screen by a user, erase the first device icon from the floor plan, display the at least two rooms, in which the specific target devices are installed, distinguishable from a rest of the plurality of rooms, in which the specific target devices are not installed, and start sensing whether or not a display region in a first room of the at least two rooms included in the floor plan is selected by the user; and when it is sensed that the first room is selected by the user after it is sensed that the first device icon is selected by the user and the first device icon is erased from the floor plan, output, to the network, a first on-off control command that controls an on-off state of power of a first specific target device, of the specific target devices represented by the selected first device icon, installed in the selected first room.
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Current AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
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Original AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
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InventorsSasaki, Takamitsu, Tahara, Kohei
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Primary Examiner(s)Augustine, Nicholas
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Application NumberUS14/487,438Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,449 DaysField of SearchUS Class CurrentCPC Class CodesG06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or vi...G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of s...G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific...G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed obje...G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to c...G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or dig...H04L 12/2803 Home automation networksH04L 12/282 based on user interaction w...H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapte...H04L 67/025 for remote control or remot...H05B 47/175 by remote controlH05B 47/18 via data-bus transmission
