Home electrical appliance control device, control method, control program and home electrical appliance
First Claim
1. A home electrical appliance control device that controls a home electrical appliance connected via a communication line, said control device comprising:
- a memory section for storing a function table for mapping function identifiers, which identify function types allocated to functions of the home electrical appliance based solely on said functions regardless of kinds of the home electrical appliances, with attributes of the functions; and
a control section for controlling the home electrical appliance via the communication line on the basis of said function table.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a control device and the like that controls home electrical appliances via a communication line by using function codes which are set without being specialized for specific home electrical appliances. This object is achieved by a home electrical appliance control device that controls a home electrical appliance connected via a communication line, comprising: a memory section for storing a function table for mapping function identifiers, which identify function types allocated with the focus on the function itself to functions with which the home electrical appliance is equipped, with attributes of the functions; and a control section for controlling the home electrical appliance via the communication line on the basis of the function table.
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1. A home electrical appliance control device that controls a home electrical appliance connected via a communication line, said control device comprising:
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a memory section for storing a function table for mapping function identifiers, which identify function types allocated to functions of the home electrical appliance based solely on said functions regardless of kinds of the home electrical appliances, with attributes of the functions; and
a control section for controlling the home electrical appliance via the communication line on the basis of said function table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A control method for a control device for controlling a home electrical appliance connected via a communication line,
wherein the control device performs the steps comprising: -
holding a function table, which includes function identifiers that permit the control device and the home electrical appliance to commonly identify the types of functions with which the home electrical appliance is equipped, and attribute information for the functions; and
built-in function information tables, which include built-in function information that indicates the functions built into each home electrical appliance and identification information that identifies the home electrical appliance;
specifying the function identifier of a certain function which is the control target from the function table; and
specifying home electrical appliance identification information that includes the specified function identifier, from the built-in function information tables. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A control program for a control device for controlling a home electrical appliance connected via a communication line, wherein the control program causes the control device to perform the steps of:
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holding a function table, which includes function identifiers that permit the control device and the home electrical appliance to commonly identify the types of functions with which the home electrical appliance is equipped, and attribute information for the functions; and
built-in function information tables, which include built-in function information that indicates the functions built into each home electrical appliance and identification information that identifies the home electrical appliance;
specifying the function identifier of a certain function which is the control target from the function table; and
specifying home electrical appliance identification information that includes the specified function identifier, from the built-in function information tables.
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11. A home electrical appliance that is connected via a communication line to a control device, comprising:
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a memory section for storing a built-in function table which is constituted by selecting a combination of function identifier and attributes in accordance with the functions of the home electrical appliance from a function table for mapping function identifiers that permit the control device and the home electrical appliance to commonly identify the function types allocated, based solely on the functions, to functions of the home electrical appliance regardless of kinds of the home electrical appliances, with attributes of the functions; and
a transmission section for transmitting a built-in function notice that includes a function identifier on the basis of the built-in function table, and access information that indicates the ability of the control device to control the function which corresponds to the function identifier, to the control device via the communication line.
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