IP Library Patent Application 15267158
Patent Application
App. No. 15/267,158

CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

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15/267,158
Abstract

A control method for a controller connected to a first appliance includes: accepting a first request for causing the first appliance to execute a first service, the first appliance being disposed in a first space; transmitting a first command to execute the first service to the first appliance; acquiring first information indicative of an environment state of the first space; and determining whether or not the environment state satisfies a termination condition of the first service based on a correspondence between the first service and the termination condition and the first information, when it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition, a second request for causing the first appliance to execute a second service different from the first service is not accepted, and a second command to execute the second service is not transmitted to the first appliance.

Claims (82)

1 . A control method for a controller connected to a first appliance, the control method comprising:

accepting a first request for causing the first appliance to execute a first service, the first appliance being disposed in a first space;

transmitting a first command to execute the first service to the first appliance;

acquiring first information indicative of an environment state of the first space; and

determining whether or not the environment state satisfies a termination condition of the first service based on a correspondence between the first service and the termination condition of the first service and the first information, wherein

when it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition of the first service, a second request for causing the first appliance to execute a second service different from the first service is not accepted, and a second command to execute the second service is not transmitted to the first appliance.

2 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information includes a temperature value, a humidity value, or an illuminance value of the first space.

3 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

when it is determined that the environment state satisfies the termination condition of the first service, the second request is accepted, and the second command to execute the second service is transmitted to the first appliance.

4 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first appliance is disposed at a first position in the first space,

the first information indicates the environment state at the first position, and

the first information is acquired from the first appliance.

5 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is further connected to a second appliance different from the first appliance,

the second appliance is disposed at a second position in the first space,

the first information indicates the environment state at the second position, and

the first information is acquired from the second appliance.

6 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information includes a parameter that is the same as a parameter changed when the first appliance executes the first service.

7 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information is expressed by a parameter that is different from a parameter changed when the first appliance executes the first service.

8 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information includes a numeric value corresponding to the environment state, and

it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition of the first service when the numeric value is not within a predetermined range.

9 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information includes a numeric value indicative of an amount of change of the environment state from transmission of the first command to the first appliance to a current time, and

it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition of the first service when the amount of change is not within a predetermined range.

10 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is further connected to a second appliance different from the first appliance,

the first appliance is disposed at a first position in the first space,

the second appliance is disposed at a second position in the first space,

the first information includes second information indicative of a first environment state at the first position and third information indicative of a second environment state at the second position,

the second information is acquired from the first appliance,

the third information is acquired from the second appliance, and

it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition of the first service in a case where the first environment state and the second environment state do not satisfy a predetermined condition.

11 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is further connected to a second appliance different from the first appliance;

the first appliance is disposed at a first position in the first space,

the second appliance is disposed at a second position in the first space,

the first information includes second information indicative of a first environment state at the first position and third information indicative of a second environment state at the second position,

the second information is acquired from the first appliance,

the third information is acquired from the second appliance, and

it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition of the first service when at least one of the first environment state and the second environment state does not satisfy a predetermined condition.

12 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is further connected to a second appliance different from the first appliance,

the first appliance is disposed at a first position in the first space,

the second appliance is disposed at a second position in the first space,

the first information includes second information indicative of a first environment state at the first position and third information indicative of a second environment state at the second position,

the second information is acquired from the first appliance,

the third information is acquired from the second appliance,

the first environment state is a first value,

the second environment state is a second value, and

it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition of the first service in a case where an average of the first value and the second value does not satisfy a predetermined condition.

13 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first space is a closed space.

14 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information indicates an elapsed period from transmission of the first command to a current time, and

it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition of the first service when the elapsed period is not within a predetermined range.

15 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information indicates an elapsed period from a timing at which the first appliance reaches a predetermined state after transmission of the first command to a current time, and

it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition of the first service when the elapsed period is not within a predetermined range.

16 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller includes a memory, and

the correspondence is stored in the memory.

17 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the correspondence is included in the first request.

18 . The control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the correspondence is input to the controller by a user of the first appliance.

19 . A control device connected to a first appliance, the control device comprising:

an input that accepts a first request for causing the first appliance to execute a first service, the first appliance being disposed in a first space;

a transmitter that transmits a first command to execute the first service to the first appliance;

a processor that acquires first information indicative of an environment state of the first space, and

determines whether or not the environment state satisfies a termination condition of the first service based on a correspondence between the first service and the termination condition of the first service and the first information, wherein

when it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition of the first service, a second request for causing the first appliance to execute a second service different from the first service is not accepted, and a second command to execute the second service is not transmitted to the first appliance.

20 . A recording medium storing a program for causing a processor to execute processes including:

accepting a first request for causing the first appliance to execute a first service, the first appliance being disposed in a first space;

transmitting a first command to execute the first service to the first appliance;

acquiring first information indicative of an environment state of the first space; and

determining whether or not the environment state satisfies a termination condition of the first service based on a correspondence between the first service and the termination condition of the first service and the first information, wherein

when it is determined that the environment state does not satisfy the termination condition of the first service, a second request for causing the first appliance to execute a second service different from the first service is not accepted, and a second command to execute the second service is not transmitted to the first appliance.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2018
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: SOVEREIGN PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 048268/0916 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2017
From: NAKATSUKASA, KUNIO; NAKAMURA, TOMONORI; ISHIKAWA, HIROO; KOU, SHIKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041036/0181 →