US 2004/0002779 A1 · Home electrical appliance control device, control method, control program and home electrical appliance

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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Dependent claims

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.

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.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Home electrical appliance control device, control method, control program and home electrical appliance

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Home electrical appliance control device, control method, control program and home electrical appliance

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