Control apparatus, control method, control program and network system
AssigneePioneer Corporation
InventorKinya Ono
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Abstract
A control device applies an exclusive control to all controlled devices associated with a control sequence in executing the control sequence requiring a plurality of relevant control requests. More specifically, the control device eliminates the intervention of other control devices to the controlled devices during the period of the execution of the control sequence. This makes it possible to prevent the mismatching after the processing of the relevant control requests.
Claims17
1-15. (canceled)
A control apparatus which executes, in a network including a plurality of control apparatuses and a plurality of controlled apparatuses, a control sequence to establish connections for transmitting a plurality of associated signals between the plurality of controlled apparatuses, the apparatus comprising:
- an exclusive control setting unit which sets an exclusive control to all of the controlled apparatuses related to the control sequence to exclude intervention by other control apparatus, prior to an execution of the control sequence;
- a control sequence executing unit which controls the plurality of controlled apparatuses to which the exclusive control is set, and establishes all of the connections for transmitting the plurality of associated signals between the plurality of controlled apparatuses;
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- an exclusive control releasing unit which releases all of the exclusive controls set by the exclusive control setting unit after all of the connections are established.
The control apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the order setting unit sets the order such that the order of the receiving apparatus is prior to the order of the transmitting apparatus.
A control method executed by a control apparatus which executes, in a network including a plurality of control apparatuses and a plurality of controlled apparatuses, a control sequence to establish connections for transmitting a plurality of associated signals between the plurality of controlled apparatuses, the method comprising:
- an exclusive control setting process which sets an exclusive control to all of the controlled apparatuses related to the control sequence to exclude intervention by other control apparatus, prior to an execution of the control sequence;
- a control sequence executing process which controls the plurality of controlled apparatuses to which the exclusive control is set, and establishes all of the connections for transmitting the plurality of associated signals between the plurality of controlled apparatuses;
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- an exclusive control releasing process which releases all of the exclusive controls set by the exclusive control setting unit after all of the connections are established.
A control program executed by a control apparatus which executes, in a network including a plurality of control apparatuses and a plurality of controlled apparatuses, a control sequence to establish connections for transmitting a plurality of associated signals between the plurality of controlled apparatuses, the program makes the control apparatus to function as:
- an exclusive control setting unit which sets an exclusive control to all of the controlled apparatuses related to the control sequence to exclude intervention by other control apparatus, prior to an execution of the control sequence;
- a control sequence executing unit which controls the plurality of controlled apparatuses to which the exclusive control is set, and establishes all of the connections for transmitting the plurality of associated signals between the plurality of controlled apparatuses;
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- an exclusive control releasing unit which releases all of the exclusive controls set by the exclusive control setting unit after all of the connections are established.
A network system comprising:
- a plurality of control apparatuses and a plurality of controlled apparatuses connected to communicate with each other via a network;
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- a control apparatus which executes, to the plurality of controlled apparatuses, a control sequence to establish connections for transmitting a plurality of associated signals between the plurality of controlled apparatuses,
- wherein the control apparatus comprises:
- an exclusive control setting unit which sets an exclusive control to all of the controlled apparatuses related to the control sequence to exclude intervention by other control apparatus, prior to an execution of the control sequence;
- a control sequence executing unit which controls the plurality of controlled apparatuses to which the exclusive control is set, and establishes all of the connections for transmitting the plurality of associated signals between the plurality of controlled apparatuses;
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- an exclusive control releasing unit which releases all of the exclusive controls set by the exclusive control setting unit after all of the connections are established.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.