Control method for information apparatus and computer-readable recording medium
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
InventorsTakamitsu SASAKI, Minehisa NAGATA
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Abstract
In the case where selection of a device icon that represents an air conditioner and that is displayed in a region corresponding to one room on a floor plan is sensed in the region corresponding to the one room, an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon is displayed. In the case where a temperature is set on the basis of an operation of the operation screen, a control command for setting to the air conditioner the set temperature is output to the network, and information related to an operation state of the air conditioner is displayed in the region corresponding to the one room based on the operation of the operation screen.
Claims12
A method for controlling an information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, over which one or more target devices are controlled,
- the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to:
- display a display screen representing a floor plan on the display;
- display each device icon representing each of the one or more target devices on the display screen representing the floor plan, the one or more target devices including an air conditioner;
- in the case where selection of a device icon that represents the air conditioner and that is displayed in a region corresponding to one room on the floor plan is sensed in the region corresponding to the one room, display on the display screen an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon, on the outside of the region corresponding to the one room;
- in the case where a temperature is set on the basis of an operation of the operation screen, output to the network a control command for setting to the air conditioner the set temperature;
- and
- display information related to an operation state of the air conditioner based on the operation of the operation screen in the region corresponding to the one room.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores a program to be executed in an information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, over which one or more target devices are controlled,
- the program causing a computer of the information apparatus to:
- display a display screen representing a floor plan on the display;
- display each device icon representing each of the one or more target devices on the display screen representing the floor plan, the one or more target devices including an air conditioner;
- in the case where selection of a device icon that represents the air conditioner and that is displayed in a region corresponding to one room on the floor plan is sensed in the region corresponding to the one room, display on the display screen an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon, on the outside of the region corresponding to the one room;
- in the case where a temperature is set on the basis of an operation of the operation screen, output to the network a control command for setting to the air conditioner the set temperature;
- and
- display information related to an operation state of the air conditioner based on the operation of the operation screen in the region corresponding to the one room.
A method for controlling an information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, over which one or more target devices are controlled,
- the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to:
- display a display screen representing a floor plan on the display;
- display each device icon representing each of the one or more target devices on the display screen representing the floor plan, the one or more target devices including an air conditioner;
- in the case where selection of a device icon that represents the air conditioner and that is displayed in a region corresponding to one room on the floor plan is sensed in the region corresponding to the one room, display on the display screen an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon, at a position overlapping a boundary line of the region corresponding to the one room;
- in the case where a temperature is set on the basis of an operation of the operation screen, output to the network a control command for setting to the air conditioner the set temperature;
- and
- display information related to an operation state of the air conditioner based on the operation of the operation screen in the region corresponding to the one room.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores a program to be executed in an information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, over which one or more target devices are controlled,
- the program causing a computer of the information apparatus to:
- display a display screen representing a floor plan on the display;
- display each device icon representing each of the one or more target devices on the display screen representing the floor plan, the one or more target devices including an air conditioner;
- in the case where selection of a device icon that represents the air conditioner and that is displayed in a region corresponding to one room on the floor plan is sensed in the region corresponding to the one room, display on the display screen an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon, at a position overlapping a boundary line of the region corresponding to one room as overlapped on a display region of the display screen;
- in the case where a temperature is set on the basis of an operation of the operation screen, output to the network a control command for setting to the air conditioner the set temperature;
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- display information related to an operation state of the air conditioner based on the operation of the operation screen in the region corresponding to the one room.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.