Control system, control apparatus, object apparatus, and control method
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorKazutaka NAKAMURA
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Abstract
An EMS 200 comprises a communicator 210 configured to transmit a request command requesting information indicating a state of an object apparatus 300. The communicator 210 transmits, as the request command, a command including acquisition property requesting a range of values relating to ability of the object apparatus 300 and object information indicating object content of the range.
Claims12
A control system comprising:
- an object apparatus provided in a consumer's facility;
- and
- a control apparatus configured to communicate with the object apparatus by transmitting a command to the object apparatus,
- wherein the control apparatus comprises a first communicator configured to transmit a request command to the object apparatus, the request command requesting information indicating a state of the object apparatus,
- the object apparatus comprises a second communicator configured to transmit a request response command to the control apparatus, in response to reception of the request command, the request response command including information requested by the request command,
- the first communicator transmits, as the request command, a command including range acquisition information and object information, the range acquisition information requesting a range of values relating to ability of the object apparatus, and the object information indicating object content of the range, and
- the second communicator transmits, as the request response command, a command including range information and the object information in a case where the request command includes the range acquisition information, the range information indicating the range of the values relating to the ability.
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A control apparatus configured to communicate with an object apparatus provided in a consumer's facility, the control apparatus comprising a communicator configured to transmit a request command to the object apparatus, the requesting information indicating a state of the object apparatus,
- wherein the communicator transmits, as the request command, a command including range acquisition information and object information, the range acquisition information requesting a range of a value relating to ability of the object apparatus, and the object information indicating object content of the range.
An object apparatus provided in a consumer's facility and configured to receive a command from a control apparatus, comprising:
- a communicator configured to transmit a request response command including information requested by a request command, to the control apparatus, in response to reception of the request command requesting information indicating a state of the object apparatus, or configured to transmit a notification command that autonomously notifies the control apparatus of predetermined information,
- wherein the communicator transmits, as the request response command or the notification command, a command including range information and object information, the range information indicating a range of a value relating to ability of the object apparatus, and the object information indicating object content of the range.
A control method used in a control system including an object apparatus provided in a consumer's facility and a control apparatus configured to communicate with the object apparatus by transmitting a command to the object apparatus, the control method comprising:
- a step α of transmitting a request command, from the control apparatus to the object apparatus, the request command requesting information indicating a state of the object apparatus;
- and
- a step β of transmitting a request response command including information requested by the request command, from the object apparatus to the control apparatus, in response to reception of the request command,
- wherein the step α includes a step of transmitting, as the request command, a command including range acquisition information and object information, the range acquisition information requesting a range of values relating to ability of the object apparatus, and the object information indicating object content of the range, the step β includes a step of transmitting, as the request response command, a command including range information and the object information, the range information indicating the range of the values relating to the ability, in a case where the request command includes the range acquisition information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.