Control method for information apparatus and computer-readable recording medium

A method for controlling an information apparatus having a touch panel display and being connected to a network, one or more target devices being controlled over the network,

• the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to:
• display, on the touch panel display, a display screen representing a floor plan of a building;
• display, on the display screen, device icons respectively representing the one or more target devices, the device icons being movable when dragged, the device icons including an air purifier icon that represents an air purifier;
• and
• when it is sensed that the air purifier icon is selected, display an effect range in which an effect of the air purifier extends in a region corresponding to a room in the floor plan where a location of the air purifier icon is sensed,
• wherein the air purifier includes a setting section for setting an air flow direction of air output from the air purifier,
• wherein, when a contact is sensed in a region corresponding to the displayed effect range and a continuous movement of the contact is sensed in the displayed effect range, a control command for changing the air flow direction of the air output from the air purifier is output to the network in accordance with the movement in the displayed effect range, and
• wherein the effect range surrounds the air purifier icon, such that the air purifier icon is located within the effect range.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores a program to be executed by an information apparatus having a touch panel display and being connected to a network, one or more target devices being controlled over the network,

• the program causing a computer of the information apparatus to:
• display, on the touch panel display, a display screen representing a floor plan of a building;
• display, on the display screen, device icons respectively representing the one or more target devices, the device icons being movable when dragged and including an air purifier icon that represents an air purifier;
• and
• when it is sensed that the air purifier icon is selected, display an effect range in which an effect of the air purifier extends in a region corresponding to a room in the floor plan where a location of the air purifier icon is sensed,
• wherein the air purifier includes a setting section for setting an amount of air output from the air purifier,
• wherein, when a contact is sensed in a region corresponding to the displayed effect range and a continuous movement of the contact is sensed in the region corresponding to the displayed effect range, a control command for changing the amount of the air output from the air purifier is output to the network in accordance with the movement of the contact in the region corresponding to the displayed effect range, and
• wherein the effect range surrounds the air purifier icon, such that the air purifier icon is located within the effect range.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores a program to be executed by an information apparatus having a touch panel display and being connected to a network, one or more target devices being controlled over the network,

• the program causing a computer of the information apparatus to:
• display, on the touch panel display, a display screen representing a floor plan of a building;
• display, on the display screen, device icons respectively representing the one or more target devices, the device icons being movable when dragged, the device icons including an air purifier icon that represents an air purifier;
• and
• when it is sensed that the air purifier icon is selected, display an effect range in which an effect of the air purifier extends in a region corresponding to a room in the floor plan where a location of the air purifier icon is sensed,
• wherein the air purifier includes a setting section for setting an air flow direction of air output from the air purifier,
• wherein, when a contact is sensed in a region corresponding to the displayed effect range and a continuous movement of the contact is sensed in the displayed effect range, a control command for changing the air flow direction of the air output from the air purifier is output to the network in accordance with the movement in the displayed effect range, and
• wherein the effect range surrounds the air purifier icon, such that the air purifier icon is located within the effect range.