Kyocera Corporation

Daisuke Hoshi

Takashi Inoue

Kazutaka Nakamura

Kazuaki Azuma

An information equipmentlocated in a consumer's facilityincludes a reception unitand a transmission unitthat performs transmission and reception of a command conforming to a predetermined protocol with a HEMSvia a network connected to the HEMS, and receives an operational instruction from the HEMSand a control unitthat controls an operation of the information equipmentaccording to the operational instruction. The transmission unittransmits a breakdown notification message indicating that the network has had a breakdown to the HEMSwhen the network is restored after the breakdown.

Information equipment, control apparatus and control method

This HEMS () is provided with a control unit () that, if an operation directive does not go through a server () provided externally to a customer's home (), identifies said operation directive as having come from within the customer's home, and if the operation directive does go through the server () provided externally to the customer's home (), identifies the operation directive as having come from outside the customer's home.

Control apparatus and control method

Information equipmentis controlled by a HEMSand located in a consumer's facility. The information equipmentcomprises a storage unitconfigured to store a variable indicating a route type of an operational instruction on the information equipment.

Information equipment, control system and control method

Even when a user wants to easily operate a plurality of load devices in his or her home using an information terminal device, dedicated application software needs to be started for each load device, which makes the operation complex. A device controller capable of controlling a plurality of load devices, includes: a controller; and a display unit having a first screen and a second screen, wherein the controller is configured to cause the display unit to display, in the first screen, a selection object that instructs a user to select at least one of the plurality of load devices and a first operation object that instructs a user to perform a first type of operation relating to the plurality of load devices, and display, in the second screen, a second operation object including a second type of operation not included in the first operation object.

Device controller, device control method, and control system

Control systemcomprises information equipmentlocated in a consumer's facility and a HEMScontrolling the information equipmentvia a narrow area network. The HEMSincludes a transmission unitwhich repetitively transmits to the information equipmentan operational instruction of instructing an operation of the information equipmentuntil transmission of an instruction different from the operational instruction is determined.

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Sakura, Japan

Daisuke Hoshi