Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Kenshiro Kitamura

Masato Hirai

Akiko Imaishi

Daisuke Iizawa

Ryo Yoshida

Takaki Yagisawa

Saika Tashiro

Chiyo Yoshimura

Kensho Motoe

Miho Ishikawa

Takumi Akiyama

Daichi Mamada

Rin Togo

Included are: an apparatus function information acquiring unit for acquiring apparatus function information in which a target apparatus and one or more target functions to be executed by the target apparatus, which are determined on the basis of uttered speech, are associated with each other; a procedure determining unit for determining one or more manual operations for executing the one or more target functions and an order of the one or more manual operations on the basis of the apparatus function information acquired by the apparatus function information acquiring unit; and an operation command transmission controlling unit for sequentially transmitting, to the target apparatus, operation commands for outputting operation response output control information corresponding to each of the one or more manual operations in accordance with the order of the one or more manual operations determined by the procedure determining unit.

Apparatus control device, apparatus control system, apparatus control method, and apparatus control program

Display screen with graphical user interface

A sensor detects whether or not an input device and a display device are in a combined state. A control mode determining unit determines a control mode associated with the state detected by the sensor. A control processing unit switches a control mode of a control target apparatus to the control mode determined by the control mode determining unit, and causes the display device to display a function to be operated in a display mode corresponding to the switched control mode.

Operation apparatus

Remote controller for electrical household appliance

Remote controller for household appliance

Liquid crystal display (LCD) for operating the state of home appliances with graphical user interface

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Tokyo, Japan

Kenshiro Kitamura