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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Chikara Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Kozuka, Osaka, JP;
Toshihisa Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Sekibe, Osaka, JP;
Jun Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Kazushige Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Yuri Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Motoji Ohmori, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Takemura, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Hosaka, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torance, CA (US);
Abstract
A control method according to the present disclosure is used in a remote control system including apparatuses and an information terminal that controls at least one of the apparatuses via a network. The control method includes: a step (S) of displaying, on a user interface region of a display unit of the information terminal, apparatus icons indicating target apparatus candidates among the apparatuses; a step (S) of obtaining, via the network, (a) apparatus state information related to the apparatuses and (b) sensor information that is a value indicating a spatial environment in which the apparatuses are located; and a step (S) of (i) determining priorities of the target apparatus candidates based on the apparatus state information and the sensor information, all of which are obtained in the step (S), and (ii) sorting, according to the determined priorities, the apparatus icons displayed on the user interface region.