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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2000
Applicants:
Masao Mizutani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiko Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masao Mizutani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiko Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08F015/173 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The using circumstances of a control object device are detected, and controlling of the control object device is carried out on the basis of the detected result. Thereby, where control equipment in conformity to a fixed standard, control equipment not in conformity to a fixed standard, and a control object device are mixed in a network, there can be avoided inconvenience in which the respective control equipment control the control object devices simultaneously.