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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Jun Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Horibuchi, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuharu Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinobu Kimura, Saitama, JP;
Masahide Nakamura, Hyogo, JP;
Yusuke Fukuoka, Osaka, JP;
Jun Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Horibuchi, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuharu Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinobu Kimura, Saitama, JP;
Masahide Nakamura, Hyogo, JP;
Yusuke Fukuoka, Osaka, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, JP;
Abstract
A gateway device includes a base processor which converts a signal input from an IP network to a signal which can be handled by the gateway device, and a home appliance control processor having a controller which converts the signal which can be handled by the gateway device to a control signal in compliance with the communications protocol of a home appliance to be controlled. The controller stores, on a table, information about the communications protocol, driver, controllable setting condition and status of respective appliances to be controlled in association with each other. The controller also includes a conversion functional block which converts information supplied to the control information of the communications protocol of the respective appliances to be controlled on the basis of the stored information.