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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Satoshi Minezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Tadaaki Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Minezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Tadaaki Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device control apparatus acquires information on the environment surrounding devices from an environment acquisition sensor. The device control apparatus determines, on the basis of the acquired environment information, whether the devices can be remotely controlled safely. When remote operation instruction data is received from a terminal apparatus via an external network (N), the device control apparatus generates a control signal for controlling devices to be operated and transmits the generated control signal to such devices via an in-house network only in a case where it is determined that such devices can be remotely controlled safely.