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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Toshihisa Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Kozuka, Osaka, JP;
Masataka Minami, Hyogo, JP;
Motoji Ohmori, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Matsuo, Nara, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiaki Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Device control method including: operation receiving step of receiving a device control operation for controlling a device; determining step of determining whether an operation terminal is in a first state or a second state; limiting step of, when determined in the determining step that the operation terminal is in the second state, limiting a range of controls of the device made available to the operation terminal when in the second state so as to correspond to part of a range of controls of the device made available to the operation terminal when in the first state; and device controlling step of controlling the device based on the device control operation. When determined in the determining step that the operation terminal is in the second state, the device is controlled within the range of controls of the device made available to the operation terminal when in the second state.