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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2014
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Minezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Yabe, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Ushirosako, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotoshi Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A remote operation receiver () is configured to communicate with a communication terminal and receive a remote operation from outside a home. A remote operation monitor () is configured to monitor a state of communication with the communication terminal at the remote operation receiver () during an operation based on the remote operation. A notifier () is configured to provide in the home guidance to urge a user to conduct a manual operation on a manual operation receiver () when the remote operation monitor () detects that the communication with the communication terminal is discontinued. Then, an indoor device () is configured to make a shift to normal operation upon reception of the manual operation within a reference time period. An abnormal remote operation processor () is configured to set an extended time period corresponding to an operation state and then make a transition of the indoor device () to a safe operation when no manual operation is received even if the reference time period has elapsed.