US 7,617,009 B2
Remote control system and remote control method
Koji Hirose, Osaka (Japan); Ryuichi Sakai, Osaka (Japan); and Takashi Maniwa, Osaka (Japan)
Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/550,614
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/004266
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 01, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/086239, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 07, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-088422 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0192790 A1, Aug. 31, 2006
Int. Cl. G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G05B 15/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 700—17  [700/83] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote control system which includes a controlled device capable of being controlled through a network and a remote controller which transmits control information based on a user instruction provided on a remote terminal, distinct from the remote controller, to the controlled device through the network, wherein
a) the controlled device includes:
a first communication controller that communicates with the network; and
a device type storage that stores device type information representing a type of the controlled device,
b) the remote controller includes:
a second communication controller which communicates with the remote terminal and the remote controller over the network;
a device type decisioner that receives the device type information from the device type storage of the controlled device which is designated by an instruction received from the remote terminal through the first and second communication controllers;
a device specific data storage that stores device specific data which represents information of an operation specific to the controlled device and is provided independently of a program for realizing functions of the remote control system;
a device data analyzer that generates data necessary for generating a WEB display on the basis of the device specific data stored in the device specific data storage and the device type information received by the device decisioner; and
a WEB display data generator that generates WEB display data utilized to generate the WEB display, on the basis of the data generated by the device data analyzer,
wherein the device data analyzer extracts data specific to the controlled device on the basis of the received device type information, from the device specific data stored in the device specific data storage; and
the WEB display data generator generates the WEB display data on the basis of the specific data extracted by the device data analyzer, and transmits the WEB display data to the remote terminal through the second communication controller.