US2022349607A1PendingUtilityA1

Home appliance system, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium

Assignee: SHARP KKPriority: Sep 25, 2019Filed: Sep 23, 2020Published: Nov 3, 2022
Est. expirySep 25, 2039(~13.1 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Keisuke Umado
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Abstract

A home appliance system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit that acquires an installation location of a home appliance; a condition determination unit that determines a use condition for using a measurement value from at least one sensor provided in the home appliance in accordance with the installation location and an operation time when the home appliance is run; and a home appliance control unit that controls the home appliance in accordance with an operation detail based on the installation location and a determination result obtained from the measurement value.

Claims

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1 . A home appliance system, comprising:
 an acquisition unit configured to acquire an installation location of a home appliance;   a condition determination unit configured to determine a use condition for using a measurement value from at least one sensor provided in the home appliance in accordance with the installation location and an operation time when the home appliance is run; and   a home appliance control unit configured to control the home appliance in accordance with an operation detail based on the installation location and a determination result obtained from the measurement value.   
     
     
         2 . The home appliance system according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the condition determination unit determines, as the use condition, a condition for using each one of a plurality of measurement values from a plurality of sensors provided in the home appliance; and   the home appliance control unit controls the home appliance in accordance with the operation detail based on the determination result obtained from a combination of the plurality of measurement values.   
     
     
         3 . The home appliance system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a determination unit configured to obtain, as the determination result, a result of whether a person is present in the installation location determined using the measurement value.   
     
     
         4 . The home appliance system according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein in a case where the installation location is a bedroom and the operation time is nighttime, the home appliance control unit controls the home appliance using, as the operation detail, an operation of humidifying at an amount of humidification lower than a standard amount of humidification or an operation of sending air at an airflow less than a standard airflow.   
     
     
         5 . The home appliance system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an operation determination unit configured to determine, as the operation detail, operating at an amount of humidification or an airflow based on a combination of the determination result, the installation location, and the operation time.   
     
     
         6 . The home appliance system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a degree of reflection determination unit configured to determine, in accordance with a relationship between the installation location and the operation time, a degree of reflection indicating a degree to which the measurement value is reflected when obtaining the determination result from the measurement value.   
     
     
         7 . The home appliance system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a learning unit configured to obtain feedback from a user operation to adjust the operation detail after the home appliance is running in accordance with the operation detail and change a correspondence between the determination result and the operation detail.   
     
     
         8 . The home appliance system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a sound output control unit configured to cause the home appliance to output a predetermined sound in accordance with the determination result and the operation time after the home appliance is running in accordance with the operation detail.   
     
     
         9 . The home appliance system according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the condition determination unit determines, as the use condition, a condition for using a measurement value from an odor and dust sensor provided in the home appliance, in a case where the installation location is an entrance.   
     
     
         10 . A control method for a home appliance system, comprising:
 acquiring an installation location of a home appliance;   determining a use condition for using a measurement value from at least one sensor provided in the home appliance in accordance with the installation location and an operation time when the home appliance is run; and   controlling the home appliance in accordance with an operation detail based on the installation location and a determination result obtained from the measurement value.   
     
     
         11 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a control program that causes a home appliance system to implement:
 an acquisition function that acquires an installation location of a home appliance;   a condition determination function that determines a use condition for using a measurement value from at least one sensor provided in the home appliance in accordance with the installation location and an operation time when the home appliance is run; and   a home appliance control function that controls the home appliance in accordance with an operation detail based on the installation location and a determination result obtained from the measurement value.

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