JP2007172388A - Network cooperative apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network cooperative apparatus capable of realizing a cooperative operation between devices of independent networks. <P>SOLUTION: The network cooperative apparatus comprises: a system server 32 inside a house for determining the generation of the event of a subnetwork inside the house and controlling the device of the subnetwork inside the house; a system server 33 outside the house for determining the generation of the event of the subnetwork outside the house and controlling the device of the subnetwork outside the house; and cooperative modules 31A and 31B for coorporating the system server 32 inside the house and the system server 33 outside the house. When the event is generated in one subnetwork, the cooperative modules 31A and 31B refer to a database 34 for coorporating wherein the contents of the event generated in one subnetwork and the contents of the operation of the other subnetwork generated for the event generated in one subnetwork are related, and generate the event relating to the event generated in one subnetwork in the other subnetwork. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a network cooperation apparatus that is arranged between a plurality of sub-networks, exchanges information between the plurality of sub-networks, and cooperates between the sub-networks.

  Conventionally, as a technique for controlling a network in which devices such as a plurality of lights, sensors, and home appliances are connected, for example, as described in Patent Document 1 below, mutual exchange of operation data of individual home appliances is performed. A technique for performing optimal operation of home appliances and the like is known.

  The device control network system described in Patent Document 1 describes, for example, that the device control network system is operated in cooperation with a controller and home appliances, between home appliances, and between a sensor and home appliances. Such an apparatus control network system stores conditions and operation contents for cooperating with terminal apparatuses such as cooperating controllers, home appliances, and sensors.

In addition, since the device control network system operates in cooperation with each other without operating the controller, a cooperation setting device is inserted in each device to be linked. By this cooperation setting device, conditions and operation contents for cooperation are set for each device, and cooperation operation is possible.
JP 2001-86572 A

  However, since the conventional device control network system is intended to link home appliances and sensors in a home, each network is independent, for example, a home network and a network outside the home are linked. It was not possible to realize the cooperative operation when it was built.

  Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a network cooperation apparatus that can realize a cooperation operation between devices of independent networks.

  The network cooperation apparatus according to the present invention is connected to a home subnetwork including a plurality of devices installed in a house, determines occurrence of an event due to the operation of the device of the home subnetwork, and selects a device of the home subnetwork. The home system server to be controlled is connected to an external sub-network consisting of a plurality of devices installed outside the house, and the occurrence of an event due to the operation of the device in the external sub-network is determined. An out-of-home system server that controls a device, and a cooperation module that operates the in-home system server and the out-of-home system server in cooperation with each other.

  In this network cooperation apparatus, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the cooperation module is generated in one of the sub-networks of the sub-network and the sub-network of the out-of-home sub-network and the one of the sub-networks. A storage unit that stores a linkage setting database that includes linkage setting information that associates the content of the operation of the other subnetwork that occurs in response to an event, and refers to the linkage database when an event occurs in one subnetwork. And a linkage control means for causing an operation related to an event occurring in the one sub-network to occur in the other sub-network.

  According to the network cooperation apparatus according to the present invention, the contents of an event that has occurred in one of the sub-network of the sub-network and the sub-network, and the other that occurs for the event that has occurred in the one sub-network. Store linkage setting information that correlates with the contents of the operation of the subnetwork, and when an event occurs in one subnetwork, refer to the linkage database and relate to the event that occurred in that one subnetwork. Since the operation is generated in the other sub-network, a cooperative operation between devices of independent networks can be realized.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The present invention is applied to a cooperation module in a network cooperation system configured as shown in FIG. In this network cooperation system, the center server farm 1 cooperates with the in-home sub-network 2 and the out-of-home sub-network 3 to operate the mutual devices.

  In this network cooperation system, the center server farm 1 and the home subnetwork 2 are connected by the Internet as a general-purpose network, and the center server farm 1 and the outside subnetwork 3 are connected by the Internet as a general-purpose network. . Although not shown in the figure, it is assumed that a plurality of in-home sub-networks 2 and a plurality of out-of-home sub-networks 3 are connected to the center server farm 1. The center server farm 1 is connected to the mobile phone 4 as a controller for controlling and monitoring devices in the home subnetwork 2 and accepts a request from the mobile phone 4 and sends a response to the request to the mobile phone 4. Send back.

  The in-home sub-network 2 is configured by connecting a door phone 11, an electric lock 12, a lighting fixture 13, and a security sensor 14 (hereinafter collectively referred to as “in-home device”) as devices installed in a house. These home devices are connected to a home controller 15 included in the home subnetwork 2. The in-home controller 15 communicates with the center server farm 1 and performs a process of notifying the center server farm 1 of the state of the home device and a process of operating the home device in response to a request from the center server farm 1. .

  In addition, the sub-network 3 is configured by connecting an external device, in which a plurality of street lamps 21a and human sensors 21b are integrated, to the network. The plurality of street lamps 21a are provided, for example, at intervals along a street facing the exit of a house in which the home subnetwork 2 is constructed. The plurality of human sensors 21b are provided so as to be able to detect a pedestrian walking in the vicinity of the street lamp 21a. These external devices are connected to an external (street light) controller 22 included in the external subnetwork 3. The outside controller 22 communicates with the center server farm 1 and performs a process of notifying the center server farm 1 of the state of the home device in response to a request from the center server farm 1 and a process of operating the home device. Do.

  As a method of connecting home devices and home devices and the home controller 15 in the home subnetwork 2, and a method of connecting home devices and home devices and the home controller 22 in the home subnetwork 3, for example, It is possible to use a device embedded network technology (EMIT (Embedded Micro Internetworking Technology), hereinafter referred to as EMIT technology), and a signal is obtained by performing baseband transmission in which the home device and the home controller 15 modulate the pulse width. It is also possible to use a predetermined multiplex transmission method (Nmast communication) that realizes transmission / reception of the network or a distributed control network technology called LON (Local Operating Network).

  Further, the center server farm 1 includes an in-home system server 32 connected to the in-home controller 15 of the in-home sub-network 2, an in-home sub-network 2, and an out-of-home sub-network. 3, an out-of-home system server 33 connected to the out-of-home controller 22, and a linkage database 34 that stores information for linking the in-home sub-network 2 and the out-of-home sub-network 3.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the in-home system server 32 includes a user interface 42 that is held by a user such as a mobile phone 4 on a bus 41 and communicates with a client terminal for controlling and monitoring an in-home device, In order to control and monitor the home devices in the subnetwork 2, a home database 43 storing at least location information of the home devices and a home controller interface 44 for communicating with the home controller 15 in the home subnetwork 2 are provided.

  When the home system server 32 receives a request from the user via the user interface 42 via the home controller interface 44, the home system server 32 refers to the home database 43 to determine which home device in which house is to be operated in response to the request. The request is transmitted to the home controller 15. When the home system server 32 receives a signal for notifying the status of the home device from the home controller 15, the home system server 32 notifies the user of the status of the home device via the user interface 42. Thereby, the user can know the state of the home device only by accessing the home system server 32 and can control the home device to operate.

  Thus, by providing the home subnetwork 2 and the home system server 32, for example, when the security sensor 14 is activated, the mobile phone 4 can be notified of this, and the electric lock 12 is controlled to be locked by a request from the user. it can.

  The outside system server 33 includes a bus 51, a user interface 52 that communicates with an administrator terminal for controlling the street light 21a, and monitoring the street light 21a and the human sensor 21b, and the street light 21a and the human sensor. In order to control and monitor 21b, an out-of-home database 53 storing at least location information of an out-of-home device and an out-of-home controller interface 54 for communicating with the out-of-home controller 22 of the out-of-home subnetwork 3 are provided.

  When the outside system server 33 receives a request from the administrator terminal via the user interface 52 at the user interface 52, the outside database 53 indicates which street lamp 21a in which district is operated in response to the request. The request is transmitted to the controller 22 outside the home. Further, when receiving the signal for notifying the status of the outside device from the outside controller 22, the outside system server 33 notifies the user of the status of the outside device via the user interface 52. Thereby, the administrator terminal can know the state of the out-of-home device only by accessing the out-of-home system server 33 and can control the out-of-home device to operate.

  In this way, by providing the outside subnetwork 3 and the outside system server 33, it is possible to detect the out of the street light 21a by the outside controller interface 54 and notify the administrator terminal, and by a request from the administrator terminal The illuminance of the street lamp 21a can be controlled.

  In this way, the network cooperation system having a configuration capable of independently controlling the in-home subnetwork 2 and the out-of-home subnetwork 3 includes the cooperation module 31 and the cooperation database 34, so that the operation of the in-home subnetwork 2 and the home The operation of the outer subnetwork 3 can be linked.

  When an event occurs in a home device of the home subnetwork 2, the cooperation module 31 receives location information and event contents of the home device that generated the event from the home subnetwork 2 via the home controller interface 44. . Next, the linkage module 31 refers to the linkage database 34 and recognizes the operation of the off-premises device linked to the event content generated in the in-home device and the location information of the outside device linked to the location information of the home device. To do. Next, the cooperation module 31 outputs a control signal including the location information and operation contents of the outside device to be linked to the outside controller interface 54, and causes the outside controller interface 54 to transfer the control signal to the outside controller 22. Thereby, the outside controller 22 can operate the outside device specified by the location information included in the control signal with the operation content included in the control signal.

  When an event occurs in an out-of-home device in the sub-network 3, the linkage module 31 sends the location information and event content of the out-of-home device that generated the event from the out-of-home sub-network 3 to the out-of-home controller interface 54. Receive via. Next, the linkage module 31 refers to the linkage database 34 to obtain the operation details of the home device linked to the event content generated in the off-premises device and the location information of the home device linked to the location information of the outside device. recognize. Next, the cooperation module 31 outputs a control signal including location information and operation contents of the home device to be linked to the home controller interface 44, and causes the home controller interface 44 to transfer the control signal to the home controller 15. Thereby, the home controller 15 can operate the home device specified by the location information included in the control signal with the operation content included in the control signal.

  In such a device-distributed network cooperation system, the in-home device and the in-home system server 32 communicate using the EMIT technology, and the out-of-home device and the out-of-home system server 33 communicate using the EMIT technology. The configuration of the center server farm 1 in this case is shown in FIG.

  This EMIT technology incorporates EMIT middleware in network devices such as user terminals such as mobile phones 4 and personal computers, in-home devices and out-of-home devices, in-home system server 32, and out-of-home system server 33, and communicates by communication between the EMIT middleware. A connection is realized.

  As shown in FIG. 4, MOS (Micro Object Server) that transmits and receives control signals for various in-home devices and out-of-home devices, in-home devices and out-of-home devices, etc. The functional unit 61 is installed, and the in-home controller 15, the out-of-home controller 22, the in-home controller interface 44 of the center server farm 1 and the out-of-home controller interface 54 are routing processing between EMIT middleware, in-home device and out-of-home device recognition processing. An OAS (Object Access Server) function unit 71 is implemented, and the control / monitoring request to the controlled in-home device and the out-of-home device is output to the mobile phone 4 and the administrator terminal, and the in-home device and the out-of-home OAL (O bject Access Library) function unit (not shown) is implemented.

  The center server farm 1 is connected to the in-house cooperation interface 31 and the outside controller interface 54 and can be referred to the cooperation database 34, and is connected to the outside controller interface 54 and the in-house controller interface 44 for cooperation. An outside-home cooperation module 31B that can refer to the database 34 is added. The in-home cooperation module 31 </ b> A is an additional module attached to the in-home controller interface 44, and the out-of-home cooperation module 31 </ b> B is an additional module attached to the outside controller interface 54.

  When receiving a signal from the in-home controller interface 44, the in-home cooperation module 31A refers to the cooperation database 34 and is responsible for transferring the signal to the out-of-home controller interface 54. When a signal is received from the external controller interface 54, the function of transferring the signal to the home controller interface 44 with reference to the cooperation database 34 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the in-home device and the out-of-home device, an application processing unit 62 and an interface module 63 are connected to the MOS function unit 61.

  For example, when the application processing unit 62 functions as a sensor, an application code for acquiring a detection value is stored, and the detection value is held and transferred to the MOS function unit 61.

  The interface module 63 performs processing of a data link layer, a network layer, and a transport layer in an OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) reference model. For example, processing according to Ethernet (registered trademark) is performed in the data link layer, processing according to IP (Internet Protocol) is performed in the network layer, and processing according to TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is performed in the transport layer. Capabilities such as a communication protocol version and a communication speed of the interface module 63 are stored in the capability table 64 and can be acquired by the OAS function unit 71.

  The MOS function unit 61 functions as EMIT middleware between the application layer by the application processing unit 62 and the transport layer by the interface module 63. The MOS function unit 61 is given an object ID 61d by the OAS function unit 71 in order to identify that the in-home device and the out-of-home device are objects in EMIT. The object ID 61 d is stored in a packet transmitted to the center server farm 1 when communicating with the OAS function unit 71.

  The MOS function unit 61 performs an operation defined by a function 61a, an event 61b, and a variable 61c. The operation of the MOS function unit 61 is defined in the service table 61e and can be acquired as an interface ID by the OAS function unit 71 of the center server farm 1.

  When the in-home device and the out-of-home device are sensors, the function 61a is a detection value output function, the event 61b is an event for outputting the detection value when the detection value becomes a predetermined value, for example, and the variable 61c is the detection value It becomes itself. Such in-home devices and out-of-home devices generate an event at event 61b when the detection value reaches a predetermined value, and output the detection value of variable 61c by function 61a.

  The OAS function unit 71 is connected to a server function unit 72 and a communication module 73.

  The server function unit 72 performs overall control of the OAS function unit 71 and the communication module 73. The server function unit 72 is supplied with a request to that effect when a user and an administrator want to communicate to control and monitor a home device and a device outside the home, and send a response to the request to the mobile phone 4 or the administrator. A reply is sent to the terminal via the communication module 73.

  The communication module 73 communicates with the interface module 63 of the in-home device and the out-of-home device, and communicates with the communication module 73 of the apparatus in which the other OAS function unit 71 is mounted. The communication module 73 performs data link layer, network layer, and transport layer processing in the OSI reference model. For example, processing according to Ethernet (registered trademark) is performed in the data link layer, processing according to IP is performed in the network layer, and processing according to TCP is performed in the transport layer. When each in-home device and out-of-home device are configured with various interface modules 63, the communication module 73 includes the in-home device, the out-of-home device, and other OAS function units 71 according to the control of the device access controller 71c. Communication processing is performed in accordance with the capabilities of in-home devices and out-of-home devices such as communication protocol version and communication speed for each device.

  The OAS function unit 71 functions as EMIT middleware between the processing of the server function unit 72 and the transport layer processing by the communication module 73. The OAS function unit 71 includes a device access server 71a, service information 71b stored in a predetermined memory, and a device access controller 71c.

  The device access server 71 a receives a request from the client via the communication module 73 and the server function unit 72 in order to communicate with the client (OAL). The device access server 71a controls the operation of transmitting the request to the in-home device and the out-of-home device via the device access controller 71c and the communication module 73. Accordingly, the device access controller 71c transmits a request from the client to the in-home device and the out-of-home device, and controls the in-home device and the out-of-home device.

  The device access controller 71c searches the service table 61e and the capability table 64 of the home device and the external device via the communication module 73 in order to acquire the interface definition and service information of the home device and the external device. As a result, the device access controller 71c determines what service (function 61a, event 61b, variable 61c) each home device and external device has, and determines the object ID 61d of each home device and external device. Service information 71b indicating a correspondence relationship with the service list is created. The device access controller 71c recognizes what capabilities (communication protocol version and communication speed) each in-home device and out-of-home device have.

  When the MOS function unit 61 receives the event packet of the event by the communication module 73, the device access controller 71c analyzes the event packet by the device access controller 71c and notifies the device access server 71a. Further, when a request from a client is transmitted to an in-home device and an out-of-home device, the MOS function unit 61 that can respond to the request is recognized with reference to the service information 71b. Then, the destination object ID 61d is added to the request, and packets are transmitted from the communication module 73 to the in-home device and the out-of-home device in accordance with the capabilities of the in-home device and the out-of-home device.

  The OAS function unit 71 is given an object ID 71 d so that other EMI middleware compatible devices can identify the OAS function unit 71. The object ID 71d is stored in a packet to be transmitted when communicating with the MOS function unit 61 of the in-home device and the out-of-home device, and an EMIT middleware compatible device such as a client (personal computer) in which another OAL is mounted.

  In the network communication system having the center server farm 1 having the in-home device and the out-of-home device having the MOS function unit 61 and the OAS function unit 71, the in-home database 43 is as shown in FIG. The outside database 53 is configured as shown in FIG. 5B, and the linkage database 34 is configured as shown in FIG. 5C.

  In the home database 43 shown in FIG. 5 (a), for each home device, the home ID of the home subnetwork 2, the device ID that is the home device object ID 61d, the function 61a in the MOS function unit 61, the event 61b, The interface ID, which is the device type ID associated with the configuration information of the variable 61c, and final state information representing the current state of the home device (application state) are stored.

  Further, the outside database 53 shown in FIG. 5 (b) includes, for each street light 21a, the district ID of the outside subnetwork 3, the street light ID that is the object ID 61d of the outside device, and the functions in the MOS function unit 61. 61a, an event 61b, and an interface ID, which is a device type ID associated with the configuration information of the variable 61c, and final state information indicating the current state (application state) of the device outside the house are stored. In FIG. 5B, the street ID is shown as the object ID 61d, but it goes without saying that the sensor ID of the human sensor 21b is included as the object ID 61d.

  Furthermore, in the database 34 for cooperation shown in FIG.5 (c), house ID, district ID, street lamp ID which is object ID61d, and the external subnetwork 3 linked to the event which generate | occur | produced in the home subnetwork 2 are stored. Interlocking setting information indicating the operation and the operation of the home subnetwork 2 linked to the event generated in the subnetwork 3 is stored in association with each other. This linkage setting information includes execution flags for the operation of the in-home subnetwork 2 and the operation (corresponding event) of the out-of-home subnetwork 3. The linkage database 34 may store only linkage between one of the in-home subnetwork 2 or the out-of-home subnetwork 3 and the other of the out-of-home subnetwork 3 or the out-of-home subnetwork 2.

  The center server farm 1 having such various databases, when the home controller 15 determines that the event for the cooperative operation has occurred in the home device, sends an event occurrence notification signal including the event and the object ID 61d of the home device to the home server The in-home controller interface 44 transmits the event occurrence notification signal to the in-home cooperation module 31A.

  The in-home cooperation module 31A refers to the house ID and event (interface ID) corresponding to the object ID 61d in the home database 43 from the event and object ID 61d included in the received event occurrence notification signal, and stores them in the cooperation database 34. It is determined whether there is an operation of the subnetwork 3 that operates in cooperation. If there is an operation to be generated in the sub-network 3 outside the home, the district ID and the street light ID in the database for cooperation 34 are read out, and an operation to be generated in the sub-network 3 outside the home, a request signal including the street light ID To the controller interface 54 outside the home.

  As a result, when the outside controller interface 54 receives the request signal including the object ID 61d that is the street light ID and the operation, the OAS function unit 71 transfers the request signal to the outside controller 22, and the outside controller 22 The OAS function unit 71 transmits a control signal to the outside device having the object ID 61d included in the request signal.

  As a result, it is possible to generate an operation in the external subnetwork 3 in cooperation with an event that has occurred in the in-home subnetwork 2. Even when an event that has occurred in the sub-network 3 is supplied to the outside cooperation module 31B via the outside controller 22 and the outside controller interface 54, the outside cooperation module 31B performs the cooperation as described above. With reference to the database 34, the home controller 15 can receive a request signal for generating an operation in the home subnetwork 2 via the home controller interface 44 to operate the home device.

  Next, a specific example in which the in-home device in the in-home subnetwork 2 and the out-of-home device in the out-of-home subnetwork 3 perform a cooperative operation in the network cooperation system configured as described above will be described.

  First, as shown in FIG. 6, when a resident of a house in which the sub-network 2 is constructed goes out of the door, a plurality of street lamps 21a provided at intervals along the street facing the exit of the house. Among them, the operation of the network cooperation system for increasing the illuminance of the street lamp 21a in the district corresponding to the exit of the house will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the network cooperation system first detects in step S1 that the door is opened by the electric lock 12 and then closed, and the variable 61c representing the situation or The event 61b is notified to the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller 15. Thereby, the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller 15 determines in step S2 that an event indicating that the resident has gone out (outing event) has occurred, and in step S3, the outing event and the object of the electric lock 12 are detected. An event occurrence notification signal including ID 61d is transmitted to the center server farm 1. Here, signal transmission from the MOS function unit 61 of the home device to the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller 15, and signal transmission from the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller 15 to the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller interface 44 are performed by EMIT middleware. This is processing compliant with OAP (Object Access Protocol).

  Although not shown in FIG. 1, not only the sensor output of the electric lock 12 but also the human sensor in the entrance is installed as a home device, the sensor output of the electric lock 12 and the human sensor In combination with the sensor output, it may be determined that the resident of the house has gone out. That is, the in-home device group in the description with reference to FIG. 7 may be an outing detection sensor for detecting that a person goes out of the house.

  Next, when the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller interface 44 of the center server farm 1 receives the event occurrence notification signal from the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller 15 in step S4, the event occurrence notification signal is received in step S5. The event occurrence notification signal is transferred to the inside-house cooperation module 31A of the transmission destination. In the OAS function unit 71 of the in-home controller interface 44, a setting for routing to the in-house cooperation module 31A is registered in advance as a destination of the event occurrence notification signal.

  Next, in step S6, the house-inside cooperation module 31A extracts the object ID 61d and the going-out event of the electric lock 12 included in the received event occurrence notification signal, and refers to the cooperation database 34. Then, the home ID corresponding to the object ID 61d of the electric lock 12 is acquired with reference to the home database 43, and the cooperation database 34 includes the acquired home ID and the operation of the subnetwork 3 corresponding to the outing event. It is determined whether or not. When the acquired house ID and the operation of the subnetwork 3 linked to the outing event (illuminance increasing operation) are registered as the linkage setting information, the district ID and the street corresponding to the linkage database 34 in step S7. The OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller interface 54 is notified of the street light ID and the illuminance increasing operation generated in the outside subnetwork 3. The illuminance increasing operation includes not only an operation of increasing the illuminance of the lit street lamp 21a but also an operation of switching the unlit street lamp 21a to a lighting state.

  Next, when the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller interface 54 receives the illuminance increasing operation transmitted from the in-house cooperation module 31A in step S7 in step S8, it is transmitted from the in-house cooperation module 31A in step S9. The request signal including the district ID and the street lamp ID and the illuminance increasing operation generated in the outside subnetwork 3 is routed to the outside controller 22. Here, the signal transmission from the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller interface 54 to the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller 22 is a process compliant with OAP in the EMIT middleware.

  Next, in step S10, the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller 22 creates a control signal including the illuminance increasing operation from the illuminance increasing operation included in the request signal transmitted in step S9, and uses the street light ID. It transmits to the specified street lamp 21a.

  Next, when the MOS function unit 61 of the street lamp 21a receives the control signal transmitted in step S10, the illuminance increasing operation is performed according to the control signal and the illuminance is increased so as to illuminate the exit of the house, or the light is turned off. The operation to switch from the lighting state to the lighting state is performed.

  Thus, even if the in-home sub-network 2 and the out-of-home sub-network 3 are managed by the independent system servers 44 and 54, the network cooperation system can receive an event occurring in the house from the in-home sub-network 2 and the out-of-home sub-network. The network 3 is notified, and only the street lamp 21a in the district corresponding to the exit of the house can be operated.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 8, when the presence of an intruder is detected in the house where the home subnetwork 2 is constructed, a plurality of spaces are provided along the street facing the exit of the house. An operation of the network cooperation system that threatens an intruder by increasing the illuminance of the street lamp 21a in the district corresponding to the exit of the house among the street lamps 21a will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the network cooperation system, first, in step S21, the security sensor 14 detects the presence of a person, and notifies the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller 15 of a variable 61c or an event 61b representing the situation. Is done. Thereby, the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller 15 determines in step S22 that an event (intruder detection event) indicating the presence of an intruder has occurred, and in step S23, the intruder detection event and An event occurrence notification signal including the object ID 61 d of the security sensor 14 is transmitted to the center server farm 1.

  Although not shown in FIG. 1, not only the sensor output of the security sensor 14 but also other sensor outputs may be combined to generate an intruder detection event. An intruder detection event may be generated when the security sensor 14 is operated while no occurrence occurs. That is, the in-home device group in the description with reference to FIG. 7 may be an intruder detection sensor for detecting the presence of an intruder entering the house from the outside.

  Next, when the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller interface 44 of the center server farm 1 receives the event occurrence notification signal from the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller 15 in step S24, the event occurrence notification signal is received in step S25. The event occurrence notification signal is transferred to the inside-house cooperation module 31A of the transmission destination. In the OAS function unit 71 of the in-home controller interface 44, a setting for routing to the in-house cooperation module 31A is registered in advance as a destination of the event occurrence notification signal.

  Next, in step S26, the in-home cooperation module 31A extracts the object ID 61d of the security sensor 14 and the outing event included in the received event occurrence notification signal, and refers to the cooperation database 34. Then, the home ID corresponding to the object ID 61d of the security sensor 14 is acquired by referring to the home database 43, and the operation of the subnetwork 3 corresponding to the acquired home ID and the intruder detection event is stored in the cooperation database 34. Whether or not is included is determined. If the operation of the subnetwork 3 linked to the acquired house ID and the intruder detection event (illuminance increasing operation) is registered as cooperation setting information, the district ID corresponding to the cooperation database 34 in step S27. In addition, the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller interface 54 is notified of the street lamp ID and the illuminance increasing operation generated in the outside subnetwork 3. The illuminance increasing operation includes not only an operation of increasing the illuminance of the lit street lamp 21a but also an operation of switching the unlit street lamp 21a to a lighting state.

  Next, when the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller interface 54 receives the illuminance increasing operation transmitted from the in-house cooperation module 31A in step S27 in step S28, it is transmitted from the in-house cooperation module 31A in step S29. The request signal including the district ID and the street lamp ID and the illuminance increasing operation generated in the outside subnetwork 3 is routed to the outside controller 22. Here, the signal transmission from the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller interface 54 to the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller 22 is a process compliant with OAP in the EMIT middleware.

  Next, in step S30, the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller 22 creates a control signal including the illuminance increasing operation from the illuminance increasing operation included in the request signal transmitted in step S29, and uses the street light ID. It transmits to the specified street lamp 21a.

  Next, when the MOS function unit 61 of the street lamp 21a receives the control signal transmitted in step S30, it performs an illuminance increasing operation according to the control signal, and reduces the illuminance so as to threaten the intruder by illuminating the exit of the house. Perform the action to raise.

  Thus, even if the in-home sub-network 2 and the out-of-home sub-network 3 are managed by the independent system servers 44 and 54, the network cooperation system can receive an event occurring in the house from the in-home sub-network 2 and the out-of-home sub-network. The network 3 is notified, and only the street lamp 21a in the district corresponding to the exit of the house can be operated.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 10, when a person is detected in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the house where the home subnetwork 2 is constructed by the subnetwork 3, the door phone 11 in the home subnetwork 2 is operated, The operation of the network cooperation system for presenting a person will be described. In addition, in FIG. 10, the state which the street lamp 21a near the entrance / exit of a house is lighting is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in the network cooperation system, first, in step S41, the human sensor 21b detects the presence of a person, and a variable 61c or an event 61b indicating the situation is an OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller 22. Will be notified. As a result, the OAS function unit 71 of the controller 22 outside the home determines in step S42 that an event has occurred that increases the illuminance of the street light 21a integrated with the human sensor 21b. A control signal for increasing the illuminance is broadcast to the plurality of street lamps 21a in the corresponding area of the sensation sensor 21b.

  Next, in step S44, the outside controller 22 transmits an illuminance change signal including an event indicating that the control signal for increasing the illuminance is transmitted in step S43 and the object IDs 61d of the plurality of street lamps 21a to the center server farm 1. To do.

  Next, when the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller interface 54 of the center server farm 1 receives the event occurrence notification signal from the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller 22 in step S45, the event occurrence notification is received in step S46. The event occurrence notification signal is transferred to the outside-home cooperation module 31B as the signal transmission destination. In the OAS function unit 71 of the outside controller interface 54, a setting for routing to the outside cooperation module 31B is registered in advance as a destination of the event occurrence notification signal.

  Next, in step S47, the outside-home cooperation module 31B extracts the object ID 61d and the event of the street lamp 21a included in the received event occurrence notification signal, and refers to the cooperation database 34. Then, the district ID corresponding to the object ID 61d of the street light 21a is acquired with reference to the outside database 53, and the cooperation database 34 includes the operation of the in-home subnetwork 2 corresponding to the district ID and the event. Determine whether or not. If the acquired district ID and the operation (door phone operation) of the sub-network 2 linked to the event are registered as the linkage setting information, the house ID and the object of the door phone 11 corresponding in the linkage database 34 in step S48. The OAS function unit 71 of the home controller interface 44 is notified of the ID (corresponding to the street light ID in FIGS. 7 and 9) and the doorphone operation operation generated in the home subnetwork 2.

  Next, when the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller interface 44 receives the doorphone operation transmitted from the outside-home cooperation module 31B in Step S48 in Step S49, the house transmitted from the outside-home cooperation module 31B in Step S50. The request signal including the ID, the object ID of the door phone 11 and the door phone operation generated in the home sub-network 2 is routed to the home controller 15. Here, the signal transmission from the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller interface 44 to the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller 15 is a process compliant with OAP in the EMIT middleware.

  Next, in step S51, the OAS function unit 71 of the home controller 15 creates a control signal including the doorphone operation from the doorphone operation included in the request signal transmitted in step S50, and specifies the object ID of the doorphone 11 with the object ID. Transmitted to the intercom 11.

  Next, when receiving the control signal transmitted in step S51, the MOS function unit 61 of the door phone 11 performs a door phone operation according to the control signal and notifies the situation near the exit of the house.

  Thus, even if the in-home sub-network 2 and the out-of-home sub-network 3 are managed by the independent system servers 44 and 54, the network cooperation system can detect events that have occurred outside the home from the out-of-home sub-network 3 The sub-network 2 is notified and the door phone 11 can be operated.

  The above-described embodiment is an example of the present invention. For this reason, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made depending on the design and the like as long as the technical idea according to the present invention is not deviated from this embodiment. Of course, it is possible to change.

It is a system diagram showing a configuration of a network cooperation system including a cooperation module to which the present invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the center server farm containing the cooperation module to which this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the structure using an EMIT technique in the center server farm containing the cooperation module to which this invention is applied. It is an internal block diagram of the controller provided with the device provided with MOS in the network cooperation system using EMIT technology, and OAS. (A) is a configuration of a home database stored in a home system server, (b) is a configuration of a home database stored in an external system server, and (c) is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a linkage database. It is a figure which shows a mode that the street lamp near the exit of a house was turned on when the resident of a house went out. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the network cooperation system which lights the street lamp near a house exit at the time of the event which the resident of the house goes out. It is a figure which shows a mode that the street light near the exit of a house was turned on when the intruder was detected in the house. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the network cooperation system which lights the street light near a house exit at the time of the event in which the intruder is detected in a house. When a person is detected in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of a house, it is a figure which shows a mode that that is notified with the door phone in a house. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the network cooperation system which lights the street light near a house exit at the time of the event where the person was detected near the entrance / exit of a house.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Center server farm 2 In-home subnetwork 3 Outside-home subnetwork 4 Mobile phone 11 Door phone 12 Electric lock 14 Security sensor 15 In-home controller 21a Street light 21b Human sensor 22 Out-of-home controller 31 Cooperation module 31A In-home cooperation module 31B Out-of-home cooperation Module 32 In-home system server 33 Out-of-home system server 34 Cooperation database 41, 51 Bus 42, 52 User interface 43 In-home database 44 In-home controller interface 53 Out-of-home database 54 Out-of-home controller interface 61 MOS function section 61a Function 61b Event 61c Variable 61d Object ID
61e service table 62 application processing unit 63 interface module 64 capability table 71 OAS function unit 71
71a Device access server 71b Service information 71c Device access controller 71d Object ID
72 Server Function Unit 73 Communication Module

Claims (6)

A home system server that is connected to a home subnetwork consisting of a plurality of devices installed in a house, determines the occurrence of an event due to the operation of the device of the home subnetwork, and controls the devices of the home subnetwork;
An out-of-home system that is connected to an out-of-home sub-network consisting of a plurality of devices installed outside the house, determines the occurrence of an event due to the operation of the device in the out-of-home sub-network, and controls the devices in the out-of-home sub-network Server,
A cooperation module that operates the in-home system server and the outside system server in cooperation with each other;
The cooperation module
Associating the contents of an event that has occurred in one of the sub-network and the sub-network and the contents of the event in the other sub-network that has occurred in response to an event that has occurred in the one sub-network Storage means for storing a cooperation setting database including the selected cooperation setting information;
When an event occurs in one of the sub-networks, there is provided a linkage control unit that refers to the linkage database and causes an operation related to the event that has occurred in the one sub-network to occur in the other sub-network. A featured network linkage device.   The linkage setting information includes a housing identifier indicating a house where a plurality of devices configuring the home subnetwork are installed, a district identifier indicating a district where a plurality of devices configuring the outside subnetwork are installed, and the district An external device identifier indicating individual devices constituting the external subnetwork provided in the network, and an operation of the other subnetwork in response to an event occurring in the one subnetwork The network cooperation apparatus according to claim 1. The devices in the in-home subnetwork and the out-of-home subnetwork are objects defined by functions indicating the operation contents of individual devices, an event at which the function starts operating, and a variable indicating the state of the function. Configured,
The communication unit of the in-home system server and the communication unit of the out-of-home system server each transmit a request for requesting an event occurrence to each object, and when an event occurs in each device, a variable is sent from each device. To detect the occurrence of an event,
The cooperation control means notifies the occurrence of a device event detected by the one system server to the other system server, and causes the other system server to generate an operation related to the event. The network cooperation apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2. The in-home sub-network includes an outing detection sensor for detecting that a person goes out of a house, and the out-of-home sub-network includes a plurality of spaces provided along a street facing an exit of the house. Including street lights,
The in-home system server determines the occurrence of an event in which a person goes out of a house from an event that occurs in the sensor group,
The linkage control means refers to the linkage setting information in the linkage setting database when detecting the occurrence of an event that the person has gone out, and performs an operation of increasing the illuminance of the street lamp in the district corresponding to the exit of the house. Notify the outside system server,
The out-of-home system server supplies a control signal for increasing illuminance to a street light in a district corresponding to the exit of the house among a plurality of street lights, and causes the operation to increase the illuminance of the street light. The network cooperation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the network cooperation apparatus is characterized in that: The in-home sub-network includes an intrusion detection sensor for detecting the presence of an intruder into the house from the outside, and the out-of-home sub-network is provided at intervals along the street facing the exit of the house. Comprising multiple street lights,
The in-home system server determines the occurrence of an event that detects the presence of an intruder from the outside from an event that occurs in the sensor group,
When the linkage control unit detects the occurrence of an event that detects the presence of an intruder from outside the house, the linkage control unit refers to the linkage setting information in the linkage setting database, and the street of the district corresponding to the exit of the house Notifying the outside system server of the operation to increase the illuminance of the street light,
The out-of-home system server supplies a control signal for increasing illuminance to a street light in a district corresponding to the exit of the house among a plurality of street lights, and causes the operation to increase the illuminance of the street light. The network cooperation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the network cooperation apparatus is characterized in that: The outside sub-network includes a group of lighting installed near the exit of the house and a human sensor provided for each lighting, and the sub-network includes a group of devices that notify the situation near the exit of the house. ,
The out-of-home system server increases the illuminance of the illumination corresponding to the human sensor in response to the occurrence of an event in which a human is detected by the human sensor,
When the event that raises the illuminance of the illumination corresponding to the human sensor occurs and the illumination control unit determines that the illumination is provided near the exit of the house, the association control means Refer to the linkage setting information, notify the in-home system server of the operation to notify the situation near the exit of the house,
4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the in-home system server operates each of the equipment groups by supplying a control signal for notifying a situation near an exit of a house to each of the equipment groups. The network cooperation apparatus according to item.

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