发明名称 |
Facilitated use of heterogeneous home-automation edge components |
摘要 |
A control circuit operably couples to a plurality of home-automation edge-component interfaces. This control circuit is configured to compatibly interact with a plurality of home-automation edge components where at least some of the plurality of home-automation edge components are operationally incompatible with one another. |
申请公布号 |
US9252967(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.02.02 |
申请号 |
US201113223314 |
申请日期 |
2011.09.01 |
申请人 |
Sony Corporation |
发明人 |
Li Adam H.;Liu Aixin;Nguyen Djung |
分类号 |
G06F17/00;H04L12/28;G05B15/02 |
主分类号 |
G06F17/00 |
代理机构 |
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP |
代理人 |
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP |
主权项 |
1. An apparatus comprising:
home-automation edge-component interfaces; a hardware-based control circuit operably coupled to the home-automation edge-component interfaces, wherein the control circuit is configured to compatibly interact with a plurality of home-automation edge components including at least a first home-automation edge-component interface that operates compatibly with a first class of home-automation edge components that comprise a first brand of home-automation edge components and a second home-automation edge-component interface that operates compatibly with a second class of home-automation edge components that comprise a second, different brand of home-automation edge components, wherein specific remotely-selectable operating states apart from communication protocol requirements of at least some of the home-automation edge components differs amongst otherwise-similar classes or types of home-automation edge components such that at least some home-automation edge components of the first class of home-automation edge components will have at least one non-communication protocol operating state that is not available to at least one categorically-similar home-automation edge component of the second class of home-automation edge components, such that the first class of home-automation edge components are operationally incompatible with the second class of home-automation edge components, and wherein the control circuit is configured to interact with the plurality of home-automation edge components, at least in part, by compatibly receiving sensor data from home-automation edge components that comprise sensors and compatibly instructing home-automation edge components that comprise actuators, and wherein the home-automation edge components at least include a plurality and variety of installed appliances including at least one from a group comprising a home temperature control component, a liquid pumping component, and a movable barrier operator and at least one from a group comprising a laundry appliance and a kitchen appliance and a plurality and variety of non-permanently-deployed appliances including at least one from a group comprising a lighting component, a home-entertainment component, and a communication component. |
地址 |
Tokyo JP |