CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENERGY-CONSUMING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR ENERGY-CONSUMING DEVICE, AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ENERGY-CONSUMING DEVICE

摘要

Provided is a device for controlling an electrical device in accordance with an operation pattern that corresponds to an operation mode selected by a user, and for confirming that an electrical device is being reliably controlled. A home server (1) that is connected to an electrical device so as to be capable of communication with said device is provided with: a selected mode identification unit (11) that identifies a selected mode that is selected by a user from among a plurality of operation modes; a storage unit (12) that individually stores, by operation mode, operation patterns that regulate under what conditions and during which time period the electrical device is operated; an operation pattern reading unit (13) that reads an operation pattern corresponding to the selected mode from the storage unit (12); an operation condition identification unit (14) that identifies an operation condition corresponding to the point of time of control of the electrical device from the read operation pattern; a control signal transmission unit (16) that transmits a control signal for controlling the electrical device using the identified operation condition to the electrical device; and a response signal reception unit (17) that receives a response signal transmitted from the electrical device that has received the control signal.