Patent ID: 9741243
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G08C,H04N,H04Q

Claim:
1. A remote control system comprising a terminal apparatus and a device control apparatus, wherein: the terminal apparatus comprises: a communicator configured to accomplish data communication conforming to a prescribed communication format with the device control apparatus; an operation receiver configured to receive remote operation from a user for one device of a plurality of devices placed in a residence; and an operation command data transmitter configured to transmit remote operation command data including command contents indicating the remote operation received by the operation receiver to the device control apparatus via the communicator; and the device control apparatus comprises: a terminal communicator configured to accomplish data communication conforming to a prescribed communication format with the terminal apparatus; a device communicator configured to accomplish with the plurality of devices via a prescribed network; an environment acquirer configured to acquire environments surrounding the plurality of devices; an operation possibility determiner configured to determine, periodically at observation intervals that are set differently according to the device, whether safe remote operation of the device is possible and store results of the determination, on the basis of the environment acquired by the environment acquirer, for each device of the plurality of devices; and a device controller configured to transmit a control signal to the one device via the device communicator on the basis of the command contents included in the remote operation command data received, based on the stored results of the determination when the operation possibility determiner determines that remote operation of the one device is possible upon the terminal communicator receiving the remote operation command data for the terminal apparatus, and to not transmit the control signal when the operation possibility determiner determines that remote operation is not possible.