US 11,860,598 B2
Control system and control method
Fumio Sumi, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/629,491
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/029692
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/024990, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-146852 (JP), filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283557 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/042 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04L 12/281 (2013.01); H04L 12/282 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system including an apparatus, comprising:
a communication unit that sends, to each of a plurality of devices, a control command for controlling the device;
a registration unit that registers a standard action for collectively controlling at least two devices included in the plurality of devices, based on device control consecutiveness which is determined by control history information of the plurality of devices; and
an executor that causes the communication unit to send a control command to each of the at least two devices when execution of the standard action registered is instructed, wherein
a name is set to the standard action registered, and
an instruction for executing the standard action registered is an instruction that is based on the name set to the standard action.