JP2019012964A - Equipment setting system, shared equipment, equipment setting method, and equipment setting program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an equipment setting system capable of improving convenience by setting an operating state of shared equipment corresponding to identification information of a portable device owned by a user, shared equipment, an equipment setting method, and an equipment setting program.SOLUTION: An equipment setting system 100 includes audio equipment 1 as shared equipment and a server device 3. The server device 3 stores operating state information of the audio equipment 1 corresponding to identification information of a portable device 2. The audio equipment 1 acquires the identification information of the portable device 2 and acquires, on the basis of the acquired identification information, the operating state information stored in the server device 3 to set an operating state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a device setting system, a shared device, a device setting method, and a device setting program for setting an operation state in a shared device.

  For example, a shared device shared by a plurality of users such as a car audio device and a car navigation device mounted on a moving body such as a vehicle is used with its operating state set by each user.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a device setting system including a wireless portable terminal, a pay broadcast receiving terminal as a shared device, and a viewing information management server. The wireless communication terminal transmits user identification information to the pay broadcast receiving terminal. The pay broadcast receiving terminal acquires viewing permission information corresponding to the user from the viewing information management server based on the acquired user identification information, and sets an environment in which a predetermined pay broadcast can be received based on the viewing permission information.

JP 2002-229879 A

  The device setting system described in Patent Literature 1 sets the environment of a shared device such as a pay broadcast receiving terminal based on the viewing permission information stored in the viewing information management server, but views the operation state set by the user for the shared device. It cannot be stored in the information management server.

  For example, in an in-vehicle audio device as a shared device, operation states such as radio broadcast reception, music data reproduction, or video data reproduction are set according to the user's preference. In shared devices, after the user has set a different operating state on behalf of the user, when the user who has been using it again uses it, it takes time to restore the setting, which is not convenient. was there.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to set the operating state of the shared device in accordance with the identification information of the portable device owned by the user and improve convenience. It is to provide a device setting system, a shared device, a device setting method, and a device setting program.

  A device setting system according to an aspect of the present invention includes a shared device that receives an instruction from a user who owns a portable device and sets an operation state, and a server device that stores the operation state information of the shared device. In the device setting system for setting the operation state of the shared device, the server device stores the operation state information corresponding to the identification information of the portable device, and the shared device stores the identification information of the portable device. Based on the acquired identification information, the operation state information stored in the server device is acquired and an operation state is set.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a shared device. This shared device is based on the identification information acquisition unit that acquires the identification information of the portable device and the acquired identification information in the shared device in which an operation state is set by receiving an instruction from a user who owns the portable device. An operation state acquisition unit that acquires operation state information stored in the external device, and an operation state setting unit that sets the operation state based on the acquired operation state information.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a device setting method. This device setting method is a device setting method for a shared device that receives an instruction from a user who owns a mobile device and sets an operation state. An operation state acquisition step for acquiring operation state information stored in the external device based on the identification information, and an operation state setting step for setting an operation state based on the acquired operation state information.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the operation state of a shared apparatus can be set according to the identification information of the portable apparatus which a user owns, and the convenience can be improved.

It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the communication connection in the apparatus setting system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the apparatus setting system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a chart for demonstrating the operation state in an audio equipment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the operation state setting process of an audio equipment. It is a table | surface which shows the example of the operation state information of the audio equipment memorize | stored in a server apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the setting input screen in an audio equipment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure in the memory | storage request | requirement process of the operating state of an audio equipment. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an operation state setting process of an audio device in the device setting system according to the second embodiment. It is a table | surface which shows the example of the operation state information of the audio equipment memorize | stored in a server apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the setting input screen for selecting a personal setting or a combination setting. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a setting input screen when combination setting is selected.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on preferred embodiments with reference to FIGS. The same or equivalent components and members shown in the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals, and repeated descriptions are appropriately omitted. In addition, the dimensions of the members in each drawing are appropriately enlarged or reduced for easy understanding. Also, in the drawings, some of the members that are not important for describing the embodiment are omitted.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining communication connection in the device setting system 100 according to the first embodiment. The device setting system 100 sets an operation in a shared device shared by a plurality of users. The audio device 1 is an example of a shared device according to the present invention. The audio device 1 is mounted on a moving body 90 such as a vehicle, receives a radio broadcast, and receives music data or video from a recording medium such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory or a DVD. Read and play the data. The shared device may be a device shared by a plurality of users such as a car navigation device in addition to the audio device 1.

  The audio device 1 communicates wirelessly with a mobile device 2 such as a mobile phone or a personal computer used by a user who has boarded the moving body 90, and acquires identification information of the mobile device 2. The audio device 1 communicates with the server device 3 via the communication network 91. The audio device 1 according to the present invention transmits the operation state information to the server device 3 and stores it in correspondence with the identification information of the portable device 2, and stores the operation state information corresponding to the identification information of the portable device 2. To restore the operating state settings.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the device setting system 100 according to the first embodiment. The device setting system 100 includes an audio device 1, a mobile device 2, and a server device 3. The audio device 1 corresponds to the shared device in the present invention.

  The audio device 1 includes a radio broadcast receiving unit 11, a data reproduction unit 12, a display unit 13, an operation unit 14, a communication unit 15, a control unit 16, a storage unit 17, and the like. The radio broadcast reception unit 11, the data reproduction unit 12, the display unit 13, the operation unit 14, the communication unit 15, the control unit 16, the storage unit 17, and the like are connected to each other via the data bus 1a so that electrical signals can be transmitted and received. .

  The radio broadcast receiving unit 11 receives AM radio broadcast signals and FM radio broadcast signals, demodulates them, and reproduces audio signals. The radio broadcast receiver 11 outputs the reproduced audio signal to the speaker 18. The broadcast station received by the radio broadcast receiving unit 11 is input by the user operating the operation unit 14 and acquired by the control unit 16. The radio broadcast receiving unit 11 acquires a broadcast station (or broadcast frequency) from the control unit 16 and performs reception tuning.

  The data reproducing unit 12 decodes music data and video data stored in a storage medium 19 such as a USB memory or a DVD to reproduce audio signals and video signals. The data reproduction unit 12 has a function of decoding corresponding to various formats of music data and video data, and outputs the reproduced audio signal to the speaker 18 and the reproduced video signal to the display unit 13.

  The data reproducing unit 12 causes the display unit 13 to display a folder, a track number, a song name, a video name, and the like read from the storage medium 19. The folder and track number to be played are input by the user operating the operation unit 14 and acquired by the control unit 16. The data reproducing unit 12 obtains a folder and a track number from the control unit 16 and reproduces music data and video data.

  The display unit 13 includes a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display, and the like. The display unit 13 displays information related to operations based on an instruction from the control unit 16 and displays a video signal or the like input from the data reproduction unit 12.

  The operation unit 14 includes switches such as an operation key, a cross key, and a touch panel, and receives an operation input by a user. The operation input received by the operation unit 14 is acquired by the control unit 16, and is output from the control unit 16 to the radio broadcast reception unit 11, the data reproduction unit 12, and the like as the setting of the operation state based on the operation input. Note that the operation unit 14 may support input by another means such as voice input in addition to the operation input, and accepts an instruction from the user. The operation input by the user is based on an instruction from the user. Equivalent to.

  The communication unit 15 includes a wireless communication unit 15a and a network communication unit 15b. The wireless communication unit 15a performs short-range wireless communication with the mobile device 2 by, for example, infrared communication or Bluetooth (registered trademark). The network communication unit 15 b performs wireless communication with the communication network 91 in accordance with a communication standard such as WiFi (registered trademark), and communicates with the server device 3 through the communication network 91. The communication unit 15 transmits and receives radio signal waves with the connected antenna, and performs wireless communication between the mobile device 2 and the communication network 91.

  The control unit 16 includes an operation state setting unit 16a, an identification information acquisition unit 16b, an operation state acquisition unit 16c, and a storage request unit 16d. The control part 16 is comprised by CPU etc., for example, and performs the process by the above-mentioned each part by operate | moving according to a computer program. The storage unit 17 includes a data storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), a flash memory, and a hard disk storage device, and stores a computer program executed by the control unit 16.

  In the control unit 16, the operation state setting unit 16 a causes the display unit 13 to display various operation screens including a button graphic for receiving an operation input by the user. For example, when the display unit 13 is a liquid crystal monitor and the operation unit 14 is a touch panel, the user touches the touch panel according to an image that appears on the operation screen and inputs an operation.

  FIG. 3 is a chart for explaining an operation state in the audio device 1. The operation state is classified into radio broadcast reception, music data reproduction, video data reproduction, and the like, and has operation contents in each classification. The operation content is composed of, for example, a broadcast station (reception frequency) in radio broadcast reception, and a folder name, a track number, etc. in the connected storage medium 19 in music data reproduction and video data reproduction. The operation state setting unit 16a sets the operation states of the radio broadcast reception unit 11, the data reproduction unit 12, and the like based on the user operation input acquired by the operation state acquisition unit 16c.

  In addition, the operation state setting unit 16a sets the operation states of the radio broadcast receiving unit 11, the data reproducing unit 12, and the like based on the operation state information acquired from the server device 3 by the operation state acquisition unit 16c.

  The identification information acquisition unit 16b acquires the identification information of the portable device 2 via the wireless communication unit 15a when the wireless communication unit 15a and the portable device 2 are connected to each other, and the operation state includes the acquired identification information of the portable device 2 The communication unit 15 is instructed to transmit the acquisition request to the server device 3. The network communication unit 15b of the communication unit 15 transmits an operation state acquisition request to the server device 3 based on an instruction from the identification information acquisition unit 16b.

  The operation state acquisition unit 16c acquires the user operation input received by the operation unit 14, and passes it to the operation state setting unit 16a. The operation state acquisition unit 16c acquires operation state information from the server device 3 received by the communication unit 15 through the network communication unit 15b, and passes the operation state information to the operation state setting unit 16a based on a user operation input.

  The storage request unit 16d is a network communication unit of the communication unit 15 so as to store the identification information of the mobile device 2 and the operation state information of the radio broadcast reception unit 11 and the data reproduction unit 12 set by the operation state setting unit 16a. A request is sent to the server device 3 via 15b. For example, the storage request unit 16d requests the server device 3 to store identification information and operation state information immediately before the audio device 1 is turned off, and requests storage based on an operation input from the user. Also good. In the case where the server device 3 is requested to store the identification information and the operation state information immediately before the audio device 1 is turned off, the storage request unit 16d is connected to the network communication unit 15b in the power-off sequence of the audio device 1. Storage request processing to the server apparatus 3 is performed.

  The portable device 2 includes an identification information storage unit 21 and a wireless communication unit 22. When the mobile device 2 is, for example, a mobile phone, the mobile device 2 includes a voice communication function, a data communication function, a screen display function, an operation input function, and the like. The identification information storage unit 21 stores identification information unique to the mobile device 2. The identification information is, for example, a user name set on the mobile device 2 side or a device-specific identification number when wireless communication is performed using Bluetooth.

  The wireless communication unit 22 communicates wirelessly with the wireless communication unit 15a of the audio device 1 in accordance with a communication method such as Bluetooth or infrared communication. The wireless communication unit 22 receives and acquires the identification information on the audio device 1 side and identifies itself stored in the identification information storage unit 21 in order to identify each other at the time of wireless communication connection with the audio device 1. Information is transmitted to the audio device 1 side. The identification information of the mobile device 2 transmitted from the wireless communication unit 22 is received by the wireless communication unit 15a and acquired by the identification information acquisition unit 16b.

  The server device 3 includes a network communication unit 31, an operation state storage unit 32, a control unit 33, and the like. The network communication unit 31 is connected to the communication network 91 by wireless or wired communication, and communicates with the network communication unit 15b of the audio device 1 via the communication network 91. The operation state storage unit 32 stores the operation state information of the audio device 1 corresponding to the identification information of the mobile device 2.

  In the server device 3, the control unit 33 is configured by, for example, a CPU and operates according to a computer program. When the network communication unit 31 receives a storage request from the storage request unit 16d of the audio device 1, the control unit 33 sends the identification information and the operation state information of the audio device 1 to the operation state storage unit 32 based on the storage request. Remember. In addition, when the network communication unit 31 receives the operation state acquisition request from the audio device 1, the control unit 33 operates the operation state information of the audio device 1 corresponding to the identification information from the operation state storage unit 32 based on the acquisition request. Is read. The control unit 33 transmits the operation state information of the audio device 1 read from the operation state storage unit 32 to the audio device 1 via the network communication unit 31.

  Next, the operation of the device setting system 100 will be described based on the operation state setting process of the audio device 1 and the storage request process of the operation state of the audio device 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the operation state setting process of the audio device 1. When the power is turned on, the audio device 1 is connected by wireless communication with a user-owned portable device 2 existing in the vicinity. The identification information acquisition unit 16b of the control unit 16 acquires the identification information of the mobile device 2 (S1). The identification information acquisition unit 16b transmits an operation state acquisition request including the acquired identification information to the server device 3 (S2).

  In response to the operation state acquisition request from the audio device 1, the control unit 33 of the server device 3 reads out the operation state information corresponding to the identification information included in the operation state acquisition request from the operation state storage unit 32, and the network communication unit 31. To the audio device 1. FIG. 5 is a table showing an example of operation state information of the audio device 1 stored in the server device 3. The operation state storage unit 32 stores settings 1 to 3 corresponding to the identification information of the mobile device 2. For example, with respect to the identification information 001 of the portable device 2 owned by the user A, the operation status of radio broadcast reception (A station reception) is set in setting 1, and information on music data playback, AA folder, and track number 3 is set in setting 2. It is stored and setting 3 is not set. In this way, in addition to settings according to the source such as radio broadcast reception and music data playback, for example, setting for private use for user A, setting for use for business, multiple source settings You may make it set collectively.

  The operating state acquisition unit 16c of the audio device 1 receives and acquires the operating state information transmitted from the server device 3 by the communication unit 15 (S3). The operation state acquisition unit 16c displays a setting input screen based on the acquired operation state information (S4). FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a setting input screen in the audio device 1. When the operation state information corresponding to the identification information of the mobile device 2 owned by the user A shown in FIG. 5 is acquired, a new setting button, a setting 1 button, and a setting 2 button are displayed on the display unit 13 as shown in FIG. Is displayed. Since setting 3 is not set, the setting 3 button is not displayed or the button image is displayed in a thin state, and an operation input to the setting 3 button is not accepted. In this example, the display unit 13 is a liquid crystal monitor, and the operation unit 14 is a touch panel stacked on the liquid crystal monitor.

  The user performs an operation input by touching each button displayed on the screen of the display unit 13 with a finger or the like. The operation state acquisition unit 16c acquires user operation input, that is, information indicating which button has been selected (S5). The operation state acquisition unit 16c determines whether or not the operation input by the user is a new operation state input by selecting a new input button (S6).

  If the operation state acquisition unit 16c determines that the input is a new input in step S6 (S6: YES), the operation state acquisition unit 16c acquires the operation state based on the user's operation input (S7), and passes the acquired operation state to the operation state setting unit 16a. . The operation state setting unit 16a sets the operation state of the audio device 1 based on the operation state acquired from the operation state acquisition unit 16c (S8), and ends the process.

  If the operation state acquisition unit 16c determines that the input is not a new input in step S6 (S6: NO), the operation state setting unit indicates the operation state of the audio device 1 corresponding to the setting number such as setting 1 or setting 2 selected by the user. Pass to 16a. The operation state setting unit 16a acquires the operation state from the operation state acquisition unit 16c, sets the operation state of the audio device 1 based on the setting number selected by the user (S9), and ends the process. For example, when the setting 1 of the user A shown in FIG. 5 is selected, the audio device 1 is set to an operation state for radio broadcast reception (A station reception).

  In the above description, the example in which the identification information of the portable device 2 owned by the user A is acquired by the identification information acquisition unit 16b has been described, but the identification information of the portable device 2 owned by the user B is also acquired. Similar processing is executed based on the identification information.

  When the user uses the audio device 1, the device setting system 100 can set the operation state of the audio device 1 based on the operation state information stored in the server device 3, thereby improving convenience. Can do. The operation state information of the audio device 1 stored in the server device 3 corresponds to the identification information of the portable device 2 owned by the user, and when the user uses it even when the operation state is changed by another user. Can be set to the operating state of the audio device 1 by the user.

  In addition, by storing a plurality of pieces of operation state information corresponding to the identification information of the mobile device 2 owned by the user, the setting can be changed according to the situation when the user uses the audio device 1. Convenience is improved. For example, the server apparatus 3 has different settings for the operating state information of the audio device 1 that the user likes when using the moving body 90 in business and the operating state information that the user likes when using the moving body 90 in leisure. In this case, convenience is improved by selecting the setting.

  In addition, when the user uses another moving body 90, the audio device 1 mounted on the moving body 90 is set by the operation state information stored in the server device 3. Since the operation state can be set at, convenience is improved. The device setting system 100 can set the device for the audio device 1 mounted in the rental car and the shared device such as the car navigation device, and can improve the convenience of the shared device by the user. Since the audio device 1 installed in the rental car is used by a plurality of users, the user has to change the operation state of the audio device 1 set by the previous user in order to make the operation state suitable for his / her preference. . According to the device setting system 100, the operation state of the audio device 1 mounted in the rental car can be set based on the operation state information stored in the server device 3, and convenience can be improved.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure in the storage request processing of the operating state of the audio device 1. In the power-off sequence of the audio device 1, the storage request unit 16d acquires the current operating state of the audio device 1 (S11). The storage request unit 16d transmits a registration request including the identification information of the portable device 2, the selected setting number or a new input, and the operation state information of the current audio device 1 from the network communication unit 15b to the server device 3. (S12), and the process ends.

  The control unit 33 of the server device 3 acquires a storage request from the audio device 1 and stores the operation state information in the operation state storage unit 32 based on the identification information included in the storage request. When the storage request includes a setting number, the operation state storage unit 32 updates the operation state information corresponding to the setting number with the operation state information included in the storage request. In addition, when the storage request includes a new input, the operation state storage unit 32 stores the operation state information included in the storage request corresponding to the setting number in which the operation state information is not set. To do.

  The device setting system 100 can store and update the operation settings of the audio device 1 by the user in the server device 3 in accordance with the storage request, so that the settings can be changed according to changes in the user's preference, and the convenience for the user. Can be improved. In the above example, the storage request is transmitted from the audio device 1 to the server device 3 in the power-off sequence of the audio device 1, but the user operates the operation unit 14 at any time when the audio device 1 is powered on. Then, the storage request may be transmitted.

Next, features of the device setting system 100, the audio device 1 (shared device), the device setting method, and the device setting program according to the first embodiment will be described.
The device setting system 100 according to the first embodiment receives an instruction (operation input) from a user who owns the mobile device 2, an audio device 1 (shared device) whose operation state is set, and operation state information of the audio device 1 Is set, and the operating state of the audio device 1 is set. The server device 3 stores the operation state information of the audio device 1 corresponding to the identification information of the mobile device 2. The audio device 1 acquires the identification information of the portable device 2, acquires the operation state information stored in the server device 3 based on the acquired identification information, and sets the operation state. Accordingly, the device setting system 100 sets the operation state of the audio device 1 based on the operation state information of the audio device 1 stored in correspondence with the identification information of the mobile device 2 owned by the user. Improved convenience.

  The audio device 1 requests that the server device 3 store the identification information and the operation state information of the portable device 2. The server device 3 stores the operation state information corresponding to the identification information based on the request from the audio device 1. Thereby, since the apparatus setting system 100 can update the operation state information stored in the server device 3, the convenience for the user can be improved.

  The server device 3 stores a plurality of pieces of operation state information corresponding to the identification information. The audio device 1 sets an operation state based on one operation state information among a plurality of operation state information. Accordingly, the device setting system 100 can select an operation state by selecting from a plurality of pieces of operation state information according to a situation when the user uses the audio device 1, and the convenience for the user is further improved. .

  The audio device 1 (shared device) according to the first embodiment receives an instruction (operation input) from a user who owns the mobile device 2 and is set in an operation state. The audio device 1 includes an identification information acquisition unit 16b that acquires identification information of the mobile device 2. The audio device 1 sets the operation state based on the acquired operation state information, the operation state acquisition unit 16c that acquires the operation state information stored in the server device 3 that is an external device, based on the acquired identification information. An operation state setting unit 16a is included. As a result, the audio device 1 is set in the operation state based on the operation state information stored corresponding to the identification information of the portable device 2 owned by the user, so that convenience for the user is improved.

  The device setting method according to the first embodiment sets the operation state of the audio device 1 (shared device) that receives an instruction (operation input) from the user who owns the mobile device 2 and sets the operation state. The device setting method includes an identification information acquisition step for acquiring identification information of the mobile device 2. The device setting method includes an operation state acquisition step for acquiring operation state information stored in the server device 3 as an external device based on the acquired identification information, and an operation for setting an operation state based on the acquired operation state information. A state setting step. With this device setting method, the operating state of the audio device 1 is set based on the operating state information stored corresponding to the identification information of the portable device 2 owned by the user, so that convenience for the user can be improved. it can.

  The device setting program according to the first embodiment functions to set an operation state of the audio device 1 (shared device) that receives an instruction (operation input) from a user who owns the mobile device 2 and sets the operation state. To do. The device setting program causes the computer to execute an identification information acquisition step of acquiring identification information of the mobile device 2. The device setting program is an operation state acquisition step for acquiring operation state information stored in the server device 3 as an external device based on the acquired identification information, and an operation state for setting the operation state based on the acquired operation state information. Let the computer execute the setup steps. This device setting program sets the operation state of the audio device 1 based on the operation state information stored corresponding to the identification information of the portable device 2 owned by the user, so that convenience for the user can be improved. it can.

(Embodiment 2)
In the device setting system 100 according to the first embodiment, the operation state information of the audio device 1 is stored in accordance with the identification information of the mobile device 2 owned by the user and set in the audio device 1. The device setting system 100 according to the second embodiment further adds identification information of the portable device 2 owned by another accompanying user, stores operation state information of the audio device 1 corresponding to a combination of a plurality of users, and the audio device. Set to 1. The device setting system 100 according to the first embodiment can be configured by parts and circuits equivalent to those in the first embodiment, and the processing contents of the control unit 16 of the audio device 1 and the operation state storage unit 32 of the server device 3 and The stored operation state information and the like will be described next.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the operation state setting process of the audio device 1 in the device setting system 100 according to the second embodiment. When the power is turned on, the audio device 1 is connected by wireless communication with a user-owned portable device 2 existing in the vicinity. The identification information acquisition unit 16b of the control unit 16 acquires the identification information of the mobile device 2 (S21). When the identification information acquisition unit 16b acquires a plurality of identification information, for example, when acquiring the identification information of each portable device 2 owned by the user A and the accompanying user B, the operation including the acquired plurality of identification information A status acquisition request is transmitted to the server device 3 (S22).

  In response to the operation state acquisition request from the audio device 1, the control unit 33 of the server device 3 reads out the operation state information corresponding to the identification information included in the operation state acquisition request from the operation state storage unit 32, and the network communication unit 31. To the audio device 1. FIG. 9 is a table showing an example of operation state information of the audio device 1 stored in the server device 3. The operation state storage unit 32 stores settings 1 to 3 corresponding to the identification information of the mobile device 2 for personal setting and settings 4 to 6 for combination setting with an accompanying person.

  For example, with respect to the identification information 001 of the portable device 2 owned by the user A, operation state information is stored for setting 1 to setting 3 for personal setting. The setting 4 includes accompanying identification information (002) along with the operation state information. , User B) is stored. The control unit 33 of the server device 3 that has received the operation state acquisition request reads the settings 1 and 2 for personal setting and the setting 4 for combination setting in which the operation state information is stored from the operation state storage unit 32, and audio. Transmit to device 1. As a specific example, when there is only one user, the process is the same as in the first embodiment. When there is one user and one setting in which the operation state information is stored, the setting may be automatically reflected. When there is one user and there are a plurality of settings in which the operation state information is stored, a screen for selecting which of the plurality of settings is to be set is displayed. Also, in the situation where there are multiple users as described above, the user to be set is selected, and if it is judged that the situation is the same as the past situation, the past setting is automatically reflected and the judgment is made. If this is not possible, a selection input screen is displayed as appropriate.

  The operating state acquisition unit 16c of the audio device 1 receives and acquires the operating state information transmitted from the server device 3 by the communication unit 15 (S23). The operation state acquisition unit 16c displays a setting input screen for selecting personal setting or combination setting based on the acquired operation state information (S24), and enables selection of personal setting or combination setting. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a setting input screen for selecting personal setting or combination setting. A personal setting button and a combination setting button are displayed on the screen of the display unit 13, and the user inputs an operation by touching each button displayed on the screen of the display unit 13 with a finger or the like. As described above, the personal setting is an operation state setting corresponding to any one of the identification information of the plurality of portable devices 2, and the combination setting corresponds to a combination of the plurality of identification information. It is the setting of the operating state. The operation state acquisition unit 16c acquires user operation input, that is, information indicating which button has been selected (S25).

  The operation state acquisition unit 16c displays a setting input screen for setting the operation state according to the personal setting button or the combination setting button selected in step S25 (S26). When acquiring that the personal setting button has been selected, the operation state acquisition unit 16c displays a setting input screen (see FIG. 6) based on the personal setting 1 and setting 2 (see FIG. 9). In addition, when acquiring that the combination setting button has been selected, the operation state acquisition unit 16c displays a setting input screen based on setting 4 for combination setting (see FIG. 9). FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a setting input screen when the combination setting is selected. On the setting input screen shown in FIG. 11, it is possible to operate the setting 4 button and the new input button whose operation state information is stored in the server device 3. The setting 5 and setting 6 buttons are not displayed because the operation state is not set, or the button image is displayed in a thin state, and operation inputs to the setting 5 and setting 6 buttons are not accepted.

  The operation state acquisition unit 16c acquires user operation input, that is, information indicating which button has been selected (S27). The operation state acquisition unit 16c determines whether or not the operation input by the user is a new operation state input by selecting a new input button (S28).

  If the operation state acquisition unit 16c determines that the input is a new input in step S28 (S28: YES), the operation state acquisition unit 16c acquires the operation state based on the user's operation input (S29) and passes the acquired operation state to the operation state setting unit 16a. . The operation state setting unit 16a sets the operation state of the audio device 1 based on the operation state acquired from the operation state acquisition unit 16c (S30), and ends the process.

  When the operation state acquisition unit 16c determines that the input is not a new input in step S28 (S28: NO), the operation state acquisition unit 16c operates the operation state of the audio device 1 corresponding to the setting number such as setting 1, setting 2, or setting 4 selected by the user. It is passed to the state setting unit 16a. The operation state setting unit 16a acquires the operation state from the operation state acquisition unit 16c, sets the operation state of the audio device 1 based on the setting number selected by the user (S31), and ends the process. For example, when the setting 4 of the user A shown in FIG. 9 is selected, the audio device 1 is set to an operation state for music data reproduction (track number 8 of the AB folder). The storage request process can be executed by the same procedure as that described in the first embodiment for both personal setting and combination setting, and the description is omitted for the sake of brevity.

  When the user uses the audio device 1, the device setting system 100 can acquire the operation state information when another user accompanies the server device 3 and set the operation state of the audio device 1. Further improvement can be achieved.

  In the second embodiment described above, for example, the identification information owned by the users A and B is acquired by the audio device 1, but the intensity of the radio wave in the wireless communication for acquiring the identification information is high and the user's individual close to the audio device 1 Settings and combination settings can be prioritized. Further, the priority order may be stored in advance for the identification information stored in the operation state storage unit 32 of the server device 3.

  Further, it is also possible to acquire all the operation state information relating to the users A and B from the server device 3 without setting priority in the identification information of the mobile devices 2 owned by the users A and B. In this case, before step S24 shown in FIG. 8, a setting input screen for selecting which operation state information of the user A or B is used is displayed on the display unit 13, and an operation input from the user is acquired. After that, the process may proceed to step S24.

Next, features of the device setting system 100 according to the second embodiment will be described.
In the device setting system 100 according to the second embodiment, the server device 3 stores the operation state information of the audio device 1 (shared device) corresponding to the combination of identification information of the plurality of portable devices 2. The audio device 1 acquires the identification information of the plurality of portable devices 2, acquires the operation state information stored in the server device 3 based on the combination of the acquired plurality of identification information, and sets the operation state. Thereby, when the user uses the audio device 1, the device setting system 100 can acquire the operation state information when another user accompanies the server device 3 and set the operation state of the audio device 1. Therefore, convenience can be further improved.

  Further, the audio device 1 requests that the server device 3 store the combination of identification information of the plurality of portable devices 2 and the operation state information. The server device 3 stores operation state information corresponding to a combination of a plurality of identification information based on a request from the audio device 1. Thereby, since the apparatus setting system 100 can update the operation state information stored in the server device 3, the convenience for the user can be improved.

  In addition, the audio device 1 is based on the operation state information corresponding to any one of the operation state information corresponding to the combination of the identification information of the plurality of mobile devices 2 or the identification information of the plurality of mobile devices 2. Therefore, the setting of the operation state can be selected. Thereby, the device setting system 100 can select the personal setting based on the operation state information corresponding to one piece of identification information or the combination setting based on a plurality of pieces of identification information, and further improve the convenience for the user. it can.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment described above, the portable device 2 owned by the user has the wireless communication unit 22, but is not limited to this configuration. The portable device 2 may be a storage medium such as an IC card, an SD card, or a USB memory that stores the identification information and outputs the identification information to the audio device 1. In this case, the audio device 1 may be provided with an input / output interface unit corresponding to the storage medium instead of the wireless communication unit 15a. In addition, the operation state of the audio device 1 is classified into radio broadcast reception, music data reproduction, video data reproduction, and the like, and further, as an example of operation contents, for example, radio broadcast reception includes a broadcasting station (reception frequency). Further, more detailed operation contents may be included. For example, in order to reproduce from the continuation of video data such as a movie that has been reproduced and viewed from a storage medium 19 such as a DVD, the reproduction position when the previous viewing was stopped is the operation content included in the operation state. . Moreover, the setting value of the frequency characteristic of the audio according to the user's preference, the setting of the screen brightness of the display unit 13, and the like can be set as the operation content included in the operation state.

  The audio device 1 is configured to access the communication network 91 through the network communication unit 15b and transmit / receive information to / from the server device 3. However, the audio device 1 uses communication functions of the mobile device 2 and other mobile devices. Then, the communication network 91 may be accessed to transmit / receive information to / from the server device 3.

  When the car navigation device is used as a shared device and its operation state is set by the device setting system 100, the device state is set to the operation state such as the display state of the map, the presence / absence of home position display, the presence / absence of voice guidance, etc. It can be set by the system 100. The display state of the map in the car navigation device is a setting for displaying the north direction of the map always on the upper side of the display unit 13, or a setting for displaying the traveling direction of the moving body 90 on the upper side of the display unit 13, and There are settings such as map display scale. The display state of the map in such a car navigation device is stored in the server device 3 as operation state information, and the operation state of the car navigation device is set based on the operation state information stored in the server device 3. Can do. In addition, the presence / absence of home position display and the presence / absence of voice guidance in the car navigation device are stored in the server device 3 as operation state information, and based on the operation state information stored in the server device 3, The operating state can be set. In addition, the setting of the shared device has been described as an object. However, when the peripheral device connected to the shared device can be specified, the peripheral device may be set together. In addition, when the target setting cannot be performed due to the version of the shared device or the like, a warning screen may be displayed, or a preset default setting value may be set.

  In the above, it demonstrated based on embodiment of this invention. Those skilled in the art will understand that these embodiments are examples, and that various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the claims of the present invention, and that such modifications and changes are also within the scope of the claims of the present invention. It is where it is done. Accordingly, the description and drawings herein are to be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive.

1 audio equipment (shared equipment), 2 portable equipment, 3 server equipment,
16a operation state setting unit, 16b identification information acquisition unit, 16c operation state acquisition unit,
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Claims (9)

A device setting that includes a shared device in which an operation state is set by receiving an instruction from a user who owns a portable device, and a server device that stores the operation state information of the shared device, and sets the operation state of the shared device In the system,
The server device stores the operation state information corresponding to the identification information of the portable device,
The shared device acquires the identification information of the portable device, and acquires the operation state information stored in the server device and sets an operation state based on the acquired identification information. Equipment setting system. The shared device requests the server device to store the identification information and the operation state information of the portable device;
The device setting system according to claim 1, wherein the server device stores the operation state information corresponding to the identification information based on a request from the shared device. The server device stores a plurality of the operation state information corresponding to the identification information,
The device setting system according to claim 1, wherein the shared device sets an operation state based on one operation state information among the plurality of operation state information. The server device stores the operation state information corresponding to a plurality of combinations of the identification information,
The shared device acquires the identification information of the plurality of portable devices, acquires the operation state information stored in the server device based on a combination of the acquired plurality of identification information, and sets an operation state The apparatus setting system according to claim 1, wherein: The shared device requests the server device to store a plurality of combinations of the identification information and the operation state information,
The device setting system according to claim 4, wherein the server device stores the operation state information corresponding to a combination of a plurality of the identification information based on a request from the shared device.   The shared device selects an operation state setting based on the operation state information corresponding to a combination of a plurality of pieces of identification information or the operation state information corresponding to any one of the plurality of pieces of identification information. 6. The device setting system according to claim 4, wherein the device setting system is possible. In a shared device that accepts instructions from users who own mobile devices and whose operating status is set,
An identification information acquisition unit for acquiring identification information of the portable device;
Based on the acquired identification information, an operation state acquisition unit that acquires operation state information stored in an external device;
An operation state setting unit configured to set an operation state based on the acquired operation state information;
A shared device characterized by comprising: In the device setting method of the shared device in which the operation state is set by receiving an instruction from the user who owns the mobile device,
An identification information acquisition step of acquiring identification information of the portable device;
Based on the acquired identification information, an operation state acquisition step of acquiring operation state information stored in an external device;
An operation state setting step for setting an operation state based on the acquired operation state information;
A device setting method comprising: In the device setting program of the shared device that accepts instructions from the user who owns the mobile device and sets the operating state,
An identification information acquisition step of acquiring identification information of the portable device;
Based on the acquired identification information, an operation state acquisition step of acquiring operation state information stored in an external device;
An operation state setting step for setting an operation state based on the acquired operation state information;
A device setting program for causing a computer to execute.

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