Open / close control system, open / close control method, application for remote control device and remote control device

Abstract

To configure a remote control device for an opening / closing body device by using a mobile communication terminal such as a smartphone to improve usability when the opening / closing body device is controlled.SOLUTION: A volume control operator used in a mobile communication terminal is assigned to each operator on an operator screen, and according to an operation state of the volume control operator, the same control signal as being transmitted when each operator on the operator screen is operated is transmitted. As a result, it is not necessary to hold the mobile communication terminal in an active state, and it is possible to operate an opening / closing body device easily by fumbling even in an inactive state or even when it is put in a pocket or the like. When a stop button displayed on a display screen of the mobile communication terminal is operated, a stop signal is output to all or arbitrarily selected opening / closing body device registered in an application. When the application shifts from the active state to the inactive state, all or arbitrarily selected opening / closing body device is caused to perform a stop operation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an opening / closing control system, an opening / closing control method, an application for a remote control device, and a remote control device for controlling an opening / closing body device installed in an opening such as a window or an entrance of a structure body including buildings such as houses, buildings, factories, and warehouses. In particular, it relates to an opening / closing control system, an opening / closing control method, an application for a remote control device, and a remote control device for an opening / closing body device that operates electrically in response to control signals from a plurality of remote control devices.

Background Art

[0002] For opening / closing body devices such as shutters and doors installed in openings of a structure body including buildings such as buildings, factories, and warehouses, electric shutters and electric doors that perform each operation of opening, closing, and stopping electrically are often used. Those that perform each operation of opening, closing, and stopping electrically include a wired dedicated switch equipped with three types of switches for opening, closing, and stopping, or a wireless dedicated switch for controlling by remote operation. In response to the operation of each of these switches, the opening / closing body device controls the opening / closing operation of a shutter, a door, or the like.

[0003] On the other hand, recently, by installing a dedicated application for a remote control device in a mobile communication terminal such as a smartphone, the mobile communication terminal can be made to have the same function as a wireless dedicated switch. Further, by installing the application for a remote control device in a plurality of such mobile communication terminals, a plurality of people can individually control the opening / closing body device.

[0004] Patent Document 1 describes an opening / closing control system configured to be able to control a plurality of opening / closing body devices in a building by installing a dedicated application for a remote control device in a mobile communication terminal such as a smartphone.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0005] Patent Document 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2016-220015 Disclosure of the Invention Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] As described in Patent Document 1, when configuring a remote control device for an opening / closing body device such as a shutter device using a mobile communication terminal such as a smartphone, the user does not need to purchase a plurality of dedicated remote control devices for a plurality of opening / closing body devices, and the economic burden on the user can be reduced, which is preferable for the user.

[0007] However, as in the opening / closing control system described in Patent Document 1, since a plurality of opening / closing body devices can be simultaneously controlled by a plurality of remote control devices, it is necessary to consider the control priority and the like. When the number of opening / closing body devices that are operated almost simultaneously is large, the control becomes very complicated, and there is a possibility of hindering the processing.

[0008] During the operation of the opening / closing body device, it is necessary to keep the application in an active state on the screen of the mobile communication terminal and hold the mobile communication terminal in a state of always being in hand in preparation for the next operation, which is to stop. Also, after operating the opening / closing body device, in order to confirm the feedback of the state of the opening / closing body device such as the completion of the operation in real time, it is necessary to keep the display screen and application of the mobile communication terminal such as a smartphone in an active state and hold them in a state of being in hand until there is feedback.

[0009] Furthermore, even if you want to suddenly stop the operation of a specific opening / closing body device after operating a plurality of opening / closing body devices in the same time zone, if the display screen of the mobile communication terminal has shifted to the operation screen of another opening / closing body device or another application screen, etc., the stop button cannot be pressed unless the operation screen of the opening / closing body device to be stopped is switched. When trying to perform screen operations in a hurry, it may take time to switch the screen, and the stop operation may be delayed.

[0010] When the portable communication terminal is put into the sleep state after operating the opening / closing body device, even if you suddenly want to stop the opening / closing body device, you cannot operate the stop button unless you first wake up the portable communication terminal that has entered the sleep state, enter the password, and restart the application again.

[0011] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an opening / closing control system, an opening / closing control method, an application for a remote control device, and a remote control device that can improve the usability when controlling an opening / closing body device by configuring a remote control device for the opening / closing body device using a portable communication terminal such as a smartphone.

[0012] A first feature of the opening / closing control system according to the present invention is that in an opening / closing control system including an opening / closing body means provided at an opening and performing an opening / closing operation, a control means for electrically controlling the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body means, an operator means for outputting a control signal corresponding to the operation of each of the opening / closing / stop operators to the control means, and a portable communication terminal means connected to the control means via a communication line, displaying an operator screen equivalent to the operator of the operator means by starting an application, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the operation of the operator screen to the control means, when the screen during the startup of the application transitions from an active state where the screen during the startup of the application is displayed on the display screen of the portable communication terminal means to an inactive state where the screen during the startup of the application is not displayed on the portable communication terminal means, a stop operation control signal is transmitted to all or arbitrarily selected ones of the opening / closing body means registered in the application of the portable communication terminal means. The opening / closing body means includes a window shutter device, a garage shutter device, a shutter device, a blind device, a roll screen device, a curtain device, a sliding door device, a movable partition device, an awning device, a waterproof board device, etc., and these opening / closing body means are provided at a plurality of locations inside and outside the building. The opening / closing body means is provided with operator means for instructing operations such as opening / closing stop, intermediate stop, or adjustment of ventilation volume or lighting amount, which is according to the window type, and control means for controlling operations such as opening / closing stop, intermediate stop, or adjustment of ventilation volume or lighting amount of the opening / closing body means according to the operation of the operator means. When a mobile communication terminal means is connected to the control means via a communication line, information regarding the opening / closing body means is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal means. When the remote control device application installed in the mobile communication terminal means is activated, operation buttons such as opening / closing stop, intermediate stop, or adjustment of ventilation volume or lighting amount that can control operations such as opening / closing stop, intermediate stop, or adjustment of ventilation volume or lighting amount of the opening / closing body means based on the information regarding the opening / closing body means received from the control means are provided. Images of operation buttons that have substantially the same shape, etc., as the operator provided in the operator means, that is, operation buttons equivalent to the operator, are displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal means. The operator can control operations such as opening / closing stop, intermediate stop, or adjustment of ventilation volume or lighting amount of the opening / closing body means using the mobile communication terminal means by operating operation buttons such as opening / closing stop, intermediate stop, or adjustment of ventilation volume or lighting amount displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal means. When transitioning from an active state where the operator screen (each operator) corresponding to the operation during the startup of the remote control device application is displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal means to an inactive state where the operator screen corresponding to the operation during the startup of the remote control device application is not displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal means, all or arbitrarily selected opening / closing body means are made to execute a stop operation. By performing a stop operation or the like of the opening / closing body means at the point when the remote control device application becomes inactive on the screen of the mobile communication terminal means in this way, it is possible to avoid a situation where a state in which the opening / closing body means cannot be controlled continues. Here, the inactive state where the operator screen corresponding to the operation during the startup of the remote control device application is not displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal means includes cases where the remote control device application ends and disappears from the display screen of the mobile communication terminal means, cases where another application starts and the display screen is switched, cases where the mobile communication terminal means enters a sleep state, and the like. In addition, when two application screens can be displayed simultaneously on one screen, if the operator screen corresponding to the operation during the startup of the remote control device application is displayed on either one of the screens, it corresponds to the active state.

[0013] The second feature of the opening / closing control system according to the present invention is that, in the opening / closing control system described in the first feature, when there is no operation history of the opening / closing body means by the application within a predetermined time at the point of transition to the inactive state, the control signal for the stop operation is not transmitted. This is a system that prevents a user who has registered the same opening / closing means in the remote control device application but has not actually operated the opening / closing means from outputting a stop operation command to the opening / closing means simply by starting up and then setting the remote control device application to an inactive state. To determine whether the user has actually operated the device, the operation history is checked. If there is an operation history within a predetermined time, the user is considered to have actually operated the device, and a stop operation control signal is transmitted when the device transitions to the inactive state. On the other hand, if there is no operation history, it is determined that the user has not actually operated the device, and no stop operation control signal is transmitted. As a result, even if the remote control device application is started and then transitions to the inactive state without performing the opening / closing operation of the shutter device and without an operation history, the stop operation will not be executed.

[0014] A third feature of the opening / closing control system according to the present invention is that in an opening / closing control system comprising an opening / closing means provided at an opening and performing an opening / closing operation, a control means for electrically controlling the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing means, an operator means for outputting a control signal corresponding to the operation of each of the opening / closing / stop operators to the control means, and a mobile communication terminal means connected to the control means via a communication line, displaying an operator screen equivalent to the operator of the operator means upon startup of an application, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the operation of the operator screen to the control means, the information regarding the operation of the opening / closing means is audibly notified by the sound output means of the mobile communication terminal means. When the opening / closing body means performs each operation of opening / closing stop, the user is notified by using an auditory (voice such as a speaker) notification means from the mobile communication terminal means immediately before starting the operation, so as to prompt attention. When notifying audibly, it may be visually notified on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal means at the same time. Also, since the mobile communication terminal means has a built-in speaker, voices such as "There is a person in the garage", "There is a person on the veranda", "The semi-opening operation will be performed in 5 minutes.", "The fully-closed operation will be performed in 5 minutes." can be pronounced using the speaker to provide an audible notification. Further, when another screen (such as an application screen) that cannot be displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal means is being displayed, it may be notified only by the pronunciation of the voice. Also, even when some communication failure occurs in the mobile communication terminal means and it becomes in a state where the opening / closing stop state and the operation of opening / closing stop cannot be executed, a voice may be pronounced for notification. Also, when each operation such as opening / closing, semi-opening or semi-closing, or adjustment of ventilation amount or lighting amount of a window shutter is automated by a timer function according to the living scene, a voice is pronounced at the start of the automation process or a predetermined time before the start, and which shutter will perform what kind of process may be notified by pronouncing the voice according to the content set on the setting screen. Note that since the user may have difficulty hearing the pronunciation of the voice due to the influence of ambient noise or the like, during the opening operation of the opening / closing body means, a sound is pronounced in an ascending scale in accordance with the operation, and at the same time, the vibration changes from weak to strong at a certain rhythm, and this is repeated at a cycle of 2 to 3 seconds to aurally and tactilely convey that the opening operation is currently in progress. Conversely, during the closing operation of the opening / closing body device, a sound is pronounced in a descending scale in accordance with the operation, and the vibration changes from strong to weak at a certain rhythm, and this is repeated at a cycle of 2 to 3 seconds to aurally and tactilely convey that the closing operation is currently in progress. It is desirable to repeatedly execute these pronunciation operations and vibration operations during the operation of the opening / closing body means. Furthermore, when the opening / closing body means approaches the open limit or the closed limit (when the limit is reached), as the first notification sound, onomatopoeia such as "pipiyo" is pronounced in an irregular rhythm like "tatta·ta·ta". When the opening / closing body means stops midway, as the second notification sound, onomatopoeia such as "pikok" is pronounced in a regular rhythm like "tatta·tatta·tatta". When an error such as an obstacle detection occurs, as an error sound, a buzzer sound such as "buboo" is pronounced or vibrated at a high speed rhythm like "to·to·to·to·to·to·to·to". Due to such differences in pronunciation, even when the mobile communication terminal means is in an inactive state and is placed in a pocket or the like where the screen cannot be visually recognized, the user can simply and in real time recognize the current state of the opening / closing body device. Such notification by the auditory notification means is performed when the operation of the opening / closing body means is executed and controlled by the mobile communication terminal means. For those in which the opening / closing / stopping operation is executed by other mobile communication terminal means or the like, it is desirable not to pronounce. Even if the opening / closing / stopping operation is not executed by the mobile communication terminal means, for the opening / closing body means grouped by the group setting screen, it may be pronounced or vibrated. Also, it may be possible to individually set the opening / closing body devices that are pronounced or vibrated.

[0015] The first feature of the opening / closing control method according to the present invention is an opening / closing control method for electrically controlling the opening / closing operation of an opening / closing body means provided at an opening based on a control signal output in response to an operation of each of the opening, closing, and stop operators of operator means. A mobile communication terminal means is provided which displays an operator screen equivalent to each of the opening, closing, and stop operators of the operator means by starting an application and transmits the control signal corresponding to the operation of the operator screen via a communication line. When the screen during the startup of the application shifts from an active state where it is displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal means to an inactive state where the startup screen of the application is not displayed on the mobile communication terminal means, a stop operation control signal is transmitted to all or arbitrarily selected ones of the opening / closing body means registered in the application of the mobile communication terminal means. This is an invention of an opening / closing control method corresponding to the first feature of the opening / closing control system.

[0016] The second feature of the opening / closing control method according to the present invention is that in the opening / closing control method described in the first feature, when shifting to the inactive state, if there is no operation history of the opening / closing body means by the application within a predetermined time, the stop operation control signal is not transmitted. This is an invention of an opening / closing control method corresponding to the second feature of the opening / closing control system.

[0017] The third feature of the opening / closing control method according to the present invention is an opening / closing control method for electrically controlling the opening / closing operation of an opening / closing body means provided at an opening based on a control signal output in response to an operation of each of the opening, closing, and stop operators of operator means. A mobile communication terminal means is provided which displays an operator screen equivalent to each of the opening, closing, and stop operators of the operator means by starting an application and transmits the control signal corresponding to the operation of the operator screen via a communication line. Information regarding the operation of the opening / closing body means is audibly notified by the sound output means of the mobile communication terminal means. This is an invention of an opening / closing control method corresponding to the third feature of the opening / closing control system.

[0018] The feature of the application for the remote control device according to the present invention lies in that the opening / closing control method described in the first, second, or third feature is configured to be executable by the mobile communication terminal means. This is an invention of an application for a remote control device configured such that the mobile communication terminal means can execute the first or second feature of the opening / closing control method.

[0019] The feature of the mobile communication terminal device according to the present invention lies in that it is used as a remote control device by executing the features of the application for the remote control device. This is an invention of a mobile communication terminal device that functions as a remote control device by executing the application for the remote control device.

Effect of the Invention

[0020] According to the opening / closing control system, opening / closing control method, application for the remote control device, and remote control device of the present invention, it is possible to configure a remote control device for an opening / closing body device using a mobile communication terminal such as a smartphone, and there is an effect of improving the usability when controlling the opening / closing body device.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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[0022] Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the opening / closing control system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, a shutter device group that is controlled to open and close by raising and lowering a shutter curtain, which is an opening / closing body means, up and down will be described as an example. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the opening / closing control system of the present invention. The shutter device group in FIG. 1 is composed of a garage shutter device 1 provided in a garage such as a carport, and window shutter devices 2 to 4 provided in windows that are openings of a building respectively.

[0023] The garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4 are basically composed of a shutter case, a shutter curtain, guide rails, a motor, a shutter drive circuit, an opening / closing control circuit, a transceiver, a remote control operation switch, etc. In FIG. 1, illustration of the motor, the shutter drive circuit, and other component parts such as a winding shaft and a chain is omitted.

[0024] The garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter device 3 are connected to human presence sensors 14 and 34 respectively. The human presence sensor 14 of the garage shutter device 1 is installed on the rear side of the garage opening, that is, inside the garage, to detect whether a person is present. When the garage shutter device 1 automatically closes when a person is present inside the garage, there is a possibility that the person may be trapped inside the garage, so this is to prevent that. The human presence sensor 34 of the window shutter device 3 is installed on the rear side of the opening of the sweep-out window, that is, outside the building, to detect whether a person is present on the veranda 35. When the window shutter device 3 automatically closes when a person is present on the veranda 35, there is a possibility that the person may be driven out onto the veranda, so this is to prevent that.

[0025] The human presence sensor may be installed in other areas that may be enclosed and / or areas that may be expelled. Also, the human presence sensor detects the presence of a person using infrared rays, ultrasonic waves, visible light, etc., or may detect using a surveillance camera or the like. The human presence sensors 14 and 34 may be composed of one or a plurality of sensors. Note that it is different from the obstacle sensor for hazard prevention provided in the shutter device, and detects whether a person is present in a predetermined area at a certain distance from the opening and closing body device.

[0026] The shutter cases are provided above the respective openings. The guide rails are provided on both ends of the opening of the garage and both ends of the window so as to contact both ends of the shutter curtain, and are composed of metal members having a U-shaped guide groove whose cross-sectional shape extends from the sill to the floor surface and under the window frame. The shutter curtain moves up and down along each guide groove of this guide rail and performs operations of opening / closing / stopping or stopping midway (half-opening or half-closing) of the opening and window. In this specification, half-opening means a state of stopping during the opening operation, and half-closing means a state of stopping during the closing operation.

[0027] The winding part (not shown) is a basket-shaped or the like winding member that is rotatably provided on both sides of the shutter case around a winding shaft rotatably provided on both sides of the shutter case or a shaft fixedly provided on both sides of the shutter case, and winds up or rewinds the shutter curtain. Hereinafter, the case of a winding shaft rotatably provided will be described. A chain (not shown) connects a driving sprocket provided on the rotation shaft of the motor and a driven sprocket provided on the rotation shaft of the winding shaft. Therefore, the rotational driving force of the motor is transmitted to the winding shaft side via the chain, and when the motor rotates, the winding shaft rotates via the chain, and the operations of opening / closing / stopping or stopping midway of the shutter curtain are controlled.

[0028] Although not shown in the drawings, the shutter drive circuits are provided inside their respective shutter cases. The shutter drive circuits are configured as microcomputers and are supplied with power from the outside via a power line. The shutter drive circuits control the rotation of the motor based on control signals from the opening / closing control circuits 11, 21, 31, and 41 to control the operations of opening, closing, stopping, or pausing the shutter curtain. In FIG. 1, the transceiver units 13, 23, 33, and 43 incorporate antennas for receiving control signals from the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, and 42. The remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, and 42 are wireless operation means dedicated to the shutter device and equipped with an open button, a stop button, and a close button.

[0029] The transceiver unit 13 of the garage shutter device 1 and the remote control operation switch 12 are connected at a predetermined frequency band (e.g., 426 [MHz]) and are connected one-to-one via a predetermined ID. Similarly, the window shutter devices 2 to 4 are also connected to the remote control operation switches 22, 32, and 42 at a specific frequency band and are connected one-to-one via a predetermined ID. In this embodiment, as the predetermined ID, id12 is assigned to the remote control operation switch 12, id22 is assigned to the remote control operation switch 22, id32 is assigned to the remote control operation switch 32, and id42 is assigned to the remote control operation switch 42 as their respective unique IDs (identification information), and these IDs are utilized.

[0030] In addition, the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4 may each be provided with a wired operator near their respective openings in addition to the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, and 42. The remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, and 42 transmit control signals corresponding to the operation states of the operation buttons for opening, closing, stopping, or pausing to the transceiver units 13, 23, 33, and 43. Each of the opening / closing control circuits 11, 21, 31, and 41 controls the operations of opening, closing, stopping, or pausing the shutter curtain according to the control signals corresponding to these operation states.

[0031] The slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43 are electrically connected by wire to their respective opening / closing control circuits 11, 21, 31, 41. The slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43 are wirelessly connected to the master transceiver 50 by specific low-power radio (for example, frequency 429 [MHz]). The master transceiver 50 incorporates an antenna for receiving signals from the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42. The access point 60 (Wireless LAN access point) is connected to the master transceiver 50 via Wi-Fi. Further, a mobile communication terminal 70 is connected to this access point 60 via Wi-Fi.

[0032] In FIG. 1, an antenna connected to the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42 and the master transceiver 50 is shown for the slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43. The specific frequency band connecting between the slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43 and the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42 and the specific frequency band connecting between the slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43 and the master transceiver 50 may be the same or different. When the specific frequency bands are different, the slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43 receive signals by softly switching the frequency of the received signal.

[0033] Regarding the installation (placement) positions of the master transceiver 50 and the access point 60, in this embodiment, at least one of them (preferably both) is not housed in any shutter box and is installed outside the shutter box. Further, since the installation (placement) positions of the master transceiver 50 and the access point 60 are installed in the vicinity of any shutter box (that is, the shutter device equipped with this shutter box), for example, when the height can be judged due to visual inspection or other reasons, considering the ease of installation and maintenance, etc., it is preferable to install it at a position lower than the shutter box. Of course, for example, even inside the shutter box, the installation position is arbitrary as long as communication is possible and it does not interfere with the moving operations such as the opening and closing or winding of the shutter curtain.

[0034] The mobile communication terminal 70 is constituted by a portable communication terminal such as a mobile phone, PHS, smartphone (multifunctional mobile phone), PDA, etc. In this embodiment, the mobile communication terminal 70 is constituted by a smartphone, and has not only a normal call function but also a touch panel type display screen, and in response to the activation of various applications, a remote control operation switch having the same functions as the buttons of the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42 is displayed on the display screen, and by operating these buttons, it functions as a remote control device (remote control operation switch).

[0035] On the touch panel type display screen of the mobile communication terminal 70, various icons for starting a plurality of applications including calls are displayed, and a desired application can be started by touch-operating a desired icon. In FIG. 1, a state is shown in which the application of the remote control for opening / closing control is started and the operation buttons of the open button, stop button, and close button are displayed. The mobile communication terminal 70 has a short-range wireless communication function such as Wi-Fi, infrared communication, Bluetooth (registered trademark), etc., but in this embodiment, it is configured to be connected to the access point 60 by Wi-Fi and further connected to the transmission / reception master unit 50 by Wi-Fi via the access point 60. Although one mobile communication terminal 70 is shown in the figure, there are often a plurality of other mobile communication terminals, and when a plurality of mobile communication terminals are processed almost simultaneously, it often becomes a problem how to execute it. The processing when a plurality of mobile communication terminals are processed almost simultaneously will be described later.

[0036] FIG. 2 is an external view showing the configuration of the transmission / reception slave unit of FIG. 1. The transmission / reception slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 include a power line, a signal line, and a built-in antenna. In some cases, an external antenna connection line is also provided. In this embodiment, the transmission / reception slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 include a DIP switch setting unit 81 indicating the type of shutter in addition to these normal wireless components.

[0037] In FIG. 2, the dip switch setting unit 81 is shown enlarged. As shown in the figure, this dip switch setting unit 81 is composed of three dip switches SW1 to SW3. The setting states of these dip switches SW1 to SW3 are as shown in Table 82. That is, in the figure, when the dip switches SW1 to SW3 are "000", it is the standard type of the sweep window shutter device; when they are "001", it is the standard type of the waist-high window shutter device; when they are "010", it is the slit type of the sweep window shutter device; when they are "011", it is the slit type of the waist-high window shutter device; when they are "100", it is the blind type of the sweep window shutter device; when they are "101", it is the blind type of the waist-high window shutter device; when they are "110", they respectively indicate the garage shutter.

[0038] By assigning the dip switches SW1 to SW3 to other types of shutters, eight types of shutters can be assigned. When assigning more types, it is only necessary to provide four or more dip switches. Note that the window shutter device 2 in FIG. 1 is set to the standard type of the waist-high window shutter device of "001", the window shutter device 3 is set to the standard type of the sweep window shutter device of "000", the window shutter device 4 is set to the slit type of the waist-high window shutter device of "011", and the garage shutter device 1 is set to the garage shutter of "110".

[0039] In the opening / closing control system of FIG. 1, respective remote control IDs (id12, id22, id32, id42) are set for the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42, the transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, 43, and the transceiver master unit 50. Since the details of the setting process of this remote control ID are described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2015-208071 filed previously, the description is omitted here.

[0040] FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a state in which remote control IDs are set in the remote control operation switch transceiver slave units and the transceiver master unit. In each of the transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43, corresponding remote control IDs (id12, id22, id32, id42) are registered in association with the IDs (id13, id23, id33, id43) of their own transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43, respectively. In the remote control operation switch 12, id12⇔id13 and id12⇔110 are stored, in the remote control operation switch 22, id22⇔id23 and id22⇔001 are stored, in the remote control operation switch 32, id32⇔id33 and id32⇔000 are stored, and in the remote control operation switch 42, id42⇔id43 and id42⇔011 are stored, such that respective IDs and dip switch status signals are associated and stored.

[0041] In the transceiver master unit 50, the same ID groups and dip switch status signals registered in each of the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, and 42 are registered. Accordingly, based on the received ID and transmitted ID in the transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43, a two-way communication state is established between the transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43 and the transceiver master unit 50 via any one of the communication lines 13b, 23b, 33b, and 43b. When a two-way communication state is established between the transceiver slave units 13, 33 and the transceiver master unit 50, detection information of the human presence sensors 14, 34 is transmitted to the transceiver master unit 50 in real time as a status signal. Accordingly, the transceiver master unit 50 can recognize the presence of people in the garage and the presence of people on the veranda 35 based on the detection information from the human presence sensors 14, 34.

[0042] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of a mobile communication terminal. In FIG. 4, the mobile communication terminal 701 shows an example of a screen in an initial state in which an application of a remote control for opening / closing control is started. Selection buttons such as "individual shutter", "all shutters", "all shutters in the building", and "garage shutter" are displayed on the initial state screen of the mobile communication terminal 701. The mobile communication terminals 701 to 704 are each the same type of device and show a state in which different screens are displayed.

[0043] The selection button for "Individual Shutter" is selected when individually controlling the one selected from the garage shutter device 1 and window shutter devices 2 to 4 shown in FIG. 1. The selection button for "All Shutters" is selected when simultaneously controlling the garage shutter device 1 and window shutter devices 2 to 4 shown in FIG. 1. The selection button for "All Shutters in the Building" is selected when simultaneously controlling the window shutter devices 2 to 4 installed in the building among those shown in FIG. 1. The selection button for "Garage Shutter" is selected when controlling only the garage shutter device 1 shown in FIG. 1. Note that a human figure mark indicating the presence of a person in the garage is displayed on the selection button for "Garage Shutter". By visually recognizing this human figure mark, it is possible to recognize the presence of a person in the garage. For the selection button with the human figure mark displayed, a wire mesh display or the like may be provided to indicate inoperability, and it may be displayed in a distinguishable manner from other operable buttons.

[0044] In FIG. 4, the mobile communication terminal 702 shows an example of a screen when the selection button for "Individual Shutter" of the mobile communication terminal 701 on which the initial state screen is displayed is operated. On the mobile communication terminal 702, selection buttons such as "Garage Shutter", "First Floor Waist-High Window Shutter ST", "Second Floor Sweeping Window Shutter ST", and "Second Floor Waist-High Window Shutter SL" are displayed as the names of the devices that can be opened and closed shown in FIG. 1.

[0045] The selection button for "Garage Shutter" corresponds to the garage shutter device 1 shown in FIG. 1. The selection button for "First Floor Waist-High Window Shutter ST" corresponds to the standard type of the waist-high window shutter device shown in FIG. 1. The selection button for "Second Floor Sweeping Window Shutter ST" corresponds to the standard type of the sweeping window shutter device 3 shown in FIG. 1. The selection button for "Second Floor Waist-High Window Shutter SL" corresponds to the slit type of the waist-high window shutter device shown in FIG. 1.

[0046] On the selection button for the "garage shutter", a human figure mark indicating the presence of a person in the garage is displayed, similar to the screen of the mobile communication terminal 701, and a wire mesh pattern is applied to indicate inoperability. On the other hand, the human figure mark is not displayed on the selection button for the "second floor sweeping window shutter ST". This means that there is a person in the garage, but there is no person on the veranda 35. Regarding the semi-closed operation, it may be made operable even when the presence of a person is confirmed. This is because, since it is in a semi-closed state, it does not fall under confinement or expulsion.

[0047] As shown in FIG. 3, these correspondence relationships can be set in the transmitting and receiving master unit 50 at the stage when the bidirectional communication between the transmitting and receiving slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 and the transmitting and receiving master unit 50 is established, and the system is configured such that the set contents are displayed on the mobile communication terminal 70. Therefore, instead of the "second floor sweeping window shutter ST" and the "second floor waist-high window shutter SL", the names may be assigned in an easy-to-understand manner, such as the "second floor XX room window shutter" and the "second floor YY room window shutter". In this way, since the name assigned to the transmitting and receiving master unit 50 is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 70 via the access point 60, there is no need to separately register the mobile communication terminal 70 with the transmitting and receiving master unit 50. By simply connecting the mobile communication terminal 70 to the access point 60, the operations of opening, closing, stopping, or pausing in the middle of the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4 can be appropriately controlled using the mobile communication terminal 70.

[0048] In FIG. 4, the mobile communication terminal 703 shows an example of a screen when the selection button of the device name "garage shutter", which can be opened and closed and is displayed on the mobile communication terminal 702, is operated. At the upper part of the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 703, the device name "garage shutter", which is currently the control target, is displayed, and below it, the operation buttons for opening, closing, and stopping are displayed. Note that since the above-mentioned human mark is not displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal 703, it indicates that there is no person in the garage. In FIG. 4, the mobile communication terminal 704 shows an example of a screen when the selection button of the device name "second-floor waist-high window shutter SL", which can be opened and closed and is displayed on the mobile communication terminal 702, is operated. At the upper part of the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 704, the device name "second-floor waist-high window shutter SL", which is currently the control target, is displayed, and below it, the operation buttons for opening, closing, and stopping, the intermediate stop button for half-opening or half-closing, and the operation buttons for ventilation and daylighting for adjusting the ventilation volume or daylighting amount are displayed.

[0049] As described above, this operation button for ventilation and daylighting is a shutter-specific operation button of the slit type that is displayed to adjust the daylighting amount corresponding to the fact that the dip switch status signal indicating the type of shutter of the waist-high window shutter device is "011". Similarly, when the dip switch status signal indicating the type of shutter is "101" for the blind type, the operation button for "ventilation and daylighting" for adjusting the ventilation volume will be displayed as in the mobile communication terminal 704. Therefore, when the dip switch status signal indicating the type of shutter is "000" or "001" for the standard type, this "ventilation and daylighting" operation button is not displayed, and only the operation buttons for opening, closing, stopping, or intermediate stopping are displayed as in the mobile communication terminal 703. Note that the "ventilation and daylighting" operation button may also be displayed even in the case of the standard type.

[0050] As described above, when the selection buttons for the device names of the openable and closable devices "garage shutter", "1st floor waist-high window shutter ST", "2nd floor sweep-out window shutter ST", or "2nd floor waist-high window shutter SL" displayed on the mobile communication terminal 702 are operated, the respective device names are displayed at the upper part of the display screen as shown on the mobile communication terminals 703 and 704, and the opening / closing stop, intermediate stop, or operations such as ventilation volume or daylighting volume of any of the garage shutter device 1 and window shutter devices 2 to 4 can be controlled using the display screens of the mobile communication terminals 703 and 704. In FIG. 4, for the garage shutter device 1, the intermediate stop operation button and the ventilation / daylighting operation button are not shown, but they may be shown.

[0051] When the selection button for "all shutters inside the building" is operated on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 701, the characters "all shutters inside the building" are displayed at the upper part of the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 703, and the opening and closing of all the shutters can be controlled simultaneously using the mobile communication terminal 703. In the case of all shutters inside the building, only the opening operation and the closing operation are available, and the stop operation button cannot be operated. This is because the time required for the opening and closing operations of the opening / closing body device is different between the waist-high window shutter and the sweep-out window shutter, so it is difficult for the operator to determine at which stage the stop operation is performed when the stop operation is performed. Therefore, in this embodiment, the stop operation for all shutters inside the building cannot be operated. Needless to say, it goes without saying that the stop operation may be configured to be possible for all shutters inside the building or some of the shutters. In addition, it may be possible to set to open or close to half or about one-third of the fully open or fully closed state.

[0052] When a selection button for "all shutters inside the building" is operated on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 701, a display screen of the mobile communication terminals 703 or 704 that can operate "1st floor waist-high window shutter ST", "2nd floor sweep-out window shutter ST", and "2nd floor waist-high window shutter SL" inside the building, etc. as the device names with open / close control shown in FIG. 1 is displayed, and each operation of opening / closing / stopping or stopping during operation or the ventilation volume or the daylighting volume of each window shutter can be controlled. Note that in FIG. 1, the remote control operation switches 22, 32, 42 indicate wireless operation devices dedicated to shutter devices equipped only with open / close / stop buttons, but in addition to the open / close / stop operation buttons like those of the mobile communication terminal 704 in FIG. 4, operation buttons capable of controlling each operation of stopping during operation and / or the ventilation volume or the daylighting volume may be provided.

[0053] When a selection button for the garage shutter is operated on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 701, the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 703 is displayed, so that each operation of opening / closing / stopping of the garage shutter device 1 can be controlled using the mobile communication terminal 703 as it is.

[0054] In the opening / closing control system shown in FIG. 1, each operation of opening / closing / stopping of the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4 can be appropriately controlled using the mobile communication terminal 70 other than the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42 dedicated to the opening / closing body devices. Therefore, the mobile communication terminal 70 functions as a wireless operation means (remote control device) shared by the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4. Also, since the transmission / reception master unit 50 and the mobile communication terminal 70 are connected via the access point 60, only the mobile communication terminal 70 that has received WEP (WPA or WPA2 may also be used) authentication is connected to the transmission / reception master unit 50, so a high level of security can be constructed.

[0055] In this embodiment, an anemometer 36 is provided on the veranda 35 of the building. The anemometer 36 in FIG. 1 is composed of a windmill-type anemometer. In addition, one or more of various types such as a cup anemometer, an ultrasonic anemometer, a three-dimensional ultrasonic wind direction and speed meter, a Dines anemometer, and a hot-wire anemometer may be installed. The anemometer 36 and the transceiver master unit 50 are connected in advance by a wireless or wired method, and the wind speed and / or wind direction information of the anemometer 36 is transmitted to the transceiver master unit 50 in real time. Note that the wind speed and / or wind direction information of the anemometer 36 may be transmitted to the transceiver master unit 50 via the transceiver slave unit 33. In this embodiment, the closing operation or the mid-stop of the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4 is automatically executed according to the wind speed among various weather events. For example, when the wind speed information from the anemometer 36 exceeds a predetermined value (for example, a wind speed of 15 [m]) and this state occurs n times (for example, 3 times) or more within a predetermined time (for example, within 5 minutes), the transceiver master unit 50 automatically operates to close the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4. Note that before fully closing, a half-closing operation may be executed when a predetermined wind speed is reached, and a fully opening or fully closing operation may be executed according to the strength of the wind speed.

[0056] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the remote control process executed by the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42 and the transmission / reception process executed between the transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 and the transceiver master unit 50 and the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42 in the opening / closing control system of FIG. 1. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the transmission / reception process executed between the transceiver master unit 50 and the transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 and the mobile communication terminal 70 in the opening / closing control system of FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the transmission / reception process executed between the mobile communication terminal 70 and the transceiver master unit 50 in the opening / closing control system of FIG. 1.

[0057] In FIG. 5, the communication lines 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a indicate transmissions from the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42 to the corresponding transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, 43. In FIGS. 5 and 6, communication lines 3a and 3b indicate transmissions from the slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43 to the master unit 50, and communication lines 5b and 5c indicate transmissions from the master unit 50 to the respective slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43. In FIGS. 6 and 7, communication lines 5a and 5d indicate transmissions from the master unit 50 to the mobile communication terminal 70, and communication lines 7a and 7c indicate transmissions from the mobile communication terminal 70 to the master unit 50.

[0058] In FIG. 5, the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, and 42 transmit operation signals corresponding to the open / close / stop or "ventilation and daylighting" operation buttons to the slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43 via the respective corresponding communication lines 1a, 2a, 3a, and 4a. The slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43 that have received the operation signals via the communication lines 1a, 2a, 3a, and 4a check the IDs (id12, id22, id32, id42) included in the received operation signals and execute processing corresponding to the operation signals when they match.

[0059] Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 5, the transmission and reception processing executed by the slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43 based on the operation signals from the human presence sensors 14, 24, the master unit 50, and the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, and 42 will be described. In step S51, when the states (open / close / stop or midway stop and ventilation and daylighting amount) of the opening / closing bodies, which are the respective control targets, of the slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43 change, and when the detection states of the human presence sensors 14, 24 change, they transmit to the master unit 50 via the communication line 3a as state signals corresponding to the respective states. In the case of the human presence sensors 14, 24, a signal indicating the detection state is transmitted when in a state of detecting a person.

[0060] In step S52, it is determined whether the IDs included in the operation signals match. If they match (yes), the process proceeds to step S53; if they do not match (no), the process returns. The operation signals in this step S52 include both the operation signals from the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42 received by the transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 via the communication lines 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a and the operation signals from the transceiver master unit 50 received by the transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 via the communication lines 5b, 5c.

[0061] In step S53, the opening / closing control circuits 11, 21, 31, 41 whose IDs included in the received operation signals match execute the processes of each operation of opening / closing stop, intermediate stop, or ventilation and daylighting corresponding to the operation signals. This ID includes both an individual ID and a common ID. The individual ID is assigned to each opening / closing body to be controlled, and the common ID is included in the operation signal from the transceiver master unit 50 and is assigned commonly to all the shutters in the building. Therefore, when the transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 receive an operation signal including the common ID, all the opening / closing control circuits 11, 21, 31, 41 execute the processes of each opening / closing operation corresponding to the operation signal. Note that when operating all the shutters simultaneously without providing a common ID, operation signals including their respective individual IDs may be transmitted from the transceiver for the number of shutters.

[0062] In step S54, it is determined whether the processes of each operation of opening / closing stop, intermediate stop, or ventilation and daylighting have ended. If they have ended (yes), the process proceeds to step S55; if they have not ended (no), the process returns to step S53 to continue the process corresponding to the operation signal. In step S55, it is determined whether the received operation signal is from the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42 via the communication lines 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a. If it is an operation signal from the remote control operation switches 12, 22, 32, 42 (yes), the process immediately returns; if it is an operation signal from the transceiver master unit 50 (no), the process proceeds to step S56. In step S56, each of the opening / closing control circuits 11, 21, 31, and 41 transmits an operation end signal indicating that the processing corresponding to the operation signal has ended to the transmission / reception slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43 and the transmission / reception master unit 50 via the communication line 3b.

[0063] In FIG. 6, the transmission / reception master unit 50 receives the status signal transmitted from the transmission / reception slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43 via the communication line 3a and the operation end signal via the communication line 3b, respectively. Further, the transmission / reception master unit 50 receives the access signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 70 via the communication line 7a and the operation instruction signal regarding all / individual shutters via the communication lines 7b and 7c, respectively.

[0064] In step S61, based on the status signal received from the transmission / reception slave units 13, 23, 33, and 43 via the communication line 3a, the statuses of the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4 and the detection statuses of the human sensors 14 and 24 are recorded. In step S62, in response to the access signal received from the mobile communication terminal 70 via the communication line 7a, the status signal regarding the statuses of all the shutters such as the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4 and the detection statuses of the human sensors 14 and 24 recorded in the process of step S61 are transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 70 via the communication line 5a.

[0065] In step S63, it is determined whether an operation instruction signal has been received from the mobile communication terminal 70 via the communication lines 7b and 7c. If not received (no), the process immediately returns. If received (yes), it is determined whether the received operation instruction signal is regarding all the shutters or an individual shutter. If it is regarding an individual shutter, the process proceeds to step S64. If it is regarding all the shutters, the process proceeds to step S65.

[0066] In step S64, an operation signal related to an individual shutter is transmitted to the slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43 via the communication line 5b. Since the operation signal related to the individual shutter transmitted via the communication line 5b includes the aforementioned individual ID, the slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43 (the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4) corresponding to this individual ID execute processing corresponding to the operation signal in step S53.

[0067] In step S65, an operation signal related to all shutters is transmitted to the slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43 via the communication line 5c. When the operation signal related to all shutters transmitted via the communication line 5c is configured to include the aforementioned common ID, all the slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43 (the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4) that receive this execute processing corresponding to the operation signal in step S53.

[0068] In step S66, it is determined whether an operation end signal is received from the slave transceivers 13, 23, 33, 43 via the communication line 3b. If received (yes), the process proceeds to step S67. If not received (no), this determination process is repeated until the operation end signal is received. In step S67, the master transceiver 50 transmits an operation end signal indicating that the processing corresponding to the operation signal has ended to the mobile communication terminal 70 via the communication line 5d.

[0069] In FIG. 7, the mobile communication terminal 70 receives the status signal transmitted from the master transceiver 50 via the communication line 5a and the operation end signal via the communication line 5d, respectively. Further, in response to the activation of an application that functions as a remote control operation switch for the opening / closing body, the mobile communication terminal 70 transmits an access signal to the master transceiver 50 via the communication line 7a. In step S71, based on the status signals received from the master communication device 50 via the communication line 5a, the open / close / stop, mid-stop, ventilation and daylighting states of the controllable garage shutter device 1 and window shutter devices 2 to 4, and the detection states of the human presence sensors 14 and 24 are displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 70.

[0070] In step S72, it is determined whether the stop button of the mobile communication terminal 70 has been operated. If the stop button has been operated (yes), the process proceeds to the next step S73. If a button other than the stop button has been operated (no), the process proceeds to step S74. In step S73, a stop signal is transmitted to the master communication device 50 via the communication line 7b for all the shutters such as the garage shutter device 1 and window shutter devices 2 to 4. When the stop button is operated to transmit a stop signal, a plurality of shutters may be grouped in advance, and the stop signal may be transmitted to the arbitrarily selected plurality of grouped shutters.

[0071] By the processing of this step S72 and step S73, when the stop button of the mobile communication terminal 70 is operated during the operation of the mobile communication terminal 70, a stop signal can be transmitted to all the shutter devices registered in the application of the mobile communication terminal 70 almost simultaneously. That is, after operating some of the shutter devices for opening and closing, even if it is suddenly desired to stop a specific shutter device, if the operation screen of another shutter device is displayed on the mobile communication terminal, the stop button of that specific shutter device cannot be operated unless the operation screen of that specific shutter device is switched. Furthermore, if one is in a hurry to operate the stop button, it may take time to switch the screen, and the stop operation may be delayed instead.

[0072] In this embodiment, when an operation button for stopping, which is displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal, is operated, a stop signal is output to all or arbitrarily selected shutter devices registered in the application, and the stop operation can be executed. Note that the stop button displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal may be a normal stop button as displayed on the mobile communication terminals 703 and 704 in FIG. 4, or an emergency stop button 702a may be displayed at any position of the four corners of the display screen that does not display operation buttons like the mobile communication terminals 701 and 702 in FIG. 4.

[0073] In step S74, an operation instruction signal for all shutters such as the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4 or an operation instruction signal for an individual shutter is transmitted to the transmission / reception master unit 50 via the communication line 7c. Note that the operation instruction signal here does not include a stop signal corresponding to the operation of the stop button. Here, an emergency stop button may be displayed at any position of the four corners of the display screen of the mobile communication terminal, and it is determined in step S72 whether or not the emergency stop button has been operated. Only when the emergency stop button has been operated, the process of step S73 is executed, and a stop signal may be transmitted to an individual shutter otherwise.

[0074] In step S75, it is determined whether or not an operation end signal has been received from the transmission / reception master unit 50 via the communication line 5d. If received (yes), the process proceeds to step S76, and if not received (no), this determination process is repeated until an operation end signal is received. In step S76, the open / close stop, intermediate stop, and ventilation / lumination states of the shutter for which the operation has been instructed, as well as the detection states of the human presence sensors 14 and 24, are displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal 70 and then returned.

[0075] In the above-described embodiments, the case where, when the stop button displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal is operated or when the stop button for emergency stop (emergency shutdown) is operated, a stop operation is executed on all shutter devices registered in the application has been described. However, when the stop button is tapped once, the operation of a predetermined shutter device is stopped. For example, when the stop button is long-pressed for 1 to 2 seconds or more, it is regarded as if the stop button for emergency stop (emergency shutdown) has been operated, and a stop operation may be executed on all or arbitrarily selected shutter devices registered in the application.

[0076] In the above-described embodiments, the case where, when the stop button is operated or when the stop button for emergency stop (emergency shutdown) is operated, a stop operation is executed on all shutter devices registered in the application has been described. However, when the screen (each operator) corresponding during the activation of the remote control device application shifts from the active state where it is displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal to the non-active state where the screen corresponding during the activation of the remote control device application is not displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal, a stop operation is similarly executed on all or arbitrarily selected shutter devices. In this way, when the remote control device application becomes non-active on the screen of the mobile communication terminal, by performing a stop operation of the shutter device, etc., it is possible to avoid the state where the shutter device cannot be controlled from continuing.

[0077] Here, the non-active state where the screen corresponding during the activation of the remote control device application is not displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal means the case where the corresponding screen disappears from the display screen of the mobile communication terminal due to the end process of the remote control device application, the case where another application is activated and the display screen is switched, the case where the mobile communication terminal enters the sleep state, etc. When two application screens can be simultaneously displayed on one screen, if the screen corresponding during the activation of the remote control device application is displayed on either one of the screens, it is treated as corresponding to the active state for processing.

[0078] The mobile communication terminal processes so that the opening and closing operation of the shutter device can be continuously executed only while the remote control device application is being displayed on the mobile communication screen, that is, while in the so-called active state. When the remote control device application becomes inactive, the mobile communication terminal processes to output a command to stop the operation to the shutter device. Regarding this process, it can be realized by incorporating in advance a routine for outputting a stop command to the shutter device as a part of the process when the remote control device application becomes inactive. By this process, the user does not need to be conscious of outputting a stop command to the shutter device.

[0079] In addition, when a plurality of users register the same shutter device in the remote control device application, if a person who is not the user who actually operates the shutter device starts the remote control device application and then makes it inactive, a command to stop the operation is not output to the shutter device. However, if there is an operation history of actually operating the shutter device after starting the remote control device application, a command to stop the operation of the shutter device is immediately output when it becomes inactive. Also, in this case, the stop operation may be executed only for the shutter device having an operation history by the remote control device application within a predetermined time when it becomes inactive. Further, even if the remote control device application is started and transitions to an inactive state without performing the opening and closing operation of the shutter device, that is, in a state without an operation history, the above-described stop operation is not executed. Furthermore, in the case of a plurality of mobile communication terminals, when the remote control device application becomes active, the operation from the remote control device application that became active last is given priority.

[0080] Conventionally, when a window shutter device is to be stopped midway (half-open or half-closed), it is necessary to wirelessly execute the same operation for a plurality of window shutter devices, and operation signals are output to the plurality of window shutter devices in order to make them operate. It takes about 3 seconds for transmission and reception per window shutter device. If the operation signal is an open signal or a close signal for fully opening or closing, there is no problem. However, in the case of an intermediate stop control signal for operating midway to stop, after transmitting the open or close signal, when a predetermined time has elapsed, a stop signal is transmitted to stop at the intermediate stop (half-open or half-closed) position. In this case, if the number of window shutter devices to be operated simultaneously is large, while an open signal is being sent to each window shutter device, it becomes necessary to send a stop signal to the window shutter device that was operated first, which makes the control very complicated and hinders the processing.

[0081] Therefore, in this embodiment, a signal indicating the time to start the stop operation is transmitted from the transmission / reception master unit 50 to the transmission / reception slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 (garage shutter device 1 and window shutter devices 2 to 4) together with an open signal or a close signal. That is, an intermediate stop operation signal for stopping (half-open or half-closed) the operation when a predetermined time has elapsed after starting the open operation or the close operation is transmitted. As a result, the system for operating the window shutter device etc. midway to stop can be simplified, and the control program can also be simplified.

[0082] FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of operation signal corresponding processing corresponding to each of the opening / closing / stopping, intermediate stop, and ventilation / lumination operations in step S53 of FIG. 5. That is, in FIG. 8, the operation signal corresponding processing executed by the transmission / reception slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 that have received operation signals corresponding to each of the opening / closing / stopping or intermediate stop operations is explained. In step S81, it is determined whether or not a stop signal has been received. If a stop signal has been received (yes), the process proceeds to the next step S82, and if it is other than a stop signal (no), the process proceeds to step S84.

[0083] In step S82, it is determined whether the current operation of the shutter curtain is in the opening / closing operation (or stopped). If it is in the opening / closing operation (yes), the process proceeds to the next step S83. If it is stopped (no), the process returns to step S81. In step S83, since the shutter curtain is in the opening / closing operation, its operation is stopped and the process returns to step S81. Here, the movement during the opening operation of the shutter curtain is defined as forward movement, and the movement during the closing operation is defined as reverse movement.

[0084] In step S84, it is determined whether an opening signal is received. If an opening signal is received (yes), the process proceeds to the next step S85. If it is other than the opening signal (no), the process proceeds to step S88. In step S85, it is determined whether the current operation of the shutter curtain is in the closing operation (or in the opening operation or stopped). If it is in the closing operation (yes), the process proceeds to the next step S86. If it is in the opening operation or stopped (no), the process proceeds to step S87.

[0085] In step S86, since it is determined that it is in the closing operation, the closing operation is stopped. After the closing operation is stopped, the opening operation is started and the process returns to step S81. In step S87, if it is in the opening operation, the opening operation continues as it is. If it is stopped, the opening operation is started and the process returns to step S81.

[0086] In step S88, it is determined whether a closing signal is received. If a closing signal is received (yes), the process proceeds to the next step S89. If it is other than the closing signal (no), the process proceeds to step S8D. In step S89, it is determined whether a person is detected by the presence sensor. If a person is detected (yes), the process proceeds to step S85. If no person is detected (no), the process proceeds to step S8A. Note that the processing of this step is executed by the transceiver units 13 of the garage shutter 1 and the transceiver units 33 of the window shutter 3 equipped with the presence sensors 14 and 34 as shown in FIG. 1. As a result, when a person is present inside the garage shutter 1 or on the veranda 35, the opening / closing body device will not automatically close, preventing entrapment or expulsion.

[0087] In step S8A, it is determined whether the current operation of the shutter curtain is in the opening operation (or in the closing operation or stopped). If it is in the opening operation (yes), the process proceeds to step S8C. If it is in the closing operation or stopped (no), the process proceeds to step S8B. In step S8B, if it is in the closing operation, the closing operation is continued as it is. If it is stopped, the closing operation is started, and the process returns to step S81. In step S8C, since it is in the opening operation, the opening operation is stopped, and after the opening operation stops, the closing operation is started, and the process returns to step S81.

[0088] In step S8D, it is determined whether an in - process stop control signal is received. If an in - process stop control signal (yes) is received, the process proceeds to the next step S8E. If it is other than the in - process stop control signal (no), the process proceeds to step S8K. In step S8E, it is determined whether the current operation of the shutter curtain is in the opening / closing operation (or stopped). If it is in the opening / closing operation (yes), the process returns to step S81. If it is stopped (no), the process proceeds to step S8G.

[0089] In step S8G, since the shutter curtain is stopped in the fully open or fully closed state, the opening operation or the closing operation is started, and the process proceeds to the next step S8H. In step S8H, since it is an in - process stop control signal, after starting the opening operation or the closing operation, it stops (at half - open or half - closed) after a predetermined time has elapsed, and the process returns to step S81.

[0090] A method for setting a predetermined time in this intermediate stop operation will be described. First, using the remote control operation switches 22, 32, and 42 dedicated to the shutter device, operate from the fully closed position to the position where you want to stop at half open, and count the operation time at that time. The counted value is stored as the operation time A from the fully closed position to the half open position. Select the shutter height B or the shutter type. Usually, the size of the window frame, which is the opening dimension of the opening, is about 900 [mm] for a waist-high window as shown in Fig. 1 (the dimension in the vertical direction, which is the opening and closing direction of the shutter), and about 1800 [mm] for a sweep-out window. Therefore, in the case of this embodiment, since the window shutter devices 2 and 4 in Fig. 1 are waist-high window shutter devices, the shutter height B is set to about 900 [mm], and since the window shutter device 3 is a sweep-out window shutter device, the shutter height B is set to about 1800 [mm]. Note that depending on the shutter type, there are also shutters with other shutter heights, so a height B corresponding to each type is set in advance.

[0091] When the shutter height B is determined, the operation time C required for fully closing or fully opening is determined. Therefore, by subtracting the operation time A from the fully closed position to the half open position described above from the operation time C required for fully opening or fully closing, the operation time D (= C - A) from the fully open position to the half closed position can be calculated, and this operation time D is stored. As a result, by simply operating the intermediate stop button for half opening or half closing, the shutter curtain can be stopped at a predetermined half open or half closed position regardless of the position of the shutter curtain. That is, when the intermediate stop button is operated when the shutter curtain is in the fully closed position, the closing operation is executed for the operation time A, and when the intermediate stop button is operated when the shutter curtain is in the fully open position, the closing operation is executed for the operation time D. Also, when the intermediate stop button is operated during the opening or closing operation of the shutter curtain, the opening or closing operation is continuously executed, and after fully closing or fully opening, the shutter curtain is moved to the half open or half closed position and stopped.

[0092] In the above-described embodiment, the case of setting one of the times, for example, the operation time A from fully open to the half-closed position has been described. However, the opening dimension (height) of the window shutter may be set to a specific numerical value, or the type of window such as a sweep-out window or a waist-high window may be selected. When the opening dimension (height) of the window shutter or the type of window is set, the operation time C required for fully closing or fully opening is estimated. Therefore, by setting the time C / 2, which is approximately half of this operation time C, as the operation time A from fully open to the half-closed position and the operation time D from the fully open position to the half-closed position, the shutter curtain can be stopped halfway at approximately half of the height of the window shutter, that is, near the approximate center of the opening. When arbitrarily setting the halfway stop position, it can be achieved by using a remote control operation switch dedicated to the shutter device to operate from the fully closed position to the position where it is desired to stop at half open as described above and counting the operation time at that time. Also, in this embodiment, since only one button for stopping halfway is provided, the shutter can be stopped halfway by simply operating the button for stopping halfway regardless of the stop position or the operation state of the shutter.

[0093] Note that after the stop operation of half open or half closed by the halfway stop control signal, it may be configured to automatically perform a fully open or fully closed operation when a predetermined time (an arbitrarily settable time) has elapsed. For example, from among the shutters in the half-open and / or half-closed state, any one or a plurality (including all) of the shutters may be automatically set to the fully open state when the time reaches noon and automatically closed when it is 6:00 p.m. Also, after the stop operation of half open or half closed by the halfway stop control signal, it may be configured to automatically perform a fully open or fully closed operation when an arbitrarily settable time has elapsed. For example, for the shutter after the stop operation of half open or half closed, it may be automatically fully opened or fully closed when a predetermined time such as 30 minutes to 1 hour has elapsed. That is, when the opening operation is stopped at half open by the halfway stop control signal during the opening operation, it may be automatically opened and fully opened when 1 hour has elapsed after the stop operation.

[0094] Conversely, when the closing operation is stopped halfway by an intermediate stop control signal during the closing operation, the shutter may automatically start the closing operation and fully close after 30 minutes have elapsed since the stop operation. Further, such semi-open or semi-closed stop operations and subsequent fully open or fully closed operations may be automatically executed by a timer. When automatically executed by a timer, it may be settable based on various conditions such as seasons. For example, the operation times of semi-open, fully open, semi-closed, and fully closed operations may be changed according to the sunrise and sunset times that vary by season. Also, the operation times of semi-open, fully open, semi-closed, and fully closed operations may be changed according to the calendar month or day of the week corresponding to the season. In this case as well, when in a human detection state by a human sensor, it is preferable to operate so as to prevent confinement or expulsion without executing the fully closed operation.

[0095] In step S8J, since it corresponds to the case where an operation signal other than the intermediate stop control signal, that is, an operation signal related to the ventilation and daylighting amount, is received in the previous step S8D, an operation for adjusting the ventilation amount or the daylighting amount is executed according to the operation signal related to the ventilation and daylighting amount, and the process returns to step S81. When adjusting the ventilation amount or the daylighting amount, the ventilation amount or the daylighting amount can be appropriately adjusted by executing an operation that starts the adjustment operation of the ventilation amount or the daylighting amount from the fully open or fully closed state of ventilation or daylighting and stops after a predetermined time has elapsed. That is, similar to the above-described intermediate stop control signal, by transmitting an operation signal for stopping the operation after a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the opening operation or the closing operation to the operation signal related to the ventilation and daylighting amount as the ventilation amount or the daylighting amount operation signal, it becomes possible to appropriately adjust the ventilation amount or the daylighting amount.

[0096] In the above-described embodiment, the case where individual shutters are grouped, such as all shutters or all shutters in a building, has been described as an example. However, a case where one or a plurality of individual shutters that can be operated by an operator operating a remote control application for opening / closing system control of a mobile communication terminal are arbitrarily grouped and controlled will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a shutter list screen, a shutter setting screen, and a group setting screen as an example of an operation screen of a remote control application for opening / closing system control. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a selection screen for a second group, a selection screen for a third group, and a group setting screen. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing how the shutter list screen changes.

[0097] In FIG. 9, the mobile communication terminal 91 shows an example of a shutter list screen that can be operated by an opening / closing system dedicated remote control application. On the shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 91, there are displayed an "All Shutters Inside the Building" operator corresponding to the operable first group, a "1st Floor Living Room / Western-style Room" operator corresponding to the second group, and each operator corresponding to six individual shutters. The mobile communication terminals 91 to 93, 101 to 103, 111 to 113, 121 to 123, and 131 to 133 are all devices of the same type and show a state where different screens are being displayed.

[0098] Here, separately from FIG. 1, a case will be described where five shutters are installed inside the building as operable individual shutters, and one garage shutter 1 is installed outside the building. For the five shutters inside the building, names corresponding to their respective installation locations are set. Each name is, as shown in the display column of each operator, "Right Side of Living Room", "Left Side of Living Room", "1st Floor Western-style Room", "2nd Floor Bedroom", and "2nd Floor Children's Room". In FIG. 1, one window shutter device 2 is shown on the first floor, but it will be described as if a total of three waist-high window shutters, two in the living room and one in the western-style room, are installed. Also, what corresponds to the "2nd Floor Bedroom" is the 2nd floor sweep-out window shutter 3 in FIG. 1, and what corresponds to the "2nd Floor Children's Room" is the 2nd floor waist-high window shutter device 4 in FIG. 1.

[0099] In FIG. 9, below the group name display column of the "All Shutters Inside the Building" operator of the mobile communication terminal 91, it is shown that it is the first group and the registered number is 5. Below the group display column of the "1st Floor Living Room · Japanese-Style Room" operator, it is shown that it is the second group and the registered number is 3. Below the display columns of the individual shutters "Garage Shutter", "Right Side of Living Room", "Left Side of Living Room", "1st Floor Japanese-Style Room", "2nd Floor Bedroom", and "2nd Floor Children's Room", the IDs of the respective shutters are shown. The group numbers registered on the right side of the IDs of the individual shutters may be respectively displayed.

[0100] The rectangles on the right side of these respective display columns indicate the opening and closing states of the shutters. The figure with two rectangles arranged horizontally at the right ends of the display columns of the "2nd Floor Bedroom" and "2nd Floor Children's Room" operators schematically represents the window shape, indicating that the shutter corresponding to that display column is currently in the fully open state. The horizontally striped rectangles at the right ends of the display columns of the "1st Floor Living Room · Japanese-Style Room", "Garage Shutter", "Right Side of Living Room", "Left Side of Living Room", and "1st Floor Japanese-Style Room" operators schematically represent the shutter curtain shape composed of slats in the shutter, indicating that the shutter corresponding to that display column is currently in the closed state. The figure with a triangular horizontal stripe pattern overlapping the horizontally arranged rectangle figure at the right end of the display column of the "All Shutters Inside the Building" operator schematically shows that the open and closed states are mixed in the shutters within the group.

[0101] On the right side of the display columns of the "Garage Shutter" and "2nd Floor Bedroom" operators, human marks similar to those shown in FIG. 4 are displayed. This indicates that the sweep-out window shutters 3 of the "Garage Shutter" and "2nd Floor Bedroom" are equipped with human sensors 14 and 34. In FIG. 9, the squares of the human marks are shown by dotted lines, and the human figures are also shown in gray, indicating that the human sensors 14 and 34 are not currently in the human detection state. When the human sensors 14 and 34 are in the human detection state, the squares of the human marks become solid lines, and the human figures are also displayed in black paint or the like.

[0102] The square on the left side of each of these display columns is a box for selecting an operation target on the mobile communication terminal 91, and a check mark is displayed in the box when it is in a selected state. On the mobile communication terminal 91, since the box of the second group "1st floor living room and Japanese-style room" is selected, check marks are also respectively displayed in the boxes of "right side of living room", "left side of living room", and "1st floor Japanese-style room" corresponding to the second group "1st floor living room and Japanese-style room". In the state of the shutter list screen of this mobile communication terminal 91, by selecting and operating the operator display column or the rectangle on the right side thereof of "1st floor living room and Japanese-style room", "right side of living room", "left side of living room", and "1st floor Japanese-style room" in which a check mark is displayed in the box, each operation button for opening / closing / stopping such as that of the mobile communication terminal 704 in FIG. 8, an intermediate stop button for half-opening or half-closing, and an operation button for ventilation and daylighting adjustment for adjusting the ventilation amount or daylighting amount are displayed, and each operation becomes possible.

[0103] By selecting and operating the "Settings" operator located in the upper right of the shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 91, it switches to the shutter settings screen of the mobile communication terminal 92. On the shutter settings screen of the mobile communication terminal 92, a "Group Settings" operator for setting a group that can be operated simultaneously, a "Timer Settings" operator for automating each operation such as opening / closing, half-opening or half-closing, or ventilation amount or daylighting amount adjustment of the shutter with a timer, and a "Weather Condition Settings" operator for automating each operation such as opening / closing, half-opening or half-closing, or ventilation amount or daylighting amount adjustment of the shutter device according to weather events are displayed. By selecting and operating the "List" operator located in the upper left of the shutter settings screen of the mobile communication terminal 92, it is possible to return to the shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 91.

[0104] By selecting the "Group Settings" operator in the operator display column of the shutter settings screen of the mobile communication terminal 92, the screen switches to the group settings screen of the mobile communication terminal 93. On the shutter settings screen of the mobile communication terminal 93, the "All Shutters Inside the Building" operator of the first group corresponding to the currently set group, the "1st Floor Living Room / Japanese-Style Room" operator of the second group, and the "New Group" operator for newly setting a group are displayed. By selecting the "Settings" operator located in the upper left of the group settings screen of the mobile communication terminal 93, it is possible to return to the shutter settings screen of the mobile communication terminal 92.

[0105] By selecting the "1st Floor Living Room / Japanese-Style Room" operator in the operator display column of the group settings screen of the mobile communication terminal 93, the screen switches to the selection screen of the second group of the mobile communication terminal 101 in FIG. 10. On the selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 101, the names of selectable individual shutters "Right Side of Living Room", "Left Side of Living Room", "1st Floor Japanese-Style Room", "2nd Floor Bedroom", "2nd Floor Children's Room" are displayed, and to the right of each, a slide key consisting of a combination of an oval and a circle is displayed. When the circle of the slide key is located at the right end of the oval, it is in the on (selected) state, and when it is located at the left end, it is in the off (unselected) state. On the selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 101, the individual shutters "Right Side of Living Room", "Left Side of Living Room", and "1st Floor Japanese-Style Room" are in the selected state, and the individual shutters "2nd Floor Bedroom", "2nd Floor Children's Room" are in the unselected state. By appropriately selecting the slide key, this combination can be freely changed. Also, in the group name input field at the lower side of the selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 101, the currently set group name is displayed. By selecting this group name input field, the group name can be appropriately changed. By selecting the "Group" operator located in the upper left of the selection screen of the second group of the mobile communication terminal 101, it is possible to return to the group settings screen of the mobile communication terminal 93.

[0106] By selecting the "New Group" operator in the operator display column on the group setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 93, the screen switches to the selection screen for the third group of the mobile communication terminal 102 in FIG. 10. On the selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 102, the names of selectable individual shutters, "Living Room Right Side", "Living Room Left Side", "1st Floor Japanese-Style Room", "2nd Floor Bedroom", "2nd Floor Children's Room", and the slide keys are displayed. Here, select and set the slide keys of the individual shutters to be incorporated into the third group. On the selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 102, the individual shutters "2nd Floor Bedroom" and "2nd Floor Children's Room" are in the selected state. Also, enter "2nd Floor Bedroom · Children's Room" as a new group name in the group name input field at the bottom of the selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 102. As a result, the individual shutters "2nd Floor Bedroom" and "2nd Floor Children's Room" are newly set as the third group. By selecting the "Group" operator at the upper left of the selection screen for the third group of the mobile communication terminal 102, it is possible to return to the group setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 103.

[0107] On the group setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 103, the "2nd Floor Bedroom · Children's Room" operator for the third group, which was not displayed on the group setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 93, is newly displayed. Below the group display column of the "2nd Floor Bedroom · Children's Room" operator, it is shown that this is the third group and the number of registered units is 2. By selecting the "Settings" operator at the upper left of the group setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 103, it is possible to return to the shutter setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 92.

[0108] The mobile communication terminal 111 shows the shutter list screen after the above-mentioned new group setting. On the shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 111, there are operation elements for "All shutters inside the building" in the first group, operation elements for "1st floor living room and Japanese-style room" in the second group, operation elements for "2nd floor bedroom and children's room" in the newly set third group, and operation elements for each of the five individual shutters are respectively displayed. That is, on the shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 111, between the operation elements for "1st floor living room and Japanese-style room" and "Right side of the living room" in the second group of the mobile communication terminal 91, the operation element for "2nd floor bedroom and children's room" in the third group is newly inserted. The "1st floor living room and Japanese-style room" in the second group and the "2nd floor bedroom and children's room" in the third group are respectively composed of different shutters, but each shutter may be set to overlap between groups.

[0109] On the shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 111, when the box for the third group "2nd floor bedroom and children's room" is selected, accordingly, check marks are also displayed in the boxes for "2nd floor bedroom" and "2nd floor children's room" corresponding to the third group "2nd floor bedroom and children's room". In the state of this shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 111, by selecting the operation element display column or the rectangle on the right side of "2nd floor bedroom and children's room", "2nd floor bedroom", and "2nd floor children's room" where check marks are displayed in the box and performing the closing operation of the shutter, the shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 112 is obtained. This shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 112 indicates that all shutters are in the closed state. Note that the closing operation of the third group "2nd floor bedroom and children's room" is possible when the human mark in the operation element display column of "2nd floor bedroom" is dotted and the human presence sensor 34 with a gray human pattern is not in the current human detection state. When the human presence sensor 34 is in the human detection state, the closing operation of the sliding window shutter 3 of "2nd floor bedroom" is not executed.

[0110] The shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 113 indicates that the shutter of the "Second Floor Children's Room" is in a state where it cannot execute the open / close stop state and the open / close stop operation due to some communication failure, such as a Wi-Fi connection problem or a specific power-saving wireless problem. This communication failure is realized by displaying a Wi-Fi symbol at the rectangular location indicating the open / close stop state. On the mobile communication terminal 113, Wi-Fi symbols are displayed for each of "All Shutters in the Building", "Second Floor Bedroom and Children's Room", and "Second Floor Children's Room". Even when such a communication failure occurs, for shutters other than those corresponding to the communication failure, each open / close stop operation can be executed. Note that the rectangle on the right side of the operator display column of the "Second Floor Bedroom" is a figure indicating that the shutter is in a half-open or half-closed state.

[0111] The case of automating each operation such as opening and closing, half-opening or half-closing, or adjusting the ventilation volume or the amount of daylighting of a window shutter according to the living scene using a timer function will be described. In this embodiment, the case of setting a timer for opening and closing, half-opening and closing, ventilation volume, daylighting amount, etc. for arbitrarily grouped shutters or individual shutters will be described. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing, as an example of an operation screen of an open / close control remote application, a shutter list screen on which a timer can be set, a timer selection screen for all shutters in the building, and a sunshine timer setting screen for all shutters in the building. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the confirmation timer setting screen of FIG. 12.

[0112] The mobile communication terminal 121 in FIG. 12 shows an example of a shutter list screen that can be set with a timer by an opening / closing system dedicated remote control application. By selecting the "Timer Setting" operator in the operator display column of the shutter setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 92 in FIG. 9, the screen switches to the timer setting shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 121. On the timer setting shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 121, there are displayed an operator "All Shutters Inside the Building" corresponding to the first group that can be operated, an operator "1st Floor Living Room·Japanese-Style Room" corresponding to the second group, an operator "2nd Floor Bedroom·Children's Room" corresponding to the third group, and operators corresponding to five individual shutters. By selecting the "Settings" operator at the upper left of the timer setting shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 121, it is possible to return to the shutter setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 92.

[0113] By selecting the "All Shutters Inside the Building" operator in the operator display column of the timer setting shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 121, the screen switches to the all-shutters-inside-the-building timer selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 122. On the timer selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 122, there are displayed selectable operators "Sunshine Timer Setting" and "Discretionary Timer Setting". By selecting the "List" operator at the upper left of the timer selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 122, it is possible to return to the timer setting shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 121. Note that the display screens of the mobile communication terminal 121 and the mobile communication terminal 122 may be displayed in reverse. That is, by selecting the "Timer Setting" operator in the operator display column of the shutter setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 92, the timer selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 122 may be displayed first, and then, by selecting "Sunshine Timer Setting" or "Discretionary Timer Setting", the timer setting shutter list screen of the mobile communication terminal 121 may be displayed.

[0114] By selecting the "Sun Timer Setting" operator in the operator display column on the timer selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 122, the screen switches to the sun timer setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 123. On the sun timer setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 123, operators corresponding to "Sunrise", "Sunset", "Region", "Repeat", and "Target Shutter", which indicate the timer setting status corresponding to the currently set group or individual shutter, are respectively displayed.

[0115] Below the "Sunrise" operator of the mobile communication terminal 123, it is shown that the full-open operation of all shutters in the building by the sun timer is effective, and an example of the sunrise time at the current time (April) is 5:13. Below the "Sunset" operator of the mobile communication terminal 123, it is shown that the full-close operation of all shutters in the building by the sun timer is effective, and an example of the sunset time on that day is 18:08. Below the "Region" operator of the mobile communication terminal 123, it is shown that the Kanto region (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa) is selected as an example of the region corresponding to the sunrise and sunset times of the sun timer. For the garage shutter 1, the full-open and full-close times can also be set in the timer setting, but from the perspective of crime prevention such as preventing vandalism to the car, it is usually preferable not to set the timer.

[0116] Below the "Repeat" operator of the mobile communication terminal 123, it is shown that "Every Day" is selected as an example of the repeat cycle of the currently set sun timer. Below the "Target Shutter" operator of the mobile communication terminal 123, it is shown that currently 3 shutters are selected. By selecting and operating each operator on the sun timer setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 123, the validity / invalidity of the setting, region, repeat cycle, target shutter, etc. can be appropriately selected and set. By selecting and operating the "Select" operator at the upper left of the sun timer setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 123, the screen can be returned to the timer selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 122.

[0117] By selecting the "Exclusive Timer Setting" operator in the operator display column of the timer selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 122, the screen switches to the exclusive setting screen of the mobile communication terminals 131 to 133. On the exclusive timer setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 131, operators corresponding to "Sunrise", "Fully Open", "Sunset", "Fully Closed", and "Maintain Fully Closed", which indicate the timer setting status corresponding to the currently set group or individual shutter, are displayed.

[0118] Below the "Sunrise" operator of the mobile communication terminal 131, it is shown that the semi-open operation by the sun timer is effective. Also, below the "Sunset" operator of the mobile communication terminal 131, it is shown that the semi-closed operation by the sun timer is effective. When a semi-closed or semi-open operation is set by the sun timer setting, such as a semi-open operation at the "Sunrise" time and a semi-closed operation at the "Sunset" time, like on the exclusive timer setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 131, an "Open Fully" operator for executing the fully open operation 1 hour after the "Sunrise" time (5:13) (6:13) and a "Close Fully" operator for executing the fully closed operation 1 hour after the "Sunset" time (18:08) (19:08) are automatically set.

[0119] On the "Open Fully" operator of the mobile communication terminal 131, the character "6:13" for the fully open time 1 hour after the sunrise time, the character "Open Fully after Sunrise" above the operator, and the character "Every Day" for the execution date below the operator are set respectively. On the "Close Fully" operator of the mobile communication terminal 131, the fully closed time "19:08" 1 hour after the sunset time, the character "Close Fully after Sunset" above the operator, and the character "Every Day" for the execution date below the operator are set respectively.

[0120] On the "Fully Closed Maintenance" operator of the mobile communication terminal 131, there are characters for "Time to Maintain the Fully Closed State", characters for "22:00~05:00" representing the time period during which the full closure is maintained, and characters for "Every Day" of the execution date are set below the operator. The time to maintain the fully closed state is the time period during which, even if the shutter is operated during this time period in a group or individually and becomes open, semi-closed or semi-open, it will be forcibly closed after a predetermined time has elapsed. That is, even after full closure, the shutter can be operated in a group or individually. Therefore, if the shutter is in a fully open, semi-open or semi-closed state during this time period, the shutter is set to be fully closed from a security perspective.

[0121] Note that the operator can appropriately select the enable / disable of the fully open operation or fully closed operation for the group or individual shutters by selecting the square box on the left side of each of these display columns. However, for the "Fully Closed Maintenance" operator, it is not possible to set it to invalid by selecting the box, and its state cannot be changed without entering a password or the like. By selecting the "Select" operator located in the upper left of the timer selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 131, it is possible to return to the timer selection screen of the mobile communication terminal 122.

[0122] Also, in the mobile communication terminal 131, when the timer is set so that the shutter operates semi-open at the "sunrise" time and semi-closed at the "sunset" time by the sunshine timer setting, an "Open Fully" operator for executing the fully open operation 1 hour after the "sunrise" time (6:13) and a "Close Fully" operator for executing the fully closed operation 1 hour after the "sunset" time (19:08) are automatically set. However, the time until the fully closed operation is executed can be set arbitrarily.

[0123] Furthermore, in the mobile communication terminal 131, although the "fully closed maintenance" operator has been described, a "fully open maintenance" operator that can set the time zone for maintaining the fully open state may be provided. For example, the time zone for maintaining the fully open state may be set arbitrarily. For example, between 10:00 and 14:00, it is assumed to maintain the fully open state, and even if the shutter is operated for a group or individually within this time zone and becomes fully closed, semi-closed or semi-open, it will be forced to open fully after a predetermined time has elapsed. That is, even after fully opening, the group or individual shutter can be operated to be fully closed, semi-closed or semi-open, but this is to maintain the fully open state only within a predetermined time zone even if the shutter is in the fully closed, semi-open or semi-closed state.

[0124] On the discretionary timer setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 132, as the timer setting state corresponding to the currently set group or individual shutter, operators corresponding to "sunrise", "fully open", "sunset", "fully closed", "ventilation volume" and "fully closed maintenance" are displayed. In the mobile communication terminal 132, the settings of the "fully open" operator and the "fully closed" operator of the mobile communication terminal 131 are changed, and furthermore, a "ventilation volume" operator is newly set.

[0125] On the "fully open" operator of the mobile communication terminal 132, the characters "7:00" for the fully open time, the characters "weekday wake-up time" above the operator, and the characters "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday" representing the weekday of the execution day below the operator are respectively set. On the "fully closed" operator of the mobile communication terminal 132, the fully closed time "19:30", the characters "closing time" above the operator, and the characters "every day" of the execution day below the operator are respectively set. On the "ventilation volume" operator of the mobile communication terminal 132, the characters "50%" indicating the ventilation volume, the characters indicating the ventilation time zone "22:00~05:00", the characters "ventilation volume" above the operator, and the characters "every day" of the execution day below the operator are respectively set. The "fully closed maintenance" operator of the mobile communication terminal 132 is the same as that of the mobile communication terminal 131.

[0126] On the discretionary timer setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 133, as the timer setting state corresponding to the currently set group or individual shutter, operators corresponding to "sunrise", "half open", "fully open", "sunset", "half close", "fully close" and "light collection amount" are displayed. Note that the operators corresponding to "ventilation amount" and "fully closed maintenance" of the mobile communication terminal 132 are not hidden and displayed at the bottom, but can be displayed by scrolling the screen.

[0127] On the mobile communication terminal 133, for the "sunrise" operator and the "sunset" operator, the box is set to be non - selected and invalid. Also, on the mobile communication terminal 133, the "fully open" operator and the "fully closed" operator are the same as those of the mobile communication terminal 132. On the mobile communication terminal 133, new operators for "half open", "half close" and "light collection amount" are set. The "half open" operator of the mobile communication terminal 133 controls the half - open operation in place of the "sunrise" operator. The character "7:00" for the half - open time, the character "weekday wake - up time" above the operator, and the characters "MonTueWedThuFri" representing the weekday of the execution date are set below the operator respectively.

[0128] On the "fully open" operator of the mobile communication terminal 133, the character "8:00" for the fully open time, the character "weekday wake - up time" above the operator, and the characters "MonTueWedThuFri" representing the weekday of the execution date are set below the operator respectively. The "half close" operator of the mobile communication terminal 133 controls the half - close operation in place of the "sunset" operator. The character "19:30" for the half - close time, the character "half - close time" above the operator, and the character "every day" of the execution date are set below the operator respectively.

[0129] On the "fully closed" operator of the mobile communication terminal 133, the character "21:00" for the fully closed time, the character "closing time" above the operator, and the character "every day" of the execution date are set below the operator respectively. On the "light collection amount" operator of the mobile communication terminal 132, the character "50%" indicating the light collection amount, the characters indicating the time period of "10:00~15:00" for light collection, the character "light collection amount" above the operator, and the character "every day" of the execution date are set below the operator respectively.

[0130] By selecting and operating the "Weather Condition Setting" operator in the operator display column of the shutter setting screen of the mobile communication terminal 92, various setting screens for weather conditions are displayed. The weather events that can be set by the "Weather Condition Setting" operator include weather information (wind speed, weather, etc.), typhoon information, tornado warning information, volcanic ash forecast, yellow sand information, ultraviolet ray information, rainfall rate, pollen information, earthquake early warning, or radioactive dispersion amount, etc. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the case where the wind speed in the weather information is measured by an anemometer and the opening / closing operation of the shutter is controlled based on it has been described. However, for weather information other than the wind speed, etc., the transmitting / receiving master unit 50 can cope by acquiring information via the Internet.

[0131] The set values of the group setting, timer setting, and weather setting are stored in the transmitting / receiving master unit 50 through communication between the mobile communication terminal 70 and the transmitting / receiving master unit 50, and the transmitting / receiving master unit 50 performs control based on the stored set values. The control based on the timer setting and the control based on the weather setting are automatically performed by the transmitting / receiving master unit 50. The timer control is automatically implemented at a predetermined time by the clock function built in the transmitting / receiving master unit 50, and the weather control is also automatically implemented when information on the set predetermined weather event is obtained from the Internet.

[0132] In order for each shutter to perform a simultaneous operation based on the group setting, the transmitting / receiving master unit 50 may transmit individual operation signals for the number of shutters. However, more preferably, when the stored group setting is changed, the group ID for each group is automatically registered in the transmitting / receiving slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 of the target shutters (and erased from the transmitting / receiving slave units of the non-target shutters if necessary), and an operation signal with that ID is transmitted.

[0133] Note that weather condition settings are often related to disaster prevention. Generally, it is preferable that the weather condition settings take precedence over the timer settings. Therefore, when a predetermined weather event set in the weather condition settings occurs, in addition to controlling the opening and closing operations of the shutter based on the weather condition settings, it is preferable to temporarily invalidate the timer settings (the "sunshine timer settings" and the "permission timer settings") until the transmitting and receiving master unit 50 recognizes that the predetermined weather event has been cancelled or resolved.

[0134] The transmitting and receiving master unit 50 recognizing that a predetermined weather event has been cancelled or resolved may be determined automatically by the transmitting and receiving master unit 50 from the acquired weather information, or the user may operate the mobile communication terminal 70 to manually cause the transmitting and receiving master unit 50 to recognize it via communication.

[0135] Also, when a predetermined weather event set in the weather condition settings occurs, until it is cancelled or resolved, the transmitting and receiving master unit 50 may temporarily block or hold the opening and closing operation instruction signals for each shutter sent from the mobile communication terminal 70 to the transmitting and receiving master unit 50, and a display to that effect may be shown on the screen of the mobile communication terminal 70.

[0136] In the above-described embodiment, when a stop signal is received during the opening and closing operation of the shutter curtain, the operation is stopped according to steps S81 to S83. On the other hand, when an open signal is received during the closing operation of the shutter curtain, according to steps S84 to S87, after the closing operation stops, the opening operation is started. During the opening operation of the shutter curtain, the opening operation is maintained as it is, and when it is stopped, the opening operation is started. Also, when a close signal is received during the opening operation of the shutter curtain, according to steps S88 to S8C, after the opening operation stops, the closing operation is started. During the closing operation of the shutter curtain, the closing operation is maintained as it is, and when it is stopped, the closing operation is started. Such operations are those of a normal opening and closing device.

[0137] When giving priority to safety as in the case of the garage shutter device 1, if a close signal is received during the opening operation of the shutter curtain, the operation instruction due to the reception of the close signal is ignored, the opening operation is continued, and only when the close button is operated while the shutter curtain is stopped, the close operation may be started. Further, when a close signal is received after the shutter curtain is fully opened, an operation may be performed to immediately start the close operation, or the reception of the close signal may be ignored until a predetermined time (arbitrarily settable) after full opening has elapsed. Also, the fact that a close signal has been received may be memorized, and the reception of the close signal may be reflected after a predetermined time has elapsed after completion of full opening. Also, when such an operation signal is from the dedicated remote control operation switch 12, the instruction by the operation signal may be executed as it is. This is because when receiving a signal from the dedicated remote control operation switch 12, the operator is usually present on the spot, and it is often appropriate to give priority to the operation of the operator.

[0138] When a close signal is received during the above-described opening operation and the reception of the close signal is ignored to give priority to the opening operation, that is, when the movement during the opening operation of the shutter curtain is defined as forward movement and the movement during the close operation is defined as reverse movement, this has been described. However, the reverse case is also possible. That is, the movement during the close operation of the shutter curtain may be defined as forward movement, the movement during the opening operation may be defined as reverse movement, and when an open signal is received during the close operation, the reception of the open signal may be ignored to give priority to the close operation. Whether to execute control to ignore the reception of the close signal and give priority to the opening operation or the reverse control may be determined in advance, or it may be possible to specify which control to execute by other means. For example, a switch for switching the priority control may be provided in the dip switch setting unit 81 of the transceiver sub-units 13, 23, 33, 43 so that it can be appropriately specified and changed.

[0139] As shown in FIG. 1, when the transceiver master unit 50 and the mobile communication terminal 70 are connected via the access point 60, the mobile communication terminal 70 can be used to control the opening / closing / stopping, mid-course stopping, and ventilation / lumination operations of the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4. However, when the distance between the mobile communication terminal and the access point 60 is far and Wi-Fi communication cannot be performed, the access point 60 is connected to the Internet via a public line such as Flets ISDN, CATV, ADSL, or FTTH, and the mobile communication terminal 70 is connected to the access point 60 via this Internet, so that the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4 can be controlled remotely.

[0140] In the above-described embodiment, the case where one access point 60 is provided has been described. However, access points may be installed at multiple locations within the building. In this case, an access point may be provided within the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4, or an access point may be provided at the LAN terminal within the building. In the above-described embodiment, the transceiver master unit 50 and the transceiver slave units 13, 23, 33, 43 are connected by a specific low-power wireless method. However, they may be connected via the LAN line within the building. Also, in the above-described embodiment, the transceiver master unit 50 and the access point 60 are provided separately. However, the transceiver master unit 50 may incorporate the function of the access point 60. Using the mobile communication terminal 70, timers may be set for each of the garage shutter device 1 and the window shutter devices 2 to 4 either collectively or individually so that timer operations can be executed.

[0141] In the above-described embodiments, the case where the transmission / reception master unit 50 controls the whole has been described. However, when the transmission / reception master unit 50 is linked with the home security system and detects that the user is away from home, the automatic closing process corresponding to the human presence sensors 14, 34 and the anemometer 36 may not be executed. Further, an away mode indicating that the user is away from home may be set in the HEMS provided in the building, and by linking this HEMS, the automatic closing by the human presence sensors 14, 34 and weather events (e.g., the anemometer 36) may be enabled only during the away mode.

[0142] Although not described in the above-described embodiments, in the case of automatically closing based on data such as remote operation from a remote location, weather information, etc. or timer settings, etc., before closing, visual (such as a screen of a display means) and / or auditory (such as a voice from a speaker) notification means may be used from the opening / closing body device and / or the portable communication terminal to prompt attention to the surroundings and / or the user of the portable communication terminal. Such notification means may be provided together with the human presence sensor in the opening / closing body device, may be provided in all opening / closing body devices, or may be provided in the portable communication terminal.

[0143] In the case of the portable communication terminals 701, 702 in FIG. 4, the portable communication terminal 91 in FIG. 9, and the portable communication terminals 111, 112, 113 in FIG. 11, a human mark indicating that a person is present in the garage is displayed. In the case of the portable communication terminal 91 in FIG. 9, the portable communication terminals 101, 102 in FIG. 10, and the portable communication terminals 111, 112, 113 in FIG. 11, a human mark indicating that a person is present on the veranda 35 is displayed, so that visual notification can be performed. Since the portable communication terminal has a built-in speaker, a voice such as "There is a person in the garage" or "There is a person on the veranda" may be simultaneously pronounced together with the display of the human mark using the speaker for auditory notification. Further, when a screen other than the one that can display the human mark (such as an application screen) is being displayed on the portable communication terminal, notification may be performed only by voice pronunciation.

[0144] Similarly, in the case of the mobile communication terminal 113, even when some communication failure occurs and it enters a state where it cannot execute the opening / closing stop state and operation, it emits a sound for notification. Also, when automating operations such as opening / closing, semi-opening or semi-closing, or adjusting the ventilation or lighting amount of a window shutter according to the living scene using a timer function, a sound is emitted at the start of the automation process or a predetermined time (e.g., 5 to 10 minutes) before the start, and according to the content set on the setting screen, it notifies by emitting a sound about which shutter will execute what process. For example, as in the discretionary setting of the mobile communication terminal 133 in FIG. 13, when the semi-opening time is set to 7:00 PM and the fully opening time is set to 8:00 PM, at around 6:55 PM, the mobile communication terminal emits a sound like "The semi-opening operation will be performed in 5 minutes." and at around 7:55 PM, a sound like "The fully closing operation will be performed in 5 minutes." or causes vibration.

[0145] After operating the opening / closing body device, it becomes possible to provide real-time feedback by having the mobile communication terminal emit a sound or cause vibration to indicate the current state of the opening / closing body device such as the completion of the operation. However, when only emitting a sound, the user may have difficulty hearing it due to the influence of ambient noise, etc. Therefore, during the opening operation of the opening / closing body device, a sound with an ascending pitch is emitted in accordance with the operation, and at the same time, the vibration changes from weak to strong at a certain rhythm and repeats this at a cycle of 2 to 3 seconds to convey auditorily and tactilely that the opening operation is currently in progress. Conversely, during the closing operation of the opening / closing body device, a sound with a descending pitch is emitted in accordance with the operation, and the vibration changes from strong to weak at a certain rhythm and repeats this at a cycle of 2 to 3 seconds to convey auditorily and tactilely that the closing operation is currently in progress. It is desirable to repeatedly execute these sound-emitting operations and vibration operations during the operation of the opening / closing body device.

[0146] Also, when the opening / closing body approaches the open limit position or the closed limit position, that is, when the limit is reached, as the first notification sound, onomatopoeia such as "piyopiyo" is pronounced or vibrated with an irregular rhythm like "tatta·ta·ta". When the opening / closing body stops halfway, as the second notification sound, onomatopoeia such as "pikok" is pronounced or vibrated with a regular rhythm like "tatta·tatta·tatta". Furthermore, when an error such as obstacle detection occurs, as the error sound, a buzzer sound such as "bubo" is pronounced or vibrated at a high speed rhythm like "to·to·to·to·to·to·to·to". Due to such differences in pronunciation, even when the mobile communication terminal is in a non-active state and is placed in a pocket or the like where the screen cannot be visually recognized, the user can easily and real-time recognize the current state of the opening / closing body device.

[0147] FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an embodiment in which the open button, stop button, and close button are replaced with earphones for a mobile communication terminal or the like. FIG. 14(A) shows the appearance of a canal-type earphone used for a mobile communication terminal, and FIG. 14(B) shows the appearance of a single-ear (headset) type wireless earphone without a cable. In addition to the illustrated earphones, ear-inner type, ear-hanging type earphones, left / right integrated type, a completely wireless type (fully independent type) where there is no cable and it is just inserted into the ear, a neckband type gently fixed to the neck part, and a box type wireless earphone where the earphone and the receiver are separated can be used.

[0148] The earphone shown in Fig. 14(A) is equipped with a plus volume adjustment button 141, a minus volume adjustment button 142, and a track skip / rewind button 143. Normally, the plus volume adjustment button 141 and the minus volume adjustment button 142 are buttons for adjusting the volume of the earphone. By operating the plus volume adjustment button 141, the volume can be increased, and by operating the minus volume adjustment button 142, the volume can be decreased. Normally, the track skip / rewind button 143, when operated once, stops (pauses temporarily) the sound if it is being played, or starts playing if it is stopped. When operated twice (double-clicked twice), it skips to the next track (track forward), and when operated three times, it rewinds to the beginning of the track.

[0149] In this embodiment, by assigning the plus volume adjustment button 141, the minus volume adjustment button 142, and the track skip / rewind button 143 to the open button, stop button, and close button respectively, which are displayed on the mobile communication terminal when the application of the closed system control remote control is launched, it is possible to control the open / close / stop operations using the volume adjustment buttons and the track skip / rewind button of the earphone even when the open button, stop button, and close button are not displayed on the mobile communication terminal.

[0150] For example, by assigning the plus volume adjustment button 141 to the open button, the minus volume adjustment button 142 to the close button, and the track skip / rewind button 143 to the stop button respectively, operations similar to those of a normal closed system control remote control can be executed. As shown in Fig. 14(B), some earphones are equipped with only a plus volume adjustment button 141 and a minus volume adjustment button 142, and do not have a track forward / rewind button. Therefore, when the plus volume adjustment button 144 or the minus volume adjustment button 145 is operated during the operation of the opening / closing body device, a stop operation is executed. When the plus volume adjustment button 144 is operated while the opening / closing body device is stopped, an opening operation is executed. When the minus volume adjustment button 145 is operated, a closing operation may be controlled to be executed. Also, since plus or minus volume adjustment buttons are provided on the side surface of the mobile communication terminal, the same control may be performed. Furthermore, some earphones have two or more buttons as track forward / rewind buttons. In that case, both of the multiple track forward / rewind buttons may be assigned as stop buttons respectively.

[0151] During the operation of the opening / closing body device, that is, during the operation of the opening / closing body, in preparation for the following operation of stopping, the application is set to an active state on the screen of the mobile communication terminal, and it was necessary to always hold the mobile communication terminal in a state where the open button, stop button, and close button are displayed. However, by controlling the opening / closing / stopping operations using the volume adjustment buttons and track forward / rewind buttons of the earphone, it is not necessary to keep the mobile communication terminal in an active state. Even when the screen of the mobile communication terminal is off or in an inactive state where another screen is being displayed, or even when the mobile communication terminal is kept in a pocket or the like, there is an effect that the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body device can be easily operated blindly.

[0152] While playing music or the like on a mobile communication terminal, music-related operations may be prioritized. However, when the application of the opening / closing body device is operating in the background, if the volume adjustment button or the track forward / rewind button of the earphone is operated, the opening / closing operation of the application of the opening / closing body device operating in the background is prioritized, and if the application is not operating in the background, music-related operations are prioritized. When the operation of the volume adjustment button corresponds to the pause button, the pause operation is executed for all or arbitrarily selected opening / closing body devices registered in the application as described above.

[0153] In the above-described embodiment, when the mobile communication terminal makes a sound or vibrates regarding the operating state of the opening / closing body device, the sound or vibration is made only for the opening / closing body device for which the opening / closing pause operation has been executed by the mobile communication terminal, and no sound or vibration is made for the opening / closing body device for which the opening / closing pause operation has been executed by another mobile communication terminal or the like. Even if the opening / closing pause operation has not been executed by the mobile communication terminal, sound or vibration may be made for the opening / closing body devices grouped by the above-described group setting screen. Also, the opening / closing body devices for which sound or vibration is made may be individually set.

[0154] In the above-described embodiment, the case where the remote control operation switch or the mobile communication terminal is provided with one midway stop button for semi-opening or semi-closing has been described. However, by continuously pressing both the open button and the close button for a predetermined time, it may be regarded that the midway stop button for semi-opening or semi-closing has been operated, and the same processing may be executed.

[0155] In the above-described embodiment, when the stop button is operated while the shutter curtain is in the process of opening or closing operation, the opening or closing operation is continuously executed, and the case where the shutter curtain is moved to the half-open or half-closed position after being fully closed or fully opened and then stopped midway has been described. However, when the stop button is operated again at the half-open position or the half-closed position, the opening or closing operation may be executed for about half of the half-open operation time, and it may be controlled to be in a three-quarter open state or a three-quarter closed state. In addition, although the stop button is a button for stopping at the half-open position or the half-closed position, buttons corresponding to a one-quarter open state (three-quarters closed state), a three-quarter open state (one-quarter closed state), a one-third open state (two-thirds closed state), and a two-thirds open state (one-third closed state) may be provided on the remote control operation switch or displayed on the mobile communication terminal, respectively.

[0156] In the above-described embodiment, the shutter curtain that is fed out in the up-and-down movement manner has been described as an example. However, the present invention can be similarly applied even if the shutter-like opening and closing member is fed out in the side-drawing manner or in the horizontal manner. Further, as the opening and closing body device, for example, it can also be applied to a shutter device, a window shutter device, a blind device, a roll screen device, a curtain device, a sliding door device, a movable partition device, an awning device, a waterproof board device, and the like.

[0157] In the above-described embodiment, since the opening and closing body device in which the shutter curtain is fed out in the up-and-down movement manner has been described as an example, the opening dimension of the opening is the height dimension. However, in the case of the opening and closing body device fed out in the side-drawing manner, the opening dimension may be the width dimension. Further, in the case of an awning, a curtain device, etc. that do not completely close the entire opening area, the feeding stroke length may be replaced with the opening dimension of the opening so that it can be input. The application for the mobile communication terminal shall be arbitrarily available from a predetermined URL. Further, by appropriately changing this application, the design and the operation method can be easily changed.

[0158] Information such as the degree of closure in the open / closed state of the opening / closing body device may be displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal in a visible manner in a video such as an animation. A monitoring camera, a human sensor, etc. may be installed around the opening / closing body device, and the feasibility of each operation such as opening / closing stop, mid-course stop, and ventilation / lumination may be controlled based on the captured image of the camera, the detection information of the human sensor, etc.

[0159] The mobile communication terminal means described as the mobile communication terminal 70 in the above embodiment does not necessarily have to be premised on being carried around as long as the same processing / communication can be performed by an application. It may not be portable, such as a large one that is usually used in a stationary manner or used while moving. For example, a device with a communication function such as a living room TV equipped with an information display / operation function or a car navigation device equipped in a vehicle may communicate with the master transmission / reception device 50 by an application and function as a remote control operation switch. Further, the mobile communication terminal means and the application may be virtually operated on the cloud. For example, the mobile communication terminal means may be a website on the Internet that functions as a remote control operation switch by an application displayed as a web page (specific processing and communication with the master transmission / reception device 50 are performed by a server device that operates the site). When communicating with the master transmission / reception device 50 via the Internet, the master transmission / reception device 50 is connected to the Internet. To connect the master transmission / reception device 50 to the Internet, it may be connected via the access point 60 as described above.

Explanation of Signs

[0160] 1…Garage shutter device 2, 3, 4…Window shutter device 11, 21, 31, 41…Open / close control circuit 12, 22, 32, 42…Remote control operation switch 101, 102, 103, 111, 112, 113, 121, 122, 123, 131, 132, 133…Mobile communication terminal 13, 23, 33, 43…Slave transmission / reception device 14, 34… Human sensor 141, 144… Plus volume adjustment button 142, 145… Minus volume adjustment button 143… Song forward / rewind button 35… Veranda 36… Anemometer 50… Transceiver master unit 60… Access point 70, 701, 702, 703, 704… Mobile communication terminal 702a… Stop button 81… DIP switch setting unit 91, 92, 93… Mobile communication terminal

Claims

1. An opening / closing body means provided at an opening and performing an opening / closing operation, A control means for electrically controlling the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body means, An operator means for outputting a control signal corresponding to the operation of each of the opening / closing / stop operators to the control means, In an opening / closing control system comprising a portable communication terminal means connected to the control means via a communication line, displaying an operator screen equivalent to the operator of the operator means upon activation of an application, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the operation of the operator screen to the control means, When shifting from an active state in which the screen during activation of the application is displayed on the display screen of the portable communication terminal means to a non-active state in which the screen during activation of the application is not displayed on the portable communication terminal means, a stop operation control signal is transmitted to all or arbitrarily selected ones of the opening / closing body means registered in the application of the portable communication terminal means. An opening / closing control system characterized by this.

2. In the opening / closing control system according to Claim 1, When shifting to the non-active state, if there is no operation history of the opening / closing body means by the application within a predetermined time, a stop operation control signal is not transmitted. An opening / closing control system characterized by this.

3. An opening / closing body means provided at an opening and performing an opening / closing operation, A control means for electrically controlling the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body means, An operator means for outputting a control signal corresponding to the operation of each of the opening / closing / stop operators to the control means, In an opening / closing control system comprising a portable communication terminal means connected to the control means via a communication line, displaying an operator screen equivalent to the operator of the operator means upon activation of an application, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the operation of the operator screen to the control means, An opening / closing control system characterized in that information regarding the operation of the opening / closing body means is audibly notified by a sound output means of the portable communication terminal means.

4. In an opening / closing control method for electrically controlling the opening / closing operation of an opening / closing body means provided at an opening based on a control signal output according to the operation of each of the opening / closing / stop operators of an operator means, Comprising a portable communication terminal means that displays an operator screen equivalent to each of the opening / closing / stop operators of the operator means upon activation of an application, and transmits the control signal corresponding to the operation of the operator screen via a communication line. When the screen during the startup of the application transitions from the active state where it is displayed on the display screen of the mobile communication terminal means to the inactive state where the startup screen of the application is not displayed on the mobile communication terminal means, a stop operation control signal is transmitted to all or any of the selected opening / closing body means registered in the application of the mobile communication terminal means. A method for controlling opening and closing is characterized by this.

5. In the opening / closing control method according to claim 4, When transitioning to the inactive state, if there is no operation history of the opening / closing body means by the application within a predetermined time, a stop operation control signal is not transmitted. A method for controlling opening and closing is characterized by this.

6. In an opening / closing control method for electrically controlling the opening / closing operation of an opening / closing body means provided at an opening based on a control signal output in response to the operation of each operation element for opening, closing, and stopping of an operation element means, A mobile communication terminal means is provided that displays an operation element screen equivalent to each operation element for opening, closing, and stopping of the operation element means by starting an application, and transmits the control signal corresponding to the operation of the operation element screen via a communication line. An opening / closing control method is characterized in that information regarding the operation of the opening / closing body means is audibly notified by a sound output means of the mobile communication terminal means.

7. An application for a remote control device is characterized in that the opening / closing control method according to any one of claims 4 to 6 is configured to be executable by the mobile communication terminal means.

8. A mobile communication terminal device is characterized in that it is used as a remote control device by executing the application for a remote control device according to claim 7.

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