Abstract: A control method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a touch panel display, a display screen representing a floor plan; display device icons on the display screen, the device icons representing one or more target devices respectively, the device icons including an icon representing an electric shutter device that is capable of opening or closing a shutter; display an operation screen on the display screen, when selection of the icon representing the electric shutter device is sensed, the operation screen including a shutter image representing the shutter; and output a movement control command to a network when a swipe operation is sensed on the shutter image, the movement control command being for moving the shutter of the electric shutter device in a swipe direction of the swipe operation, the electric shutter device corresponding to the selected icon.

Abstract: A control method is provided for an information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, one or more target devices being controlled over the network. The method causes a computer of the information apparatus to display a first display screen on the display when the first display screen is selected, the first display screen displaying one or more control icons that allow operation or state confirmation of the one or more target devices. The method also causes the computer to display a second display screen representing a floor plan of a building on the display when the second display screen is selected, and to display each of one or more device icons representing the one or more target devices on the second display screen representing the floor plan, where the floor plan includes one or more rooms.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a networked information apparatus that includes a touch panel display. An electric shutter device is controlled over the network to open and close a shutter remotely. A processor of the information apparatus causes display of an operation icon on a display screen of the information apparatus, and the operation icon causes an operation screen for the electric shutter device to be displayed. When a swipe operation is sensed on the operation screen, a movement control command is output for moving the shutter in a swipe direction of the swipe operation, in which positional information indicating an end position in a vertical direction of the shutter of the electric shutter device is received. State information representing the end position of an end portion of the shutter is displayed in a region corresponding to the shutter image in accordance with the received positional information.

Abstract: An unregistered first subject device is managed in memory as one or more subject devices. A room selection screen for selection of a room where the unregistered first subject device is installed, is displayed on a display. The unregistered first subject device is associated with a first room and managed as a registered first subject device, based on selection of the first room from the room selection screen. A room list screen including a first room icon representing the first room is generated, and displayed on the display.

Abstract: In the case where selection of an icon representing an air conditioner is sensed in a region corresponding to a certain room on a floor plan, a region corresponding to the certain room on the floor plan is switched to an adjustment region for changing the set temperature of the air conditioner. In the case where it is sensed that a contact made to a touch-panel display moves within the region corresponding to the certain room, a control command for changing the set temperature of the air conditioner in accordance with a distance in which the contact moves is transmitted to the network.

Abstract: A method of controlling information apparatus is provided. Illumination devices are displayed in room units. In response to a selection of a first illumination device in a first room unit, a first room corresponding to the first room unit is displayed with first brightness not lower than second brightness of a background image when the first illumination device is in an on-state. In response to a selection of the first illumination device, the first room is displayed with third brightness lower than the second brightness when the first illumination device is in an off-state. A first control command is output to network for turning off power of the first illumination device, when the first room with the first brightness is selected. A second control command is output to network for turning on power of the first illumination device, when the first room with the third brightness is selected.

Abstract: A control method according to the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display, a display screen representing a floor plan of one floor including at least two or more rooms; display each device icon representing each of one or more target devices in a region of each room, the one or more target devices including a specific target device that stores a set content when power has been previously turned off; and when selection of the device icon that represents the specific target device in any region of the at least two or more rooms is sensed, and selection of any region in the room, in which the selection of the device icon has been sensed, is sensed, output an on-off control command for controlling an on-off state of power of the specific target device corresponding to the room.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that includes a processor and has a capability to detect abnormalities on an in-vehicle network that may be caused by an attack. The processor receives input of data elements to be used as training data, normalizes the training data so as to be distributed within a first region, divides a multi-dimensional second region that encompasses the first region into third regions that are hypercubes of equal sizes, obtains S data elements that are contained by each of the third regions, and for each third region that includes a number of data elements that is less than a first threshold value T, adds noise elements that are vectors with a uniform distribution to the third regions, generates noise-added training data including the vectors in the second region, and generates and outputs Isolation Forest learning model data by using the generated noise-added training data.

Abstract: An information processing method is provided to reduce an amount of data to be monitored in an onboard system of a vehicle. In the method, detection results that indicate whether an abnormality is included in communication data on an onboard network are obtained, and a first log transmission instruction is generated to cause periodic transmission of a first log from the onboard system to a server device. The first log is a log of the communication data. A second log transmission instruction is generated to cause transmission of a second log from the onboard system to the server device in a case of the detection results indicating the abnormality is included in the communication data. The second log is a log of the communication data and includes an amount of data generated per unit time that is greater than the first log.

Abstract: An anomaly detection electronic control unit (ECU) that detects unauthorized messages on a communication path is provided. An ECU that periodically transmits a first-type message including data to be monitored, and an ECU that periodically transmits a second-type message including data for comparison, are connected to the communication path. The anomaly detection ECU includes: a receiver that successively receives first-type and second-type messages; a processor that determines whether a first-type message received is normal or anomalous; and a transmitter that transmits a predetermined message in accordance with results of the determining.

Abstract: An information processing device capable of reducing an amount of data to be monitored in an onboard system is provided. The information processing device obtains a first log from the onboard system, determines whether an abnormality is included in communication data of the first log using the first log, and, in a case where the abnormality is determined to be included in the communication data, outputs first detection results indicating that the abnormality is included in the communication data to the onboard system. The first detection results is output, as a transmission instruction to cause transmission of a second log from the onboard system to the information processing device, with the second log including a larger amount of data than the first log.

Abstract: A method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display device type icons on a display; display room icons on the display; when it is determined that selection of any one of the device type icons is detected, display room icons each representing a room, in which a target device of a type corresponding to the selected device type icon is installed, in a different display mode from a mode for room icons each representing a room in which the target device of the type is not installed; when it is determined that selection of a room icon displayed in the different display mode is detected, display a first operation screen for operating a controlled target device on the display; and output a control command for controlling the controlled target device to the network based on an operation on the first operation screen.

Abstract: A hub is connected to first and second networks where first-type and second-type frames are transmitted following first and second communication protocols. The hub sequentially receives each of the first-type and second-type frames, and stores data in first and second reception buffers. If the destination of data stored in the first and second reception buffers is the first network, the hub stores the data in a first transmission buffer. If the destination is the second network, the hub stores the data in a second transmission buffer. If the first transmission buffer is a priority transmission buffer, the hub transmits first yet-to-be-transmitted data in the first transmission buffer with priority. If the second transmission buffer is the priority transmission buffer, the hub transmits second yet-to-be-transmitted data in the second transmission buffer with priority.

Abstract: An electronic control unit connected to a bus of a first network where first-type frames are transmitted following a first communication protocol and a second network where second-type frames are transmitted following a second communication protocol in an onboard network system. The electronic control unit sequentially receives the first-type and the second-type frames from the bus and the second network respectively, and stores in first and second reception buffers, respectively. The electronic control unit sequentially generates first-type data and second-type data by referencing the contents of the first reception buffer and the second reception buffer, and stores the first-type and second-type data in first and second transmission buffers, respectively. The first-type data is traveling control data for a vehicle, and the second-type data is other data. The first-type or second-type data that is priority type data is transmitted with priority.

Abstract: A network system includes a first network through which a frame of a first type is transmitted in accordance with a first communication protocol and includes a second network in which a frame of a second type is transmitted in accordance with a second communication protocol. A gateway device is connected to the first network and the second network. The gateway device sequentially receives frames of the first type from the first network and determines whether to transmit data regarding the received frames of the first type to the second network. The gateway device transmits, to the second network, a frame of the second type including data regarding a plurality of the frames of the first type determined to be transmitted to the second network.

Abstract: An electronic control unit (ECU) is provided. The electronic control unit is connected to a first network in an onboard network system. The onboard network system includes the first network and a second network. In the first network, first-type frames are transmitted following a first communication protocol. In the second network, second-type frames are transmitted following a second communication protocol. The electronic control unit generates first-type frames following the first communication protocol, and transmits the generated first-type frames to the first network. The first-type frame includes first information and second information. The first information serves as a base for a second-type frame to be transmitted to the second network. The second information indicates information that the first-type frame is to be transmitted to the second network.

Abstract: A network hub is provided for an onboard network system. The onboard network system includes first and second networks for transmission of first-type and second-type frames following first and second communication protocols. The network hub includes a receiver that receives a first-type frame. A processor determines whether or not the first-type frame received by the receiver includes first information that is a base for a second-type frame to be transmitted to the second network, to obtain a determination result, and selects a port to send a frame based on the first-type frame based on the determination result. A transmitter sends the frame based on the first-type frame to a wired transmission path connected to the port selected by the processor based on the first-type frame received by the receiver.

Abstract: A method includes: inputting information indicating power usage; generating a differential value between i) a first cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a first user ID and ii) a second cumulative value of power usage corresponding to a second user ID in a prescribed period; generating a first conversion value by converting the differential value to a use time of an electric home appliance of a first type corresponding to the first user ID; generating a first electricity bill value by converting the difference value to an electricity bill; generating display data indicating that the first electricity bill value corresponds to the first conversion value; and a transmitting unit that transmits the display data.

Abstract: A control method is provided for controlling a networked information apparatus that includes a touch panel display. An electric shutter device is controlled over the network to open and close a shutter remotely. A processor of the information apparatus causes display of an operation icon on a display screen of the information apparatus, and the operation icon causes an operation screen for the electric shutter device to be displayed. When a swipe operation is sensed on the operation screen, a movement control command is output to the network for moving the shutter of the electric shutter device in a swipe direction of the swipe operation, in which movement of the shutter represented in the shutter image results in a changed representation of an object hidden by the shutter represented in the shutter image when the shutter image is in a closed position.

Abstract: A method of controlling information apparatus is provided. Illumination devices are displayed in room units. In response to a selection of a first illumination device in a first room unit, a first room corresponding to the first room unit is displayed with first brightness not lower than second brightness of a background image when the first illumination device is in an on-state. In response to a selection of the first illumination device, the first room is displayed with third brightness lower than the second brightness when the first illumination device is in an off-state. A first control command is output to network for turning off power of the first illumination device, when the first room with the first brightness is selected. A second control command is output to network for turning on power of the first illumination device, when the first room with the third brightness is selected.