Control apparatus of virtual common space using communication line
First Claim
1. A control method of a user terminal device connected to a server device in a main office through a communication line and a home office system having a display device which is connected to said user terminal device, said method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring a state of a user in a place where said user terminal device is located; and
judging whether or not the user has to take a rest on the basis of a monitoring result obtained in said monitoring step, requesting virtual rest space data for said server device if it is judged that the rest has to be taken by the user in said judging step; and
displaying a virtual rest space on the display device upon receiving the virtual rest space data.
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Abstract
A user terminal device has a computer, a software for the user terminal device, a telephone, a video camera and a virtual office display device. Generally, working state, condition or the like of another user is displayed on a screen of the virtual office display device. A user'"'"'s state is recognized on the basis of an image of the user taken by the video camera. In a case where the user continuously looks toward the virtual office display device for a period longer than a time previously determined by the user, the screen of the virtual office display device is switched to a rest room screen, and the user is moved to a rest room in a virtual space. In that rest room, the user can communicate with another user utilizing a cooperative rest tool. The cooperative rest tool includes a voice meeting tool, a character meeting tool and a multiuser game tool.
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18 Claims
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1. A control method of a user terminal device connected to a server device in a main office through a communication line and a home office system having a display device which is connected to said user terminal device, said method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring a state of a user in a place where said user terminal device is located; and
judging whether or not the user has to take a rest on the basis of a monitoring result obtained in said monitoring step, requesting virtual rest space data for said server device if it is judged that the rest has to be taken by the user in said judging step; and
displaying a virtual rest space on the display device upon receiving the virtual rest space data. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program to cause a user terminal device connected to a server device in a main office through a communication line and a home office system having a display device which is connected to said user terminal device, to execute the following steps of:
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monitoring a state of a user in a place where said user terminal device is located; and
judging whether or not the user has to take a rest on the basis of a monitoring result obtained in said monitoring step, requesting virtual rest space data for said server device if it is judged that the rest has to be taken by the user in said judging step; and
displaying a virtual rest space on the display device upon receiving the virtual rest space data. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A control apparatus of a virtual system which has plural user terminal devices and a host server device connected to said plural user terminal devices through a communication line and creates a virtual space, comprising:
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user information obtaining means for obtaining information of a user in a place where said each user terminal device is located;
user state recognition means for recognizing a state of the user on the basis of information obtained by said user information obtaining means; and
virtual space control means for moving the user in the virtual space in accordance with a recognition result obtained by said user state recognition means. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A control method of a virtual system which has plural user terminal devices and a host server device connected to said plural user terminal devices through a communication line and creates a virtual space, said method comprising:
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a user information obtaining step of obtaining information of a user in a place where said each user terminal device is located;
a user state recognition step of recognizing a state of the user on the basis of information obtained in said user information obtaining step; and
a virtual space control step of moving the user in the virtual space in accordance with a recognition result obtained in said user state recognition step. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program to cause a virtual system which has plural user terminal devices and a host server device connected to said plural user terminal devices through a communication line and creates a virtual space, to execute the following steps of:
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a user information obtaining step of obtaining information of a user in a place where said each user terminal device is located;
a user state recognition step of recognizing a state of the user on the basis of information obtained in said user information obtaining step; and
a virtual space control step of moving the user in the virtual space in accordance with a recognition result obtained in said user state recognition step.
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