Information processing device having external notification function and notification method thereof

• US 20050093692A1
• Filed: 03/24/2004
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Hataya, Shigeki, Nakamura, Hideki, Nakaguma, Kyoichi, Yokozawa, Toru
• Application Number:
  US10/808,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20050093692A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 1/08 using electric transmission ; transformation of alarm signals to electrical signals from a different medium, e.g. transmission of an electric alarm signal upon detection of an audible alarm signal
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

In an information processing device of the present invention, the current position of the information processing device is obtained by a communication unit and a position information obtaining unit. Information on a device used by a user and information on his operation are obtained by an act detection unit. Act information describing when, where, and what operation the user is prohibited or permitted to perform is obtained by an act information list obtaining unit. A match determination unit determines whether the user has performed an act associated with the act information, and whether the current position of the information processing device matches the position included in the act information and a current time matches the time included in the act information. An act notification unit reproduces a message included in the act information and automatically notifies others of performance of the act using the communication unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device having a communication unit for communicating with an outside, the information processing device comprising:

a position information obtaining unit for obtaining position information;

a time information obtaining unit for obtaining time information;

a storage unit for storing a list of act information for identifying an act of a user;

an act detection unit for detecting the act of the user;

a determination unit for determining whether information on the act detected by the act detection unit and the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit or the time information obtained by the time information obtaining unit match respective associated information in one of the act information in the act information list; and

a notification unit for, when the matches in the information have been detected by the determination unit, notifying performance of a specific act.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein notification unit notifies the performance of the specific act by one or a combination of voice, a still image, and a moving image.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit and the time information obtained by the time information obtaining unit are information of a current position of the information processing device and information of a current time, respectively.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein when the matches in the information have been detected by the determination unit, the communication unit notifies the performance of the specific act to a specific destination of communication.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device further comprises an act information list obtaining unit for obtaining an act information list from an external information server through communication, and stores the obtained act information list in the storage unit.

6. An information processing device having a communication unit for communicating with an outside, the information processing device comprising:

a position information obtaining unit for obtaining position information;

a time information obtaining unit for obtaining time information;

a storage unit for storing a list of processing request information for identifying a processing request from a user;

a processing request detection unit for detecting the processing request from the user;

a determination unit for determining whether information on the processing request detected by the processing request detection unit and the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit or the time information obtained by the time information obtaining unit match respective associated information in one of the processing request information in the processing request information list; and

a notifying unit for, when the matches in the information have been detected by the determination unit, notifying execution of a specific processing request or planned execution of the specific processing request.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the notifying unit notifies the execution of the specific processing request by one or a combination of voice, a still image, and a moving image.

8. An information processing device having a communication unit for performing wireless or wired communication, the information processing device comprising:

a position information obtaining unit for obtaining position information;

a time information obtaining unit for obtaining time information;

a storage unit for storing a list of act information for identifying an act of a user;

an act detection unit for detecting the act of the user;

a determination unit for determining whether information on the act detected by the act detection unit and the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit or the time information obtained by the time information obtaining unit match respective associated information in one of the act information in the act information list; and

a notifying unit for, when the matches in the information have been detected by the determination unit, notifying planned performance of a specific act.

9. The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein when the matches in the information have been detected by the determination unit, all or a part of functions of the information processing device employed for the planned performance of the specific act are stopped.

10. An information processing device having a communication unit for communicating with an outside, the information processing device comprising:

a time information obtaining unit for obtaining time information;

an act information list obtaining unit for obtaining a list of act information for identifying an act of a user;

an act detection unit for detecting the act of the user;

a determination unit for determining whether information on the act detected by the act detection unit and the time information obtained by the time information obtaining unit match respective associated information in one of the act information in the act information list; and

a notifying unit for, when the matches in the information have been detected by the determination unit, notifying performance of a specific act.

11. The information processing device according to claim 10, wherein the act information list obtaining unit obtains an act information list from an information server in proximity to the information processing device.

12. The information processing device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the information processing device further comprises a position information obtaining unit for obtaining information of a current position of the information processing device, and the determination unit detects a match between the current position of the information processing device obtained by the position information obtaining unit and position information in one of the act information in the act information list obtained by the act information list obtaining unit.

13. The information processing device according to claim 10, wherein the notifying unit notifies the performance of the specific act by one or a combination of voice, a still image, and a moving image.

14. The information processing device according to claim 10, wherein when the matches in the information have been detected by the determination unit, the performance of the specific act is notified to a specific destination of communication by the communication unit.

15. An information processing device having a communication unit for communicating with an outside, the information processing device comprising:

a position information obtaining unit for obtaining position information;

a time information obtaining unit for obtaining time information;

an act information list obtaining unit for obtaining a list of act information for identifying an act of a user;

an act detection unit for detecting the act of the user;

a determination unit for determining whether information on the act detected by the act detection unit and the time information of a current time obtained by the time information obtaining unit or the position information of a current position of the information processing device obtained by the position information obtaining unit match respective associated information in one of the act information in the act information list; and

a notifying unit for, when the matches in the information have been detected by the determination unit, notifying a specific act.

16. The information processing device according to claim 15, wherein the act information list obtaining unit obtains a act information list from an information server in proximity to the information processing device;

and

the position information obtaining unit for obtaining the position information obtains the position information of the current position of the information processing device from one of act information in the act information list obtained by the act information list obtaining unit.

17. A notification method in an information processing device having a communication unit for performing communication with an outside, the method comprising:

the step of detecting an act of a user; and

at least one of the steps of obtaining position information and obtaining time information;

wherein when a specific act by a predetermined user, detected by the step of detecting, has been performed at a specific position or a specific time, the performance of the specific act by the predetermined user is notified.

18. The notification method according to claim 17, wherein the information processing device obtains information on the specific act and information of the specific position or the specific time from an external information server through communication.

19. A notification method in an information processing device having a communication unit for performing communication with an outside, the method comprising:

the step of detecting a processing request for the information processing device from a user; and

at least one of the steps of obtaining position information and obtaining time information;

wherein when a specific processing request by a predetermined user, detected by the step of detecting has been made at a specific position or a specific time, the making of the specific processing request for the information processing device by the predetermined user is notified.

20. The notification method according to claim 19, wherein the information processing device obtains information on the specific processing request and information of the specific position or the specific time from an external information server through communication.