Device Operation Control Device and Method Thereof
First Claim
1. An appliance operation control device comprising:
- an appliance status acquisition unit acquiring the respective operating status of appliances used by a user;
a user status acquisition unit acquiring a user status associated with the user;
an activity concern level assessment unit assessing the user'"'"'s level of concern with the activities performed by the appliances based on the user status or the user status and the operating status of the appliances;
an activity importance level assessment unit assessing the importance level of the activities of the appliances based on the operating status of the appliances or the operating status of the appliances and the user status;
an appliance status management unit making an assessment as to whether or not there is a need for operation control over the appliances used by the user based on the operating status of the appliances and the user status;
an appliance operation arbitration unit determining a method of operation control over the appliances based on the level of concern and the level of importance if the appliance status management unit makes an assessment that there is a need for operation control; and
an appliance operation control unit carrying out the operation control over the appliances based on the operation control method determined by the appliance operation arbitration unit.
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Abstract
Appropriate operation control over appliances is provided depending on the status of the user and the appliances. An appliance status acquisition unit 101 acquires the operating status of appliances used by a user and a user status acquisition unit 102 acquires user information related to the user. An appliance status management unit 103 makes an assessment as to the need for operation control over the appliances based on the operating status and user status. An activity concern level assessment unit 104 makes an assessment as to the user'"'"'s level of concern with the activities of the appliances based on the operating status and user status and an activity importance level assessment unit 105 makes an assessment as to the importance level of the activities of the appliances based on the operating status and user status. An appliance operation arbitration unit 107 determines the method of operation control over the appliances based on the level of concern and the level of importance and an appliance operation control unit 107 provides operation instructions to the appliances. Such an appliance operation control device 100 makes it possible to carry out operation control of a plurality of appliances not only with account taken of the status of the appliances, but also based on the status of the user, with account taken of the importance level of the activities of the appliances and the user'"'"'s level of concern and personal preferences with respect to the activities of the appliances.
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Citations
9 Claims
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1. An appliance operation control device comprising:
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an appliance status acquisition unit acquiring the respective operating status of appliances used by a user;
a user status acquisition unit acquiring a user status associated with the user;
an activity concern level assessment unit assessing the user'"'"'s level of concern with the activities performed by the appliances based on the user status or the user status and the operating status of the appliances;
an activity importance level assessment unit assessing the importance level of the activities of the appliances based on the operating status of the appliances or the operating status of the appliances and the user status;
an appliance status management unit making an assessment as to whether or not there is a need for operation control over the appliances used by the user based on the operating status of the appliances and the user status;
an appliance operation arbitration unit determining a method of operation control over the appliances based on the level of concern and the level of importance if the appliance status management unit makes an assessment that there is a need for operation control; and
an appliance operation control unit carrying out the operation control over the appliances based on the operation control method determined by the appliance operation arbitration unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An appliance operation control method, which is an appliance operation control method executable by a computer and is comprising:
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appliance status acquisition step of acquiring the respective operating status of appliances used by a user;
user status acquisition step of acquiring a user status associated with the user;
activity concern level assessment step of assessing the user'"'"'s level of concern with activities performed by the appliances based on the user status or the user status and the operating status of the appliances;
activity importance level assessment step of assessing the importance level of the activities of the appliances based on the operating status of the appliances or the operating status of the appliances and the user status;
appliance status management step of making an assessment as to whether or not there is a need for operation control over the appliances used by the user based on the operating status of the appliances and the user status;
appliance operation arbitration step of determining a method of operation control over the appliances based on the level of concern and the level of importance when an assessment is made in the appliance status management step that there is a need for operation control; and
appliance operation control step of carrying out the operation control over the appliances based on the operation control method determined in the appliance operation arbitration step.
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8. An appliance operation control program, which directs a computer to function as:
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appliance status acquisition unit for acquiring the respective operating status of appliances used by a user;
user status acquisition unit for acquiring a user status associated with the user;
activity concern level assessment unit for assessing the user'"'"'s level of concern with activities performed by the appliances based on the user status or the user status and the operating status of the appliances;
activity importance level assessment unit for assessing the importance level of the activities of the appliances based on the operating status of the appliances or the operating status of the appliances and the user status;
appliance status management unit for making an assessment as to whether or not there is a need for operation control over the appliances used by the user based on the operating status of the appliances and the user status;
appliance operation arbitration unit for determining the method of operation control over the appliances based on the level of concern and the level of importance when the appliance status management unit makes an assessment that there is a need for operation control; and
appliance operation control unit for carrying out the operation control over the appliances based on the operation control method determined by the appliance operation arbitration unit.
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9. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon an appliance operation control program executable by a computer,
the appliance operation control program executing: -
appliance status acquisition step of acquiring the respective operating status of appliances used by a user;
user status acquisition step of acquiring a user status associated with the user;
activity concern level assessment step of assessing the user'"'"'s level of concern with the activities performed by the appliances based on the user status or the user status and the operating status of the appliances;
activity importance level assessment step of assessing the importance level of the activities of the appliances based on the operating status of the appliances or the operating status of the appliances and the user status;
appliance status management step of making an assessment as to whether or not there is a need for operation control over the appliances used by the user based on the operating status of the appliances and the user status;
appliance operation arbitration step of determining a method of operation control over the appliances based on the level of concern and the level of importance when an assessment is made in the appliance status management step that there is a need for operation control; and
appliance operation control step of carrying out the operation control over the appliances based on the operation control method determined in the appliance operation arbitration step.
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Specification