INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION DEVICE, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION METHOD, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20090136909A1
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sugino, Akinobu, Sano, Akane, Sako, Yoichiro, Ito, Taiji, Kamatani, Yoshiteru, Takehara, Mitsuru, Asukai, Masamichi, Kon, Takayasu, Kamada, Yasunori, Hayashi, Kazunori
• Application Number:
  US12/275,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20090136909A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/236
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow; Combined pulse/heart-rate/blood pressure determination; Evaluating a cardiovascular condition not otherwise provided for, e.g. using combinations of techniques provided for in this group with electrocardiography or electroauscultation; Heart catheters for measuring blood pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7246 using correlation, e.g. template matching or determination of similarity
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0294 Trajectory determination or predictive filtering, e.g. target tracking or Kalman filtering
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An interpersonal relationship evaluation method includes the steps of: obtaining position information obtained at each of the two or more terminal devices over a plurality of points in time; and calculating a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices with a point in time as a target wherein a predetermined condition holds to obtain the mean value as an interpersonal relationship evaluation value regarding each terminal device user.

Claims

1. An interpersonal relationship evaluation device comprising:

computing means configured to execute

information obtaining processing for obtaining position information obtained over a plurality of points in time with each of two or more terminal devices, and

evaluation value calculation processing for calculating a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices with a point in time when a predetermined condition holds as a target to obtain said mean value as an interpersonal relationship evaluation value regarding each terminal device user.

2. The interpersonal relationship evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein said computing means further execute range condition determining processing for determining whether or not a condition holds regarding a point in time to be determined as a target wherein the other terminal device exists within a predetermined range with the position of one of the terminal devices serving as an evaluation value calculation target as reference;

and wherein, with said evaluation value calculation processing, a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices is calculated with a point in time as a target wherein determination is made in said range condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein said other terminal device exists within said predetermined range.

3. The interpersonal relationship evaluation device according to claim 2, wherein, with said information obtaining processing, the direction information of the respective terminal devices obtained over a plurality of points in time at each of the two or more terminal devices is obtained together with said position information;

and wherein, with said range condition determining processing, determination is made whether or not a condition holds regarding a point in time to be determined as a target wherein said other terminal device exists within a predetermined range which has been set according to the direction of said one of the terminal devices.

4. The interpersonal relationship evaluation device according to claim 3, wherein, with said information obtaining processing, acceleration information detected over a plurality of points in time at each of the two or more terminal devices is obtained together with said position information and said direction information;

and wherein said computing means further execute

behavior condition determining processing for determining based on an acceleration change pattern of one of the terminal devices serving as an evaluation value calculation target, and an acceleration change pattern of the other terminal device whether or not a condition holds regarding a point in time to be determined as a target wherein the behavior of each terminal device user is synchronized;

and wherein, with said evaluation value calculation processing, a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices is calculated with a point in time as a target wherein determination is made in said range condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein said other terminal device exists within said predetermined range, and determination is made in said behavior condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the behavior of each terminal device user is synchronized.

5. The interpersonal relationship evaluation device according to claim 4, wherein, with said information obtaining processing, the living body information of each terminal device user detected over a plurality of points in time with each of the two or more terminal devices is obtained together with said position information, said direction information, and said acceleration information;

and wherein said computing means further execute

living body condition determining processing for determining based on said living body information obtained from one of the terminal devices serving as an evaluation value calculation target, and said living body information obtained from the other terminal device whether or not a condition holds regarding a point in time to be determined as a target wherein the living body state of each terminal device user is synchronized;

and wherein, with said evaluation value calculation processing, a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices is calculated with a point in time as a target wherein determination is made in said range condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein said other terminal device exists within said predetermined range, and determination is made in said behavior condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the behavior of each terminal device user is synchronized, and determination is made in said living body condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the living body state of each terminal device user is synchronized.

6. The interpersonal relationship evaluation device according to claim 5, wherein said computing means further execute

placement-state condition determining processing for determining based on the position information of one of the terminal devices serving as an evaluation value calculation target, and the position information of the other terminal device whether or not a condition holds regarding a point in time to be determined as a target wherein the placement state of said one terminal device corresponding to said other terminal device is a predetermined placement state;

and wherein, with said evaluation value calculation processing, a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices is calculated with a point in time as a target wherein determination is made in said range condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein said other terminal device exists within said predetermined range, and determination is made in said behavior condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the behavior of each terminal device user is synchronized, and determination is made in said living body condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the living body state of each terminal device user is synchronized, and determination is made in said placement-state condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the placement state of said one terminal device is a predetermined placement state.

7. The interpersonal relationship evaluation device according to claim 6, wherein, with said evaluation value calculation processing, a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices is calculated regarding only a point in time wherein determination is made in said range condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein said other terminal device exists within said predetermined range, and determination is made in said behavior condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the behavior of each terminal device user is synchronized, and determination is made in said living body condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the living body state of each terminal device user is synchronized.

8. The interpersonal relationship evaluation device according to claim 7, wherein said computing means further execute

normalizing processing for normalizing interpersonal distance mean values obtained by dividing each of interpersonal distance mean values to other multiple terminal device users from a certain terminal device user obtained in said evaluation value calculation processing by the total value thereof.

9. An interpersonal relationship evaluation method comprising the steps of:

obtaining position information obtained at each of the two or more terminal devices over a plurality of points in time; and

calculating a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices with a point in time as a target wherein a predetermined condition holds to obtain the mean value as an interpersonal relationship evaluation value regarding each terminal device user.

10. An interpersonal relationship evaluation system comprising:

two or more terminal devices; and

a server device;

wherein said terminal devices include

terminal-side communication means configured to perform data communication with said server device;

position detecting means configured to detect a current position; and

terminal-side control means configured to execute terminal-side information transmission control processing for performing control such that position information detected sequentially at each point in time by said position detecting means is transmitted to said server device by said terminal-side communication means;

and wherein said server device includes

server-side communication means configured to perform data communication with said terminal devices;

recording means configured to perform recording of information as to a predetermined recording medium; and

server-side control means;

and wherein said server-side control means execute

control processing for performing control as to said recording means such that in response to information transmitted in said terminal-side information transmission control processing being received by said server-side communication means, the received information is recorded in said recording medium in a manner wherein identification can be performed for each of said terminal devices and for each point in time, and

evaluation value calculation processing for calculating a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices with a point in time as a target wherein a predetermined condition holds based on the information recorded in said recording medium in said recording control processing to obtain the mean value as an interpersonal relationship evaluation value regarding each terminal device user.

11. The interpersonal relationship evaluation system according to claim 10, wherein said sever-side control means further executes range condition determining processing for determining whether or not a condition holds regarding a point in time to be determined wherein the other terminal device exists within a predetermined range with the position of one of the terminal devices serving as an evaluation value calculation target as reference;

and wherein, with said evaluation value calculation processing, a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices is calculated with a point in time as a target wherein determination is made in said range condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein said other terminal device exists within said predetermined range.

12. The interpersonal relationship evaluation system according to claim 11, wherein said terminal devices further include

direction detecting means configured to detect a direction which the self device turns to;

and wherein with said terminal-side information transmission control processing, control is performed such that the information of a direction sequentially detected at each point in time by said direction detecting means is transmitted to said server device by said terminal-side communication means together with position information detected by said position detecting means;

and wherein with said range condition determining processing by said server-side control means, determination is made whether or not a condition holds regarding a point in time to be determined as a target wherein said other terminal device exists within a predetermined range which has been set according to the direction of said one terminal device.

13. The interpersonal relationship evaluation system according to claim 12, wherein said terminal devices further include

acceleration detecting means configured to detect acceleration applied to the self device;

and wherein with said terminal-side information transmission control processing, control is performed such that the information of acceleration sequentially detected at each point in time by said acceleration detecting means is transmitted to said server device by said terminal-side communication means together with position information detected by said position detecting means, and direction information detected by said direction detecting means;

and wherein said server-side control means further execute

behavior condition determining processing for determining based on an acceleration change pattern of one of the terminal devices serving as an evaluation value calculation target, and an acceleration change pattern of the other terminal device whether or not a condition holds regarding a point in time to be determined as a target wherein the behavior of each terminal device user is synchronized;

and wherein, with said evaluation value calculation processing, a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices is calculated with a point in time as a target wherein determination is made in said range condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein said other terminal device exists within said predetermined range, and determination is made in said behavior condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the behavior of each terminal device user is synchronized.

14. The interpersonal relationship evaluation system according to claim 13, wherein said terminal devices further include

living body information detecting means configured to detect a user'"'"'s living body information;

and wherein with said terminal-side information transmission control processing, control is performed such that living body information sequentially detected at each point in time by said living body information detecting means is transmitted to said server device by said terminal-side communication means together with position information detected by said position detecting means, direction information detected by said direction detecting means, and the information of acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means;

and wherein said server-side control means further execute

living body condition determining processing for determining based on said living body information obtained from one of the terminal devices serving as an evaluation value calculation target, and said living body information obtained from the other terminal device whether or not a condition holds regarding a point in time to be determined as a target wherein the living body state of each terminal device user is synchronized;

and wherein, with said evaluation value calculation processing, a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices is calculated with a point in time as a target wherein determination is made in said range condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein said other terminal device exists within said predetermined range, and determination is made in said behavior condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the behavior of each terminal device user is synchronized, and determination is made in said living body condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the living body state of each terminal device user is synchronized.

15. The interpersonal relationship evaluation system according to claim 14, wherein said server-side control means further execute

placement-state condition determining processing for determining based on the position information of one of the terminal devices serving as an evaluation value calculation target, and the position information of the other terminal device whether or not a condition holds regarding a point in time to be determined as a target wherein the placement state of said one terminal device corresponding to said other terminal device is a predetermined placement state;

and wherein, with said evaluation value calculation processing, a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices is calculated with a point in time as a target wherein determination is made in said range condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein said other terminal device exists within said predetermined range, and determination is made in said behavior condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the behavior of each terminal device user is synchronized, and determination is made in said living body condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the living body state of each terminal device user is synchronized, and determination is made in said placement-state condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the placement state of said one terminal device is a predetermined placement state.

16. The interpersonal relationship evaluation system according to claim 15, wherein, with said evaluation value calculation processing, a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices is calculated regarding only a point in time wherein determination is made in said range condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein said other terminal device exists within said predetermined range, and determination is made in said behavior condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the behavior of each terminal device user is synchronized, and determination is made in said living body condition determining processing that a condition holds wherein the living body state of each terminal device user is synchronized.

17. The interpersonal relationship evaluation system according to claim 16, wherein said server-side control means further execute

normalizing processing for normalizing interpersonal distance mean values obtained by dividing each of interpersonal distance mean values to other multiple terminal device users from a certain terminal device user obtained in said evaluation value calculation processing by the total value thereof.

18. The interpersonal relationship evaluation system according to claim 17, wherein said server-side control means further execute

server-side information transmission control processing for performing control such that the interpersonal distance mean values obtained in said evaluation value calculation processing, or the interpersonal distance mean values normalized in said normalizing processing are transmitted to said terminal devices by said server-side communication means;

and wherein said terminal-side control means further execute

reception control processing for performing control such that the information transmitted in said server-side information transmission control processing is received by said terminal-side communication means.

19. The interpersonal relationship evaluation system according to claim 18, wherein said terminal devices further include

display means configured to perform display of information;

wherein said terminal-side control means further execute

display control processing for performing control such that display representing interpersonal relationship is performed upon said display means in a display mode corresponding to said interpersonal distance mean values received in said reception control processing, or said normalized interpersonal distance mean values.

20. A terminal device employed for an interpersonal relationship evaluation system including

said two or more terminal devices, and

a server device, comprising:

communication means configured to perform data communication with said server device;

position detecting means configured to detect a current position; and

control means;

wherein said control means execute

information transmission control processing for performing control such that position information sequentially detected at each point in time by said position detecting means is transmitted to said server device by said terminal-side communication means, and

reception control processing for performing control such that interpersonal relationship evaluation values regarding the respective terminal device users, calculated based on said position information transmitted from said respective terminal devices, and transmitted from said server device are received by said terminal-side communication means.

21. The terminal device according to claim 20, further comprising:

display means configured to perform display of information;

wherein said control means further execute

display control processing for performing control such that display representing interpersonal relationship is performed upon said display means in a display mode corresponding to said interpersonal relationship evaluation values received in said reception control processing.

22. The terminal device according to claim 21, further comprising:

direction detecting means configured to detect a direction which the self device turns to;

wherein with said information transmission control processing, control is performed such that the information of a direction sequentially detected at each point in time by said direction detecting means is transmitted to said server device by said communication means together with position information detected by said position detecting means.

23. The terminal device according to claim 22, further comprising:

acceleration detecting means configured to detect acceleration applied to the self device;

wherein with said information transmission control processing, control is performed such that the information of acceleration sequentially detected at each point in time by said acceleration detecting means is further transmitted to said server device by said communication means together with position information detected by said position detecting means, and the information of a direction detected by said direction detecting means.

24. The terminal device according to claim 23, further comprising:

living body information detecting means configured to detect the living body information of a user;

wherein with said information transmission control processing, control is performed such that living body information sequentially detected at each point in time by said living body information detecting means is further transmitted to said server device by said communication means together with position information detected by said position detecting means, the information of a direction detected by said direction detecting means, and the information of acceleration detected by said acceleration detecting means.

25. An interpersonal relationship evaluation method comprising the steps of:

obtaining position information over a plurality of points in time regarding each of two or more users; and

calculating a mean value of distance between the respective users with a point in time as a target wherein a predetermined condition holds to obtain the mean value thereof as an interpersonal relationship evaluation value regarding the respective users.

26. An interpersonal relationship evaluation device comprising:

a computing unit configured to execute

information obtaining processing for obtaining position information obtained over a plurality of points in time with each of two or more terminal devices, and

evaluation value calculation processing for calculating a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices with a point in time when a predetermined condition holds as a target to obtain said mean value as an interpersonal relationship evaluation value regarding each terminal device user.

27. An interpersonal relationship evaluation system comprising:

two or more terminal devices; and

a server device;

wherein said terminal devices include

a terminal-side communication unit configured to perform data communication with said server device;

a position detecting unit configured to detect a current position; and

a terminal-side control unit configured to execute terminal-side information transmission control processing for performing control such that position information detected sequentially at each point in time by said position detecting unit is transmitted to said server device by said terminal-side communication unit;

and wherein said server device includes

a server-side communication unit configured to perform data communication with said terminal devices;

a recording unit configured to perform recording of information as to a predetermined recording medium; and

a server-side control unit;

and wherein said server-side control unit executes

recording control processing for performing control as to said recording unit such that in response to information transmitted in said terminal-side information transmission control processing being received by said server-side communication unit, the received information is recorded in said recording medium in a manner wherein identification can be performed for each of said terminal devices and for each point in time, and

evaluation value calculation processing for calculating a mean value of distance between the respective terminal devices with a point in time as a target wherein a predetermined condition holds based on the information recorded in said recording medium in said recording control processing to obtain the mean value as an interpersonal relationship evaluation value regarding each terminal device user.

28. A terminal device employed for an interpersonal relationship evaluation system including

said two or more terminal devices, and

a server device, comprising:

a communication unit configured to perform data communication with said server device;

a position detecting unit configured to detect a current position; and

a control unit;

wherein said control unit executes

information transmission control processing for performing control such that position information sequentially detected at each point in time by said position detecting unit is transmitted to said server device by said terminal-side communication unit, and

reception control processing for performing control such that interpersonal relationship evaluation values regarding the respective terminal device users, calculated based on said position information transmitted from said respective terminal devices, and transmitted from said server device are received by said terminal-side communication unit.