INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

• US 20110295655A1
• Filed: 10/26/2009
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Tanaka, Takeshi, Yano, Kazuo, Ara, Koji, Sato, Nobuo, Tsuji, Satomi
• Application Number:
  US13/126,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20110295655A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A terminal includes a sensor for detecting a physical quantity and a data transmitting unit for transmitting data representing the physical quantity to a processing device. An input/output device includes an input unit for receiving an input of data representing a productivity relating to the person wearing the terminal and a data transmitting unit for transmitting the data representing the productivity to the processing device. The processing device includes a feature value extracting unit for extracting a feature value from the data representing the physical quantity, a conflict calculating unit for determining items of data bringing about conflict from the data representing the productivity, and a coefficient-of-influence calculating unit for calculating a degree of the correlation between the feature value and the items of the data bringing about conflict.

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal;

an input/output unit; and

a processing unit for processing data transmitted from the terminal and the input/output unit,

wherein the terminal is provided with a sensor for detecting a physical quantity and a data transmitting unit for transmitting data representing the physical quantity to the processing unit;

the input/output unit is provided with an input unit for receiving an input of data representing a productivity element relating to a person wearing the terminal and a data transmitting unit for transmitting the data representing the productivity element to the processing unit; and

the processing unit is provided with a feature value extracting unit for extracting a feature value from the data representing the physical quantity, a conflict calculating unit for determining multiple items of data giving rise to conflict from the data representing the productivity element, and a coefficient-of-influence calculating unit for calculating the closeness of relation between the feature value and the multiple items of data giving rise to conflict.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the coefficient-of-influence calculating unit, using the same feature value, calculates the closeness of relation to multiple items of data giving rise to the conflict.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the processing unit is further provided with a balance map drawing unit for drawing an image on which signs denoting the feature values are plotted on a coordinate plane having two axes of which one represents the closeness of relation between a first data item, out of multiple items of data giving rise to the conflict, to the feature values and the other represents the closeness of relation between a second data item, out of multiple items of data giving rise to the conflict, to the feature values.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the conflict calculating unit selects multiple combinations out of productivity representing data sets, calculates a coefficient of correlation of each of the multiple combinations, and determines one combination of which the coefficient of correlation is negative and an absolute value thereof is the greatest as multiple items of data giving rise to the conflict.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the sensor detects acceleration as the physical quantity;

and

the feature value extracting unit calculates an acceleration rhythm representing the frequency of oscillation from a value of the acceleration and calculates the feature value on the basis of the magnitude of the acceleration rhythm or the duration of the acceleration rhythm in a prescribed range.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the sensor detects infrared rays transmitted from another terminal and acquires meeting data with the other terminal;

and

the feature value extracting unit calculates from meeting data the meeting time between the terminal and the other terminal, and calculates the feature value on the basis of a length of the meeting time.

7. The information processing system according to claim 6,

wherein the feature value extracting unit complements a blank in the meeting data, measures a change in posture of the terminal wearing person during meeting on the basis of the complemented data, and makes the change in posture during meeting the feature value.

8. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the terminal and the input/output unit are the same unit.

9. An information processing system:

a terminal;

an input/output unit; and

a processing unit for processing data transmitted from the terminal and the input/output unit,

wherein the terminal is provided with a sensor for detecting a physical quantity and a data transmitting unit for transmitting data representing the physical quantity;

the input/output unit is provided with an input unit for receiving an input of data representing multiple productivity elements relating to a person wearing the terminal and a data transmitting unit for transmitting the data representing the productivity element to the processing unit; and

the processing unit is provided with a feature value extracting unit for extracting a feature value from the data representing the physical quantity;

a conflict calculating unit for unifying items of data representing the multiple productivity elements, respective periods and sampling periods thereof; and

a coefficient-of-influence calculating unit for calculating the closeness of relation between the feature values for which the periods and sampling frequencies are unified and the data representing multiple productivity elements.

10. The information processing system according to claim 9,

wherein the feature value extracting unit unifies the respective sampling periods of the multiple feature values by dividing the sampling period stepwise in an ascending order of size and figuring out the feature values.

11. The information processing system according to claim 9,

wherein the conflict calculating unit determines multiple items of data giving rise to conflict from the data items representing the productivity element;

and

the coefficient-of-influence calculating unit calculates the closeness of relation between the feature values and the multiple items of data giving rise to conflict.

12. The information processing system according to claim 11,

wherein the conflict calculating unit selects multiple combinations from the multiple data items representing the productivity element, calculates the coefficient of correlation of each of the multiple combinations, and determines one combination of which the coefficient of correlation is negative and an absolute value thereof is the greatest as multiple items of data giving rise to the conflict.

13. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal;

an input/output unit; and

a processing unit for processing data transmitted from the terminal and the input/output unit,

wherein the terminal is provided with a sensor for detecting a physical quantity and a data transmitting unit for transmitting data representing the physical quantity detected by the sensor;

the input/output unit is provided with an input unit for receiving an input of data representing a productivity element relating to a person wearing the terminal and a data transmitting unit for transmitting the data representing the productivity element to the processing unit; and

the processing unit is provided with a feature value extracting unit for extracting a feature value from the data representing the physical quantity, a conflict calculating unit for determining subjective data representing the person'"'"'s subjective evaluation and objective data on the duty performance relating to the person from the data representing the productivity element, and a coefficient-of-influence calculating unit for calculating the closeness of relation between the feature value and the subjective data and the closeness of relation between the feature value and the objective data.

14. The information processing system according to claim 13,

wherein the processing unit is further provided with a balance map drawing unit for drawing an image on which signs denoting the feature values are plotted on a coordinate plane having two axes of which one represents the closeness of relation between the feature value and the subjective data, and the other represents the closeness of relation between the feature value and the objective data.

15. The information processing system according to claim 13,

wherein the subjective data and the objective data give rise to conflict.

16. The information processing system according to claim 13,

wherein the conflict calculating unit selects multiple combinations from the multiple data items representing the productivity element, calculates the coefficient of correlation of each of the multiple combinations, and determines one combination of which the coefficient of correlation is negative and an absolute value thereof is the greatest as the subjective data and the objective data.

17. An information processing system comprising:

a terminal;

an input/output unit; and

a processing unit for processing data transmitted from the terminal and the input/output unit,

wherein the terminal is provided with a sensor for detecting a physical quantity and a data transmitting unit for transmitting data representing the physical quantity detected by the sensor;

the input/output unit is provided with an input unit for receiving an input of data representing multiple productivity elements relating to a person wearing the terminal and a data transmitting unit for transmitting the data representing the productivity element to the processing unit; and

the processing unit is provided with a feature value extracting unit for extracting multiple feature values from the data representing the physical quantity and a coefficient-of-influence calculating unit for calculating the closeness of relation between one feature value selected out of the multiple feature values and each of data items representing the multiple productivity elements.

18. An information processing system comprising:

a recording unit for recording a first time series of data, a second time series of data, a first reference value and a second reference value;

a first determining unit for determining whether the first time series of data or a value resulting from conversion of the first time series is greater or smaller than the first reference value;

a second determining unit for determining whether the second time series of data or a value resulting from conversion of the second time series of data is greater or smaller than the second reference value,

a status determining unit for determining a case in which the first time series of data or the value resulting from conversion of the first time series is greater than the first reference value, and the second time series of data or the value resulting from conversion of the second time series of data is greater than the second reference value to be a first status, and determines a status other than the first status or a specific status other than the first status as a second status;

a unit allocating a first name to the first status and a second name to the second status; and

a unit for causing a display unit connected thereto a fact of being in the first status or the second status by using the first name or the second name, respectively.

19. The information processing unit according to claim 18,

wherein the first time series of data is signals having an acceleration waveform or data converted from signals having the acceleration waveform.

20. The information processing unit according to claim 18,

wherein the first time series of data is signals relating to sleep or data converted from the signals relating to sleep.

21. The information processing unit according to claim 18, wherein:

the first time series of data is signals relating to walking or walking speed or data converted from the signals relating to signals relating to walking or walking speed.

22. The information processing unit according to claim 18,

wherein the first time series of data is signals relating to fluctuations or consistency of human motions or data converted from the signals relating to fluctuations or consistency of human motions.

23. The information processing unit according to claim 18, further comprising:

a unit for preparing the first reference value by converting the first time series of data; and

a unit for preparing the second reference value by converting the second time series of data.

24. An information processing unit comprising:

a unit for acquiring information inputted by a user concerning a first quantity and a second quantity relating to the user'"'"'s life or duty performance;

a status determining unit for determining a case in which the first quantity increases and the second quantity increases as a first status and determining a status other than the first status or a specific status other than the first status as a second status;

a unit for allocating a first name to the first status and a second name to the second status; and

a unit for causing a display unit connected thereto to display a fact of the user being in the first status or the second status by using the first name or the second name, respectively.

25. The information processing unit according to claim 24,

wherein the first quantity or the second quantity is a quantity relating to any of sleep, rest, concentration, conversation, walking and outing.

26. An information processing unit comprising:

a unit for acquiring information inputted by a user concerning a first quantity, a second quantity, a third quantity and a fourth quantity relating to the user'"'"'s life or duty performance;

a status determining unit for;

determining a case in which the first quantity increases and the second quantity increases as a first status;

determining a status other than the first status or a specific status other than the first status as a second status;

determining a case in which the third quantity increases and the fourth quantity increases as a third status;

determining a status other than the third status or a specific status other than the third status as a fourth status;

determining a status which is the first status and is the third status as a fifth status;

determining a status which is the first status and is the fourth status as a sixth status;

determining a status which is the second status and is the third status as a seventh status; and

determining a status which is the second status and is the fourth status as an eighth status,

a unit for allocating a first name to the fifth status, a second name to the sixth status, a third name to the seventh status and a fourth name to the eighth status; and

a unit for causing a display unit connected thereto a fact of the user being in one of the fifth status, sixth status, seventh status and eighth status by using at least one of the first name, second name, third name and fourth name.

27. The information processing unit according to claim 26,

wherein advice respectively matching the fifth status, the sixth status, the seventh status and the eighth status is recorded in advance;

and

the display unit is caused to display the advice when the user has determined to be in the fifth status, the sixth status, the seventh status or the eighth status.

28. An information processing unit comprising:

a recording unit for recording time series of data relating to movements of a person;

a calculating unit for calculating indicators regarding fluctuations, unevenness or consistency in the movements of the person by converting the time series of data;

a determining unit for determining from the indicators insignificance of fluctuations or of unevenness or significance of consistency in the movements of the person; and

a unit for causing on the basis of the determination a desirable status of the person or an organization to which the person belongs to be displayed on a display unit connected thereto.

29. The information processing unit according to claim 28, wherein:

the time series of data is acceleration data obtained from the acceleration sensor;

the calculating unit extracts information regarding frequency from the acceleration data; and

the information regarding frequency includes information indicating at least part of a range in which the frequency intensity is from 1 Hz to 3 Hz.

30. An information processing unit comprising:

a recording unit for recording time series of data relating to sleep of a person;

a calculating unit for calculating indicators regarding fluctuations, unevenness or consistency in the sleep of the person by converting the time series of data;

a determining unit for determining from the indicators insignificance of fluctuations or of unevenness or significance of consistency in the sleep of the person; and

a unit for causing on the basis of the determination a desirable status of the person or an organization to which the person belongs to be displayed on a display unit connected thereto.

31. The information processing unit according to claim 30,

wherein advice to the person or the organization is recorded in advance matched with the status of the person;

and

the determining unit determines the status of the person from the indicators regarding significance of fluctuations or of unevenness or consistency relating to the sleep of the person and provides advice to the person or the organization on the basis of the result of determination.

32. An information processing unit comprising:

a recording unit for recording data representing the state of communication among at least a first user, a second user, and a third user; and

a processing unit for analyzing the data representing the state of communication,

wherein the recording unit records a first communication quantity and a first related information item between the first user and the second user, a second communication quantity and a second related information item between the first user and the third user, and a third communication quantity and a third related information item between the second user and the third user, and

the processing unit, when it determines that the third communication quantity is smaller than the first communication quantity and the third communication quantity is smaller than the second communication quantity, gives a display or an instruction to urge communication between the second user and the third user.