SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140164919A1
• Filed: 12/09/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eneres Co. Ltd. (Old) (KDDI Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Eneres Co. Ltd. (Old) (KDDI Corporation)
• Inventors: IKEDA, Motohide
• Application Number:
  US14/100,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20140164919A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/705
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/41865 characterised by job scheduling, process planning, material flow
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/34418 Scheduler for sequential control, task planning, control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40113 Task planning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

A schedule management system having a first agent that includes an acquiring means that acquires information relating to a second schedule from a second agent; a determining means that determines change content of a first schedule based on the information relating to the second schedule; an asking means that, when the change content is outside a predetermined scope of rights for the first agent, asks a user whether it is acceptable to change the first schedule based on the change content; and a changing means that, when the change content is within the predetermined scope of rights for the first agent, changes the first schedule based on the change content and, when the change content is outside the predetermined scope of rights for the first agent, changes the first schedule based on the change content or change content designated by the user, based on a result of asking the user.

Claims

1. A schedule management system, comprising:

a first agent that manages a first schedule of a first target; and

a second agent that manages a second schedule of a second target, wherein

the first agent includes;

an acquiring means that acquires information relating to the second schedule from the second agent;

a determining means that determines change content of the first schedule based on the information relating to the second schedule;

an asking means that, when the change content is outside a predetermined scope of rights for the first agent, asks a user whether it is acceptable to change the first schedule based on the change content; and

a changing means that, when the change content is within the predetermined scope of rights for the first agent, changes the first schedule based on the change content and that, when the change content is outside the predetermined scope of rights for the first agent, changes the first schedule based on the change content or change content designated by the user, based on a result of asking the user.

2. The schedule management system according to claim 1, wherein the second agent includes:

an acquiring means that acquires information relating to the first schedule from the first agent;

a determining means that determines change content of the second schedule based on the information relating to the first schedule;

an asking means that, when the change content is outside a predetermined scope of rights for the second agent, asks a user whether it is acceptable to change the second schedule based on the change content; and

a changing means that, when the change content is within the predetermined scope of rights for the second agent, changes the second schedule based on the change content and that, when the change content is outside the predetermined scope of rights for the second agent, changes the second schedule based on the change content or change content designated by the user, based on a result of asking the user.

3. The schedule management system according to claim 1, wherein

the first schedule includes a schedule for scheduled operations of a first electric device, which is the first target,

the second schedule includes a schedule for scheduled activities of the user, who is the second target, and

the determining means of the first agent determines the change content of the schedule for the scheduled operations of the first electric device based on information relating to the schedule for scheduled activities of the user.

4. The schedule management system according to claim 3, wherein

when the change content of the scheduled operations of the first electric device is outside the predetermined scope of rights for the first agent, the asking means of the first agent asks the user whether it is acceptable to change the first schedule based on the change content, at a time that is a predetermined amount of time before a time at which the scheduled operation based on the change content is to be performed.

5. The schedule management system according to claim 3, wherein

the first schedule includes a timing at which a power supply of the first electric device is turned ON or OFF, and

the determining means of the first agent determines the change content of the schedule indicating the timing at which the power supply of the first electric device is turned ON or OFF, based on information relating to the schedule for scheduled activities of the user.

6. The schedule management system according to claim 3, further comprising:

an image acquiring section that acquires a captured image including the first electric device;

an image generating section that generates an image showing the first agent; and

a display control section that displays the image of the first electric device acquired by the image acquiring section in combination with the image showing the first agent.

7. The schedule management system according to claim 3, further comprising:

an image generating section that generates an image showing the first agent; and

a display control section that displays the image showing the first agent in a transparent display section provided in eyewear.

8. The schedule management system according to claim 1, wherein

the first schedule includes a schedule for scheduled operations of a first electric device, which is the first target,

the second schedule includes a schedule for scheduled operations of a second electric device, which is the second target, and

the determining means of the first agent determines the change content of the schedule for the scheduled operations of the first electric device based on information relating to the schedule for scheduled operations of the second electric device.

9. The schedule management system according to claim 8, wherein

the first schedule includes a schedule for scheduled charging of an automobile, which is the first electric device,

the second schedule includes a timing at which a power supply of the second electric device is turned ON or OFF, and

the determining means of the first agent determines the change content of the schedule for the scheduled charging of the automobile based on the timing at which a power supply of the second electric device is turned ON or OFF.

10. The schedule management system according to claim 8, further comprising:

an image acquiring section that acquires a captured image including the first electric device;

an image generating section that generates an image showing the first agent; and

a display control section that displays the image of the first electric device acquired by the image acquiring section in combination with the image showing the first agent.

11. The schedule management system according to claim 8, further comprising:

an image generating section that generates an image showing the first agent; and

a display control section that displays the image showing the first agent in a transparent display section provided in eyewear.

12. The schedule management system according to claim 1, wherein

the first schedule includes a schedule for scheduled activities of a first user, who is the first target,

the second schedule includes a schedule for scheduled activities of a second user, who is the second target,

the second agent includes:

an acquiring means for acquiring date and time information relating to a desired date and time at which a shared scheduled activity that is shared by the first user and the second user is to be added to the first schedule and the second schedule; and

a providing means that provides the first agent with request information that requests addition of the shared scheduled activity to the first schedule at the desired date and time,

the acquiring means of the first agent acquires the request information as the information relating to the second schedule,

the determining means of the first agent determines that the shared scheduled activity is to be added to the first schedule at the desired date and time, as the change content of the first schedule, based on the request information,

when the addition of the shared scheduled activity to the first schedule at the desired date and time is outside the scope of rights for the first agent, the asking means of the first agent asks the first user whether it is acceptable to add the shared scheduled activity to the first schedule at the desired date and time, and

when the addition of the shared scheduled activity to the first schedule at the desired date and time is within the scope of rights for the first agent, the changing means of the first agent adds the shared scheduled activity to the first schedule at the desired date and time, and when the addition of the shared scheduled activity to the first schedule at the desired date and time is outside the scope of rights for the first agent and the result of the asking from the first user indicates that it is acceptable to add the shared scheduled activity, the changing means of the first agent adds the shared scheduled activity to the first schedule at the desired date and time.

13. The schedule management system according to claim 12, wherein

the first agent further includes:

another date and time information acquiring means that, when the addition of the shared scheduled activity to the first schedule at the desired date and time is outside the scope of rights for the first agent and the result of the asking from the first user does not indicate that it is acceptable to add the shared scheduled activity, acquires other date and time information indicating another desired date and time at which the shared scheduled activity is to be added to the first schedule and the second schedule; and

a providing means that provides the second agent with other request information requesting that the second agent add the shared scheduled activity to the second schedule at the other desired date and time, and

the second agent further includes;

an acquiring means that acquires the other request information;

a determining means that determines that the shared scheduled activity is to be added to the second schedule at the other desired date and time based on the other request information;

an asking means that, when adding the shared scheduled activity to the second schedule at the other desired date and time is outside a predetermined scope of rights for the second agent, asks the second user whether it is acceptable to add the shared scheduled activity to the second schedule at the other desired date and time; and

a changing means that, when adding the shared scheduled activity to the second schedule at the other desired date and time is within the scope of rights for the second agent, changes the second schedule by adding the shared scheduled activity to the second schedule at the other desired date and time and that, when adding the shared scheduled activity to the second schedule at the other desired date and time is outside the scope of rights for the second agent, if the result of the asking from the second user indicates that it is acceptable to add the shared scheduled activity, changes the second schedule by adding the shared scheduled activity to the second schedule at the other desired date and time.

14. The schedule management system according to claim 1, wherein

the first agent further includes an audio analyzing means for analyzing audio of a user,

the asking means of the first agent asks the user by outputting audio, and

the audio analyzing means of the first agent acquires the result of the asking by analyzing audio of the user in response to the asking.

15. A computer readable storage medium storing thereon a program, the program causing a computer to function as a first agent that manages a first schedule of a first target, wherein the first agent comprises:

an acquiring means that acquires information relating to a second schedule, from a second agent managing the second schedule relating to a second target;

a determining means that determines change content of the first schedule based on the information relating to the second schedule;

an asking means that, when the change content is outside a predetermined scope of rights for the first agent, asks a user whether it is acceptable to change the first schedule based on the change content; and

a changing means that, when the change content is within the predetermined scope of rights for the first agent, changes the first schedule based on the change content and that, when the change content is outside the predetermined scope of rights for the first agent, changes the first schedule based on the change content or change content designated by the user, based on a result of asking the user.