DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A DETECTION PROGRAM

• US 20160088706A1
• Filed: 09/17/2015
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Kizaki, Osamu, Morita, Nobuhiro, Nakai, Akiyoshi, Yamaguchi, Kenta, Isozaki, Toshihiro, Ohue, Yuji
• Application Number:
  US14/856,820
• Publication Number:
  US 20160088706A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A detection device includes a detection unit that detect a temperature at each of multiple areas in a predetermined space where the detection device is provided, a determination unit that determines whether the detected temperature at each of the multiple areas is within a predetermined range to generate a first determination result, a generator that generates heat source data indicating that a heat source exists at a specific area of the multiple areas, when the first determination result indicates that the specific area has the detected temperature that is within the predetermined range, and a transmitter that transmits the heat source data indicating that the heat source exists at the specific area to a management system, wherein the management system controls one or more control target devices provided on the specific area of the predetermined space using the heat source data.

Claims

1. A detection device, comprising:

a detection unit to detect a temperature at each of multiple areas in a predetermined space where the detection device is provided;

a determination unit to determine whether the detected temperature at each of the multiple areas is within a predetermined range to generate a first determination result;

a generator to generate heat source data indicating that a heat source exists at a specific area of the multiple areas, when the first determination result indicates that the specific area has the detected temperature that is within the predetermined range; and

a transmitter to transmit the heat source data indicating that the heat source exists at the specific area to a management system, wherein the management system controls one or more control target devices provided on the specific area of the predetermined space using the heat source data.

2. The detection device according to claim 1, wherein

the determination unit further determines whether a rate of temperature change for the specific area over a preset time period is equal to or more than a predetermined value to generate a second determination result, and

the generator generates the heat source data indicating that the heat source exists at the specific area when the second determination result determines that the rate of temperature change is equal to or more than the predetermined value in addition to the first determination result indicating that the specific area has the detected temperature within the predetermined range.

3. The detection device according to claim 1, wherein

the determination unit determines whether a temperature at an area surrounding the specific area is within the predetermined range to generate a third determination result, and

the generator generates the heat source data indicating that the heat source exists at the specific area when the third determination result indicates that the temperature at the surrounding area is within the predetermined range in addition to the first determination result indicating that the specific area has the detected temperature within the predetermined range.

4. The detection device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver to receive control data transferred by the management system in response to transmitting the heat source data; and

a controller to control a control target unit based on the received control data.

5. The detection device according to claim 4, wherein the control target unit is a light, and the controller controls a light level of the light based on the control data.

6. The detection device according to claim 5, wherein the light is a LED.

7. The detection device according to claim 1, wherein the detection device and the control target unit are included in a same apparatus.

8. A position management system, comprising:

the detection device according to claim 1; and

a position information management system.

9. A detection method, comprising:

detecting a temperature at each of multiple areas in a predetermined space where the detection device is provided;

determining whether the detected temperature at each of the multiple areas is within a predetermined range to generate a first determination result;

generating heat source data indicating that a heat source exists at a specific area of the multiple areas, when the first determination result indicates that the specific area has the detected temperature that is within the predetermined range; and

transmitting the heat source data indicating that the heat source exists at the specific area to a management system, wherein the management system controls one or more control target devices provided on the specific area of the predetermined space using the heat source data.

10. A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium storing a program that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the processors to implement a detection method, comprising:

detecting a temperature at each of multiple areas in a predetermined space where the detection device is provided;

determining whether the detected temperature at each of the multiple areas is within a predetermined range to generate a first determination result;

generating heat source data indicating that a heat source exists at a specific area of the multiple areas, when the first determination result indicates that the specific area has the detected temperature that is within the predetermined range; and

transmitting the heat source data indicating that the heat source exists at the specific area to a management system, wherein the management system controls one or more control target devices provided on the specific area of the predetermined space using the heat source data.