ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20170061758A1
• Filed: 12/14/2015
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Akira, Kumagai, Hiroki, Okabayashi, Nobuhide, Sudo, Takashi, Doniwa, Kenichi, Komaki, Hiroaki, Kanishima, Yasuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 10,235,856 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: F16P 3/14 the means being photocells or other devices sensitive without mechanical contact
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method executed by an electronic apparatus including storage configured to store device information including first position information indicating a position of a device installed in a particular range and risk information associated with use of the device is provided. The method includes receiving second position information indicating a position of a user wearing an eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and working within the particular range, from the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and estimating a status of the user, based at least in part on the first position information and the risk information included in the device information, and the second position information.

Claims

1. A method executed by an electronic apparatus comprising storage configured to store device information including first position information indicating a position of a device installed in a particular range and risk information associated with use of the device, the method comprising:

receiving second position information indicating a position of a user wearing an eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and working within the particular range, from the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal; and

estimating a status of the user, based at least in part on the first position information and the risk information included in the device information, and the second position information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the estimating comprises:

determining whether a distance between a position indicated by the first position information and a position indicated by the second position information is smaller than or equal to a first threshold value;

determining based at least in part on the risk information whether a risk is greater than or equal to a second threshold value; and

estimating that the user is associated with a dangerous status if the distance is determined to be smaller than or equal to the first threshold value and if the risk is greater than or equal to the second threshold value.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving height information of the user indicating a position in a vertical direction of the user; and

determining whether the position in the vertical direction of the user is higher than a threshold position, based on the received height information,

wherein it is estimated that the user is associated with the dangerous status if it is determined that the position in the vertical direction of the user is higher than the threshold position.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein

if it is estimated that the user is associated with the dangerous status, a notification corresponding to the status is output to the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein

the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal is configured to enable the user to execute speech communication with a manager via a manager terminal used by the manager managing the user, and

if an operation for calling the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal is executed for the manager terminal, a notification including information that the user is associated with the a dangerous status is output to the manager terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein

the notification output to the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal includes information that the operation for calling the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal is executed for the manager terminal.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein

the position in the vertical direction of the user is estimated based at least in part on a barometric pressure measured by a barometric pressure sensor mounted in the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal or an image including the user as taken by a camera provided in the particular range.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, from the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal, an acceleration measured by an acceleration sensor mounted in the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal; and

determining whether the user is working based at least in part on the acceleration,

wherein it is estimated that the user is associated with the dangerous status if it is determined that the user is working.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the device information further includes second risk information associated with work executed in the particular range, and wherein the method further comprises:

if it is determined that the user is working;

specifying a type of work that the user is executing based at least in part on the received acceleration;

determining based at least in part on the second risk information whether a risk associated with the type of work is higher than or equal to a third threshold value; and

estimating that the user is associated with a dangerous status if it is determined that the risk associated with the type of work is higher than or equal to the third threshold value.

10. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving status information indicating a status of the device; and

determining whether the user is working, based on the first position information, the second position information, and the status information,

wherein it is estimated that the user is associated with a dangerous status if it is determined that the user is working.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein

the device information further includes second risk information associated with work executed in the particular range, and wherein the method further comprises:

if it is determined that the user is working;

specifying a type of work that the user is executing based at least in part on the first position information, the second position information, and the status information; and

determining based at least in part on the second risk information whether a risk associated with the type of work is higher than or equal to a third threshold value; and

estimating that the user is associated with a dangerous status if it is determined that the risk associated with the type of work is higher than or equal to the third value.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the second position information indicates a position detected by a GPS sensor mounted in the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal is capable of wireless communication with a plurality of access points provided in the particular range, and

the position indicated by the second position information is estimated based at least in part on a position of an access point which is capable of communication with the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal.

14. A method executed by an electronic apparatus comprising storage configured to store device information including first position information indicating a position of a device installed in a particular range and risk information associated with use of the device, the method comprising:

receiving second position information indicating a position of a user holding a user terminal and working within the particular range, from the user terminal; and

estimating a status of the user, based at least in part on the first position information and the risk information included in the device information, and the second position information.

15. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

storage configured to store device information including first position information indicating a position of a device installed in a particular range and risk information associated with use of the device; and

a hardware processor configured to;

receive second position information indicating a position of a user wearing an eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and working within the particular range, from the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal; and

estimate a status of the user, based at least in part on the first position information and the risk information included in the device information, and the second position information.