LIGHT EXPOSURE SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS

• US 20170374726A1
• Filed: 06/19/2017
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: SATO, Ayumu, TAKESHITA, Hironori
• Granted Patent: US 10,257,914 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A light exposure system includes an external apparatus that is placed on a facility and a portable terminal that communicates with the external apparatus, and manages the amount of light which the user is exposed to. Furthermore, the external apparatus transmits information regarding the amount of light which the user is exposed to, to the portable terminal. In addition, the portable terminal includes: a terminal-side controller which receives the information from the external apparatus and calculates the cumulative value of the amount of light from the information, when a communication is established with the external apparatus; and a display that displays the cumulative value calculated by the terminal-side controller.

Claims

1. A light exposure system that manages an amount of light which a user is exposed to, the light exposure system comprising:

an external apparatus that is placed on a facility; and

a portable terminal that communicates with the external apparatus, wherein

the external apparatus transmits information regarding the amount of light which the user is exposed to, to the portable terminal, and

the portable terminal includes;

a terminal-side controller that receives the information from the external apparatus and calculates a cumulative value of the amount of light from the information, when a communication is established with the external apparatus; and

an indicator that indicates the cumulative value calculated by the terminal-side controller.

2. The light exposure system according to claim 1, wherein

the external apparatus:

includes a light source; and

transmits, as the information, at least one of light intensity information and time information of light which the user is exposed to.

3. The light exposure system according to claim 1, wherein

the external apparatus includes a detector that detects an amount of light in surroundings.

4. The light exposure system according to claim 1, wherein

when the cumulative value is less than a predetermined threshold value, the indicator indicates that the cumulative value is less than the predetermined threshold value.

5. The light exposure system according to claim 1, wherein

when no communication is established with the external apparatus, the terminal-side controller:

obtains position information of the portable terminal;

transmits the position information and time information corresponding to the position information to a server; and

obtains, from the server, information regarding an estimated amount of light, which the user is exposed to, corresponding to at least one of the position information and the time information; and

calculates an additional cumulative value of the amount of light based on at least one of the information regarding an estimated amount of light corresponding to the position information and the information regarding an estimated amount of light corresponding to the time information, and adding the additional cumulative value to the cumulative value to calculate a new cumulative amount.

6. The light exposure system according to claim 5, wherein

the information regarding an estimated amount of light includes weather information.

7. The light exposure system according to claim 1, wherein

the terminal-side controller:

determines whether a first predetermined time has elapsed, and determines whether a remaining light amount at the first predetermined time is greater than or equal to a predetermined value;

calculates the cumulative value of the light amount, when the terminal-side controller determines that the first predetermined time has elapsed and that the remaining light amount at the first predetermined time is greater than or equal to the predetermined value;

determines whether a second predetermined time after the first predetermined time has elapsed, when the terminal-side controller determines that at least either the first predetermined time has not elapsed or the remaining light amount is less than the predetermined value; and

indicates, via the indicator, a remaining light amount at the second predetermined time, when the terminal-side controller determines that the second predetermined time has elapsed.

8. A light exposure system that manages an amount of light which a user is exposed to, the light exposure system comprising:

a server; and

a portable terminal that communicates with the server, wherein the server;

obtains position information of the portable terminal and time information corresponding to the position information from the portable terminal;

obtains weather information corresponding to the position information and the time information from an external source, when no communication is established between the portable terminal and an external apparatus that is placed on a facility;

calculates an estimated cumulative value of the amount of light from the position information, the time information, and the weather information; and

transmits information regarding the estimated cumulative value to the portable terminal.

9. The light exposure system according to claim 8, further comprising:

the external apparatus, wherein

the external apparatus transmits information regarding the amount of light which the user is exposed to, to the portable terminal,

the portable terminal includes a terminal-side controller that receives the information regarding the amount of light from the external apparatus and calculates a sub-cumulative value of the amount of light from the information regarding the amount of light, when a communication is established with the external apparatus, and

the terminal-side controller calculates a cumulative value of the amount of light by adding up the estimated cumulative value and the sub-cumulative value.

10. The light exposure system according to claim 8, wherein

the external apparatus includes a detector that detects an amount of light in surroundings.

11. The light exposure system according to claim 8, wherein

the terminal-side controller:

determines whether a first predetermined time has elapsed, and determines whether a remaining light amount at the first predetermined time is greater than or equal to a predetermined value;

calculates the cumulative value of the light amount, when the terminal-side controller determines that the first predetermined time has elapsed and that the remaining light amount at the first predetermined time is greater than or equal to the predetermined value;

determines whether a second predetermined time after the first predetermined time has elapsed, when the terminal-side controller determines that at least either the first predetermined time has not elapsed or the remaining light amount is less than the predetermined value; and

indicates, via the indicator, a remaining light amount at the second predetermined time, when the terminal-side controller determines that the second predetermined time has elapsed.

12. A light exposure system that manages an amount of light which a user is exposed to, the light exposure system comprising:

an external apparatus that is placed on a facility; and

a portable terminal that communicates with the external apparatus, wherein

the external apparatus includes;

a detector that detects the amount of light in surroundings; and

a communicator that transmits information regarding the amount of light detected by the detector to the portable terminal, and

the portable terminal includes a terminal-side controller that receives the information from the external apparatus and calculates a cumulative value of the amount of light from the information, when a communication is established with the external apparatus.

13. The light exposure system according to claim 12, wherein

the portable terminal further includes an indicator that indicates the cumulative value calculated by the terminal-side controller.

14. The light exposure system according to claim 12, wherein

the terminal-side controller:

determines whether a first predetermined time has elapsed, and determines whether a remaining light amount at the first predetermined time is greater than or equal to a predetermined value;

calculates the cumulative value of the light amount, when the terminal-side controller determines that the first predetermined time has elapsed and that the remaining light amount at the first predetermined time is greater than or equal to the predetermined value;

determines whether a second predetermined time after the first predetermined time has elapsed, when the terminal-side controller determines that at least either the first predetermined time has not elapsed or the remaining light amount is less than the predetermined value; and

indicates, using the indicator, a remaining light amount at the second predetermined time, when the terminal-side controller determines that the second predetermined time has elapsed.

15. A light exposure system that manages an amount of light which a user is exposed to, the light exposure system comprising:

a light-emitting apparatus; and

a portable terminal that communicates with the light-emitting apparatus, wherein

the light-emitting apparatus includes;

a light source;

a controller that calculates information regarding the amount of light of the light source which the user is exposed to; and

a communicator that transmits the information calculated by the controller, and

the portable terminal includes a terminal-side controller that receives the information from the light-emitting apparatus and calculates a cumulative value of the amount of light from the information, when a communication is established with the light-emitting apparatus.

16. The light exposure device according to claim 15, wherein

the portable terminal further includes an indicator that indicates the cumulative value calculated by the terminal-side controller.

17. A portable terminal that communicates with an external apparatus that is placed on a facility, the portable terminal comprising:

a terminal-side controller that receives information regarding an amount of light, which a user is exposed to, detected by the external apparatus from the external apparatus and calculates a cumulative value of the amount of light from the information, when a communication is established with the external apparatus; and

an indicator that indicates the cumulative value calculated by the terminal-side controller.

18. The portable terminal according to claim 17, further comprising:

a memory that stores historical information regarding the cumulative value for each day, wherein

the terminal-side controller makes an indication, via the indicator, to prompt light exposure, based on the historical information which is stored in the memory.

19. The portable terminal according to claim 17, wherein

when the cumulative value is less than a predetermined threshold value, the indicator indicates that the cumulative value is less than the predetermined threshold value.

20. A light-emitting apparatus that communicates with the portable terminal according to claim 17, the light-emitting apparatus comprising:

a light source;

a detector that detects an amount of light in surroundings;

a controller that calculates information regarding the amount of light of the light source detected by the detector; and

a communicator that transmits the information calculated by the controller to the portable terminal.