PERIPHERAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CENTRAL CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING COMMUNICATION PROGRAM

• US 20190324925A1
• Filed: 04/18/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: TOYODA, Tetsuya, SHINTANI, Koichi, ITO, Kensei, KAWAGUCHI, Katsuhisa, OGATA, Yoshihisa, FUKUSHIMA, Keito, OSA, Kazuhiko, NONAKA, Osamu
• Granted Patent: US 10,942,872 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/102 where the programme performs an interfacing function, e.g. device driver G06F13/105 takes precedence; scheduling within device drivers G06F9/52; contention policies within device drivers G06F9/4881
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3329 Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0042 Universal serial bus [USB]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

A peripheral device communicates with a central control device. The peripheral device includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to acquire, from another peripheral device, first information including a topic provided for the central control device or a user of the central control device, integrate the first information with second information which is included in the peripheral device and includes a topic provided for the central control device or the user of the central control device, to generate third information, and transmit the third information.

Claims

1. A peripheral device which communicates with a central control device, the peripheral device comprising a control circuit configured to:

acquire, from another peripheral device, first information including a topic provided for the central control device or a user of the central control device;

integrate the first information with second information which is included in the peripheral device and includes a topic provided for the central control device or the user of the central control device, to generate third information; and

transmit the third information.

2. The peripheral device of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is configured to:

select the first information and the second information in accordance with user situation or judgment; and

integrate the selected first information and second information.

3. The peripheral device of claim 1, wherein a peripheral device which acquires the second information is varied with the user situation or judgment.

4. The peripheral device of claim 1, wherein a peripheral device which communicates with the central control device is varied with the user situation or judgment.

5. The peripheral device of claim 1, wherein:

the first information and the second information include information about behavior of the user; and

the control circuit is configured to find relevance to the behavior of the user between the first information and the second information and generate the third information.

6. The peripheral device of claim 1, wherein:

the second information includes information about a decrease in a remaining battery level of the another peripheral device; and

the control circuit is configured to include the information about a decrease in a remaining battery level of the another peripheral device in the third information.

7. The peripheral device of claim 1, wherein:

the first information includes information to be propose to the central control device or the user of the central control device, the information being related to at least one of information about a current status of the another peripheral device and information about a function of the another peripheral device; and

the second information includes information to be propose to the central control device or the user of the central control device, the information being related to at least one of information about a current status of the peripheral device and information about a function of the peripheral device.

8. The peripheral device of claim 1, wherein:

the third information includes a summary of a proposal to the central control device or the user of the central control device; and

the control circuit is configured to receive a request from the central control device that has received the third information, and transmit fourth information indicating details of the proposal to the central control device.

9. The peripheral device of claim 8, wherein:

the control circuit is configured to transmit an advertising signal that is a signal to allow the central control device to discover the peripheral device; and

the summary is included in the advertising signal.

10. The peripheral device of claim 8, wherein the summary includes information to specify a peripheral device involved in generation of the summary.

11. A communication system comprising:

a first peripheral device;

a second peripheral device communicating with the first peripheral device; and

a central control device communicating with at least the first peripheral device,

wherein the first peripheral device includes a first control circuit configured to;

acquire, from the second peripheral device, first information including a topic provided for the central control device or a user of the central control device;

integrate the first information with second information which is included in the first peripheral device and includes a topic provided for the central control device or the user of the central control device, to generate third information; and

transmit the third information, and

wherein the central control device includes a second control circuit configured to;

determine a response based on the third information; and

perform the determined response.

12. The communication system of claim 11, wherein:

the first information and the second information include information about behavior of the user; and

the second control circuit is configured to find relevance to the behavior of the user between the first information and the second information and generate the third information.

13. The communication system of claim 11, wherein:

the first information includes information about a decrease in a remaining battery level of the second peripheral device; and

the second control circuit is configured to include the information about a decrease in a remaining battery level of the second peripheral device in the third information.

14. The communication system of claim 11, wherein:

the second control circuit is configured to determine the response by artificial intelligence.

15. A communication method in a communication system including a first peripheral device, a second peripheral device communicating with the first peripheral device, and a central control device communicating with at least the first peripheral device, the method comprising:

causing the first peripheral device to acquire, from the second peripheral device, first information including a topic provided for the central control device or a user of the central control device, integrate the first information with second information which is included in the first peripheral device and includes a topic provided for the central control device or the user of the central control device, to generate third information, and transmit the third information; and

causing the central control device to determine a response based on the third information and perform the determined response.

16. A communication method in a communication system including a peripheral device and a central control device communicating with the peripheral device, the method comprising:

causing the peripheral device to transmit first information including a topic to be provided for the central control device or a user of the central control device;

causing the central control device to determine a response based on the first information; and

performing the determined response.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording communication programs in a communication system including a peripheral device and a central control device communicating with the peripheral device, the communication programs causing the peripheral device to:

acquire from another peripheral device first information including a topic provided for the central control device or a user of the central control device;

integrate the first information with second information which is included in the peripheral device and includes a topic provided for the central control device or the user of the central control device, to generate third information; and

transmit the third information.

18. A peripheral device communicating with a central control device, comprising a control circuit configured to:

generate a result of communication with other peripheral devices that form a group, as summary information which is included in the group and includes a topic provided for the central control device; and

transmit the summary information to the central control device.

19. A central control device communicating with a plurality of peripheral devices, comprising a control circuit configured to:

acquire a result of communication with the peripheral devices that form a group, as summary information which is included in the group and includes a topic provided for the central control device; and

transmit information corresponding to the summary information.

20. An information terminal communicating with a smart speaker, comprising:

an acquisition circuit configured to acquire, from an external device, first information including a topic to be provided for the smart speaker;

an information integration circuit configured to integrate the first information with second information included in the information terminal to generate third information; and

a transmission control circuit configured to transmit the third information.