Apparatus state detector, method for detecting apparatus state, apparatus state detection server and apparatus state detection system; living persons' anomaly detector, living persons' anomaly detection system and method for detecting living persons' anomaly, and apparatus-state database maintenance server
First Claim
1. An apparatus state detector that detects states of a single or a plurality of apparatuses comprising:
- measuring means that measures a physical quantity of an environment in which the apparatus is placed;
feature-quantity calculation means that calculates a feature quantity of the measured value measured by said measuring means;
storage means that stores, in advance, a plurality of feature quantities of each apparatus and apparatus states associated with the feature quantities, respectively, as dictionary data; and
apparatus-state detection means that searches for a feature quantity from said plurality of feature quantities in said dictionary data by using a feature quantity calculated by said feature-quantity calculation means as a search key and identifies an apparatus state based on the apparatus state associated with a retrieved feature quantity as a result of the search based on stored histories of the feature quantities for each apparatus,wherein said apparatus-state detection means is configured tocalculate a difference between a first feature quantity, of said stored histories, which is calculated by said feature-quantity calculation means based on said measured value measured by said measuring means at a first time period and a second feature quantity, of said stored histories, which is calculated by said feature-quantity calculation means based on said measured value measured by said measuring means at a second time period,identify the calculated difference between the first feature quantity and the second feature quantity as a third feature quantity,using the third feature quantity as the search key, retrieve, from the dictionary data stored in the storage means, a stored feature quantity, from the stored plurality of feature quantities, that corresponds to said third feature quantity, andidentify, a state of the apparatus based on an apparatus state that is stored, in the storage means, in association with the retrieved feature quantity.
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Abstract
An apparatus state detector and its associates are provided to save time and effort for learning combinations of operation states of all apparatuses at home and commit fewer estimation errors even when an unknown apparatus starts operating. The apparatus state detector includes measuring means that measures a physical quantity of an environment in which an apparatus is placed, feature-quantity calculation means that calculates a feature quantity of the measured value measured by the measuring means, storage means that stores in advance the feature quantity of each apparatus and an apparatus state associated with the feature quantity in a reference-apparatus entry dictionary, and apparatus-state detection means that searches the reference-apparatus entry dictionary for a feature quantity by using a feature quantity calculated by the feature-quantity calculation means as a search key and detects an apparatus state based on the apparatus state associated with the retrieved feature quantity.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus state detector that detects states of a single or a plurality of apparatuses comprising:
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measuring means that measures a physical quantity of an environment in which the apparatus is placed; feature-quantity calculation means that calculates a feature quantity of the measured value measured by said measuring means; storage means that stores, in advance, a plurality of feature quantities of each apparatus and apparatus states associated with the feature quantities, respectively, as dictionary data; and apparatus-state detection means that searches for a feature quantity from said plurality of feature quantities in said dictionary data by using a feature quantity calculated by said feature-quantity calculation means as a search key and identifies an apparatus state based on the apparatus state associated with a retrieved feature quantity as a result of the search based on stored histories of the feature quantities for each apparatus, wherein said apparatus-state detection means is configured to calculate a difference between a first feature quantity, of said stored histories, which is calculated by said feature-quantity calculation means based on said measured value measured by said measuring means at a first time period and a second feature quantity, of said stored histories, which is calculated by said feature-quantity calculation means based on said measured value measured by said measuring means at a second time period, identify the calculated difference between the first feature quantity and the second feature quantity as a third feature quantity, using the third feature quantity as the search key, retrieve, from the dictionary data stored in the storage means, a stored feature quantity, from the stored plurality of feature quantities, that corresponds to said third feature quantity, and identify, a state of the apparatus based on an apparatus state that is stored, in the storage means, in association with the retrieved feature quantity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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