Event data processing apparatus

• US 9,111,242 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2012
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Tsuji, Satomi, Sato, Nobuo, Yano, Kazuo, Fukuma, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Gillis, Brian J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mohammadi, Kamran
• Application Number:
  US13/678,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20130132480A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: 705/319
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

An event data processing apparatus calculates a meeting person number difference which is a difference in the number of meeting persons between a first number of meeting persons at a first time and a second number of meeting persons at a second time, determines that a continuous communication is conducted between the first time and the second time if the meeting person number difference is equal to or smaller than a meeting person number threshold value which is a predetermined threshold value, and records persons included in the first number of meeting persons and the second number of meeting persons, the first time, and the second time in association with event identifiers for identifying events in a recording module.

Claims

1. An event data processing apparatus, comprising:

a memory that stores meeting information including a time, person information, and data indicating that persons meet each other therein;

a controller programmed to receive an input of the meeting information, and control recording of the meeting information in the memory; and

a processor programmed to calculate a number of meeting persons who meet each other according to the meeting information of the input received by the controller, calculate a first meeting person number difference which is a difference in the number of meeting persons between a first number of meeting persons at a first time and a second number of meeting persons at a second time and a second meeting person number difference which is a difference in the number of meeting persons between a third number of meeting persons at a third time and a fourth number of meeting persons at a fourth time, determine that a continuous communication is conducted between the first time and the second time and records persons included in the first number of meeting persons and the second number of meeting persons, the first time, and the second time in association with event identifiers for identifying events when the first meeting person number difference is equal to or smaller than a meeting person number threshold value which is a predetermined threshold value, and determine that a continuous communication is conducted between the first time and the fourth time and records persons included in the third number of meeting persons and the fourth number of meeting persons, the third time, and the fourth time in association with event identifiers for identifying events when the first meeting person number difference and the second meeting person number difference are equal to or smaller than the meeting person number threshold value;

wherein the controller outputs the recorded event identifiers;

wherein the third time is a predetermined time plus the first time;

wherein the fourth time is the predetermined time plus the second time; and

wherein the predetermined time is shorter than an interval between the first time and the second time.

2. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the processor calculates meeting member information which is information related to members of the meeting persons according to the meeting information of the input received by the controller, calculates a member match rate which is the degree of match between first meeting member information at the first time and second meeting member information at the second time, determines that a continuous communication is conducted between the first time and the second time if the member match rate is equal to or larger than a member match rate threshold value which is a predetermined threshold value, and records the persons included in the first number of meeting persons and the second number of meeting persons, the first time, and the second time in association with the event identifiers for identifying the events in the memory.

3. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the memory further stores motion information which is information related to the motions of bodies in association with the meeting information;

wherein the controller further receives an input of the motion information, and records the motion information in the memory; and

wherein the processor calculates meeting time zones which are time zones during which the continuous communication is conducted according to the meeting information, calculates motion values which are the degree of motion of the persons according to the motion information, determines a length of time during which the motion value is equal to or larger than a first motion threshold value which is a predetermined threshold value among the meeting time zones as an active time, and records the active time in association with the meeting information in the memory.

4. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the motion information includes a frequency of acceleration or a zero cross value.

5. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a screen,

wherein the controller displays the event identifiers on the screen.

6. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a screen,

wherein the controller receives an input of the meeting person number threshold value.

7. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller receives an input of a time interval between the first time and the second time.

8. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the controller receives an input of the member match rate threshold value.

9. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the meeting information includes communication information of infrared rays.

10. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller receives inputs of comments on the events identified by the event identifiers, and stores the comments in association with the event identifiers in the memory module.

11. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the person information includes group information to which the persons belong.

12. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a screen,

wherein the controller controls display of the event identifiers on the screen on the basis of whether the event is associated with the person belonging to the group identified by the group information, or not.

13. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the processor determines the active time for a plurality of different meeting time zones, and calculates time rates of change of the active time for the plurality of the different meeting time zones, and

wherein the controller outputs the time rates of change.

14. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the meeting information is acquired by using an infrared communication and a location beacon.

15. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the processor determines whether a first event and a second event are associated together, or not, on the basis of a time overlap ratio of the first event and the second event, and a member overlap ratio of meeting member information of the first event and the second event, and if the first event and the second event are associated together, the processor records the first event and the second event newly as a third event in the memory.

16. The event data processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the processor determines a length of time during which a state where the motion value is equal to or smaller than a second motion threshold value which is a predetermined threshold value continues for a given time or longer as listening time, calculates an evaluation index which is a value obtained by dividing the active time by a conversation time which is a length of the meeting time zone minus the listening time, and records the listening time and the evaluation index in association with the meeting information in the memory, and

wherein the controller outputs the recorded evaluation index.