Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

• US 9,715,219 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Koyama, Yuichiro, Asakawa, Takeshi, Matsuyama, Shinako
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Amy Cohen
• Assistant Examiner(s): WICKLUND, DANIEL PM
• Application Number:
  US13/779,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20130258818A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,608 Days
• Field of Search: 368 34, 368107, 368250, 368256
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/16 Devices for psychotechnics using teaching or educational appliances G09B1/00 - G09B7/00; Testing reaction times ; Devices for evaluating the psychological state
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/00 Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a first information acquisition section which acquires priority action information, a second information acquisition section which acquires biological information related to a body clock of the user at a present time, a state setting section which sets an ideal state of the body clock corresponding to the priority action, a state estimation section which estimates a present state of the body clock at the present time, a third information acquisition section which acquires set action information related to a set action, and a display control section which displays a state of the body clock in the schedule on a display section.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out a method comprising;

acquiring priority action information indicating a priority action and a time that a user intends to perform the priority action;

acquiring biological information of the user;

setting a target state of a body clock of the user for the time that the user intends to perform the priority action, based at least in part on the priority action information;

estimating a present state of the body clock of the user at a time that the biological information for the user was collected, based at least in part on the biological information;

displaying a list of a plurality of actions to be performed by the user, wherein one or more actions, other than the priority action, are selected by the user among the displayed list of the plurality of actions, and wherein each action of the one or more actions selected by the user among the displayed list of the plurality of actions, is included in a schedule of the user;

determining action information related to the selected one or more actions that are to be performed by the user between a current time and the time that the user intends to perform the priority action;

generating, based at least in part on the present state of the body clock of the user, the schedule prescribing a time at which to schedule the selected one or more actions to adjust a phase of the body clock such that a state of the body clock at the time that the user intends to perform the priority action matches the target state; and

outputting, for display, the schedule indicating that the selected one or more actions are to be performed at the prescribed time.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein generating the schedule is based at least in part on information which prescribes a displacement of phase of the body clock.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein generating the schedule is based at least in part on information which prescribes a suitable body clock state for a predetermined action.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein outputting the schedule for display comprises outputting a one week schedule table indicating that the selected one or more actions are to be performed at the prescribed time.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

outputting for display in the schedule a predicted degree of deviation of a state of the body clock of the user at a time from the target state of the body clock.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

setting a target value so as to displace the phase of the body clock of the present state to the phase of the target state.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the biological information is information related to at least one of a deep body temperature, blood, or a hair root of the user.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein setting the target state of the body clock for the time that the user intends to perform the priority action comprises setting an ideal state for the priority action.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the prescribed time at which to schedule the selected one or more actions is based on priority order information associated with the selected one or more actions.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the action information is determined based on a priority order, provided by the user, associated with each of the selected one or more actions.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in the displayed schedule, a time at which the priority action is to be performed corresponds to the time indicated by the acquired priority action information, that the user intends to perform the priority action, based at least in part on the priority action information.

12. An information processing method, comprising:

in at least one processor;

acquiring priority action information indicating a priority action and a time that a user intends to perform the priority action;

acquiring biological information of the user;

setting a target state of a body clock of the user for the time that the user intends to perform the priority action, based at least in part on the priority action information;

estimating a present state of the body clock of the user at a time that the biological information for the user was collected, based at least in part on the biological information;

displaying a list of a plurality of actions to be performed by the user, wherein one or more actions, other than the priority action, are selected by the user among the displayed list of the plurality of actions, and wherein each action of the one or more actions selected by the user among the displayed list of the plurality of actions, is included in a schedule of the user;

determining action information related to the selected one or more actions that are to be performed by the user between a current time and the time that the user intends to perform the priority action;

generating, based at least in part on the present state of the body clock of the user, the schedule prescribing a time at which to schedule the selected one or more actions to adjust a phase of the body clock such that a state of the body clock at the time that the user intends to perform the priority action matches the target state; and

outputting, for display, the schedule indicating that the selected one or more actions are to be performed at the prescribed time.

13. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to carry out a method comprising:

acquiring priority action information indicating a priority action and a time that a user intends to perform the priority action;

acquiring biological information of the user;

setting a target state of a body clock of the user for the time that the user intends to perform the priority action, based at least in part on the priority action information;

estimating a present state of the body clock of the user at a time that the biological information for the user was collected, based at least in part on the biological information;

displaying a list of a plurality of actions to be performed by the user, wherein one or more actions, other than the priority action, are selected by the user among the displayed list of the plurality of actions, and wherein each action of the one or more actions selected by the user among the displayed list of the plurality of actions, is included in a schedule of the user;

determining action information related to the selected one or more actions that are to be performed by the user between a current time and the time that the user intends to perform the priority action;

generating, based at least in part on the present state of the body clock of the user, the schedule prescribing a time at which to schedule the selected one or more actions to adjust a phase of the body clock such that a state of the body clock at the time that the user intends to perform the priority action matches the target state; and

outputting, for display, the schedule indicating that the selected one or more actions are to be performed at the prescribed time.