Apparatus and method for controlling notification, recording media, and program
First Claim
1. A notification control apparatus comprising:
- identifying means for identifying a to-be-checked target to be checked by a user;
direction detecting means for detecting a direction of the user'"'"'s face or line of sight;
a check detecting means for detecting whether or not the user has checked the to-be-checked target, on the basis of the detected direction of the face or line of sight; and
notification control means for controlling a notification to the user so that the user is notified of a situation requiring the user to check the to-be-checked target if the check detecting means does not detect that the user has checked the to-be-checked target and so that the notification of a situation requiring the user to conform the to-be-checked target is limited if the check detecting means detects that the user has checked the to-be-checked target.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to urge a user to check a target to be checked by the user. A check condition detecting section 104 detects whether or not a user has checked a to-be-checked target to be checked by the user which is identified by a to-be-checked target identifying section 101, on the basis of the direction of the user'"'"'s face detected by a face direction detecting section 102 or the direction of the user'"'"'s line of sight detected by a line-of-sight direction detecting section 103. A notification control section 105 controls a notifying section so that if the user has not checked the to-be-checked target, it notifies the user of a situation requiring the user to check the to-be-checked target and so that if the user has checked the to-be-checked target, it limits the notification of the situation requiring the user to check the to-be-checked target. The present invention can be applied to the monitoring apparatus for monitoring the car speed.
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7 Claims
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1. A notification control apparatus comprising:
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identifying means for identifying a to-be-checked target to be checked by a user;
direction detecting means for detecting a direction of the user'"'"'s face or line of sight;
a check detecting means for detecting whether or not the user has checked the to-be-checked target, on the basis of the detected direction of the face or line of sight; and
notification control means for controlling a notification to the user so that the user is notified of a situation requiring the user to check the to-be-checked target if the check detecting means does not detect that the user has checked the to-be-checked target and so that the notification of a situation requiring the user to conform the to-be-checked target is limited if the check detecting means detects that the user has checked the to-be-checked target. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of controlling notification comprising the steps of:
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identifying a to-be-checked target to be checked by a user;
detecting a direction of the user'"'"'s face or line of sight;
detecting whether or not the user has checked the to-be-checked target, on the basis of the detected direction of the face or line of sight; and
controlling a notification to the user so that the user is notified of a situation requiring the user to check the to-be-checked target if the check detection does not detect that the user has checked the to-be-checked target and so that the notification of a situation requiring the user to conform the to-be-checked target is limited if the check detection detects that the user has checked the to-be-checked target.
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6. A program for allowing computer to execute a process comprising:
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an identifying step of identifying a to-be-checked target to be checked by a user;
a direction detecting step of detecting a direction of the user'"'"'s face or line of sight;
a check detecting step of detecting whether or not the user has checked the to-be-checked target, on the basis of the detected direction of the face or line of sight; and
a notification control step of controlling a notification to the user so that the user is notified of a situation requiring the user to check the to-be-checked target if the check detecting step does not detect that the user has checked the to-be-checked target and so that the notification of a situation requiring the user to conform the to-be-checked target is limited if the check detecting step detects that the user has checked the to-be-checked target. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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