INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20110161047A1
• Filed: 12/17/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SAZUKA, Naoya
• Application Number:
  US12/971,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20110161047A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/179
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3419 by assessing time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3452 Performance evaluation by statistical analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/88 Monitoring involving counting

Abstract

Provided is an information processing device including a parameter setting unit that sets a parameter to be used for calculating a given statistic based on event occurrence time information related to a time when a certain event occurred, a period dividing unit that divides a calculation period for which the given statistic is calculated into a plurality of unit periods based on a base unit time set by the parameter setting unit, a count unit that counts a number of occurrences of the certain event for each of the plurality of unit periods based on the event occurrence time information, and a statistic calculation unit that calculates a statistic indicating a pattern of occurrences of the certain event by using a count result of the count unit.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a parameter setting unit that sets a parameter to be used for calculating a given statistic based on event occurrence time information related to a time when a certain event occurred;

a period dividing unit that divides a calculation period for which the given statistic is calculated into a plurality of unit periods based on a base unit time set by the parameter setting unit;

a count unit that counts a number of occurrences of the certain event for each of the plurality of unit periods based on the event occurrence time information; and

a statistic calculation unit that calculates a statistic indicating a pattern of occurrences of the certain event by using a count result of the count unit.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the count unit specifies a most recent unit period during which the certain event occurred from the calculation period, and

the statistic calculation unit calculates a density of occurrences of the certain event by using a number of occurrences of the certain event up to the most recent unit period, and calculates an average number of occurrences of the certain event within the calculation period by using the density of occurrences of the certain event and a number of the unit periods included up to the most recent unit period.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a selection unit that selects the event occurrence time information with the same calculation period from a plurality of event occurrence time information,

wherein the count unit counts the number of occurrences of the certain event based on the event occurrence time information selected by the selection unit.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein

the statistic calculation unit calculates an average number A of occurrences of the certain event based on an expression 1, where a number of the event occurrence time information selected by the selection unit is N, the density of occurrences of the event is W_i, and the number of the unit periods included up to the most recent unit period is t_i.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

when the certain event occurs during the unit period, the count unit counts the number of occurrences of the certain event in the unit period as 1 regardless of the number of occurrences.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the statistic calculation unit further calculates a survival function indicating a rate of occurrence of the event, a hazard function of the event, and an event occurrence half-life indicating a period until the number of occurrences of the event becomes half based on the count result of the count unit.

7. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

setting a parameter to be used for calculating a given statistic based on event occurrence time information related to a time when a certain event occurred;

dividing a calculation period for which the given statistic is calculated into a plurality of unit periods based on a base unit time set in the parameter setting step;

counting a number of occurrences of the certain event for each of the plurality of unit periods based on the event occurrence time information; and

calculating a statistic indicating a pattern of occurrences of the certain event by using a count result in the counting step.

8. A program causing a computer to implement functions comprising:

a parameter setting function that sets a parameter to be used for calculating a given statistic based on event occurrence time information related to a time when a certain event occurred;

a period dividing function that divides a calculation period for which the given statistic is calculated into a plurality of unit periods based on a base unit time set by the parameter setting function;

a count function that counts a number of occurrences of the certain event for each of the plurality of unit periods based on the event occurrence time information; and

a statistic calculation function that calculates a statistic indicating a pattern of occurrences of the certain event by using a count result of the count function.