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US 12,653,432 B2Granted
Device control apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and device control method
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsTakeaki Shimokawa, Tetsuro Shida
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Abstract
A device control apparatus (110) includes a personality-information acquiring unit (114) that acquires personality information indicating a personality of a user, a control-method specifying unit (115) that specifies a device control method that is a control method for a device (101) used by the user from the personality information and a lifestyle pattern of the user, and a control unit (116) that controls the device (101) in accordance with the device control method.
Claims18
A device control apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry
- to acquire personality information indicating personality traits of a user including at least one of openness, diligence, extraversion, agreeableness, emotional stability, and strength of self-control;
- to specify a device control method based on the personality information and a lifestyle pattern of the user that indicates a history of use of the device during weekdays and holidays, the device control method being a control method for a device used by the user;
- and
- to control the device in accordance with the device control method, wherein
- the processing circuitry further
- stores lifestyle data indicating a history of events including a plurality of manipulations of a function of the device,
- extracts the lifestyle pattern from the lifestyle data, and
- calculates a frequency of each of the manipulations being performed during each of a plurality of predetermined time zones by referring to the lifestyle data and extracts the frequency of each of the manipulations during the each of the predetermined time zones as the lifestyle pattern.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores therein a program that causes a computer to execute processes of:
- acquiring personality information indicating personality traits of a user including at least one of openness, diligence, extraversion, agreeableness, emotional stability, and strength of self-control;
- specifying a device control method from the personality information and a lifestyle pattern of the user that indicates a history of use of the device during weekdays and holidays, the device control method being a control method for a device used by the user;
- and
- controlling the device in accordance with the device control method, wherein
- the process further includes
- storing lifestyle data indicating a history of events including a plurality of manipulations of a function of the device,
- extracting the lifestyle pattern from the lifestyle data, and
- calculating a frequency of each of the manipulations being performed during each of a plurality of predetermined time zones by referring to the lifestyle data and extracts the frequency of each of the manipulations during the each of the predetermined time zones as the lifestyle pattern.
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A device control method comprising:
- acquiring personality information indicating personality traits of a user including at least one of openness, diligence, extraversion, agreeableness, emotional stability, and strength of self-control;
- specifying a device control method from the personality information and a lifestyle pattern of the user that indicates a history of use of the device during weekdays and holidays, the device control method being a control method for a device used by the user;
- and
- controlling the device in accordance with the device control method, wherein
- the device control method further includes
- storing lifestyle data indicating a history of events including a plurality of manipulations of a function of the device,
- extracting the lifestyle pattern from the lifestyle data, and
- calculating a frequency of each of the manipulations being performed during each of a plurality of predetermined time zones by referring to the lifestyle data and extracts the frequency of each of the manipulations during the each of the predetermined time zones as the lifestyle pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.