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US 12,717,291 B2Granted
Apparatus control device, apparatus control method, and recording medium
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshiaki Kanamura, Atsushi Shibutani
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Abstract
An apparatus control device includes a processor that acquires a stimulus acting on an apparatus from an outside, and sets an action time based on the acquired stimulus data, the action time being related to a behavior that a user of the apparatus habitually performs, the action time being a time at which the apparatus acts.
Claims13
An apparatus control device comprising:
- a processor configured to acquire stimulus data representing an external stimulus acting on an apparatus that is controlled by the apparatus control device;
- and
- a storage configured to store the stimulus data;
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- accumulate, in the storage, a plurality of items of the stimulus data acquired in time-series over a plurality of dates, each of the plurality of items of the stimulus data including time information on a date and time at which the external stimulus represented by the item of stimulus data occurred;
- analyze the stored plurality of items of the stimulus data to determine a time pattern of a habitual behavior of a user of the apparatus, the habitual behavior being a behavior that the user performs with regularity over multiple dates among the plurality of dates, and the habitual behavior including sleeping by the user;
- set an action time related to the habitual behavior of the user, based on the determined time pattern, the action time being a time at which the apparatus executes an action related to the habitual behavior of the user, and the action time including a wake-up time of the user when the user wakes from sleep;
- store, for each of the plurality of dates, the wake-up time of the user in association with the corresponding date, each date having a date attribute;
- set, as the action time for each date attribute, a representative value of the wake-up times stored in association with dates having the same date attribute;
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- control the apparatus to execute, as the action related to the habitual behavior of the user, a wake-up action at the action time set for the date attribute of a current date.
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An apparatus control method executed by a processor of an apparatus control device that controls an apparatus, the method comprising:
- acquiring stimulus data representing an external stimulus acting on the apparatus;
- accumulating, in a storage, a plurality of items of the stimulus data acquired in time-series over a plurality of dates, each of the plurality of items of the stimulus data including time information on a date and time at which the external stimulus represented by the item of stimulus data occurred;
- analyzing the stored plurality of items of stimulus data to determine a time pattern of a habitual behavior of a user of the apparatus, the habitual behavior being a behavior that the user performs with regularity over multiple dates among the plurality of dates, and the habitual behavior including sleeping by the user;
- setting an action time related to the habitual behavior of the user, the action time being a time at which the apparatus executes an action related to the habitual behavior of the user, and the action time including a wake-up time of the user when the user wakes from sleep;
- storing, for each of the plurality of dates, the wake-up time of the user in association with the corresponding date, each date having a date attribute;
- setting, as the action time for each date attribute, a representative value of the wake-up times stored in association with dates having that same date attribute;
- and
- controlling the apparatus to execute, as the action related to the habitual behavior of the user, a wake-up action at the action time set for the date attribute of a current date.
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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that is executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform processing comprising:
- acquiring stimulus data representing an external stimulus acting on an apparatus that is controlled by the computer;
- accumulating, in a storage, a plurality of items of the stimulus data acquired in time-series over a plurality of dates, each of the plurality of items of the stimulus data including time information on a date and time at which the external stimulus represented by the item of stimulus data occurred;
- analyzing the stored plurality of items of stimulus data to determine a time pattern of a habitual behavior of a user of the apparatus, the habitual behavior being a behavior that the user performs with regularity over multiple dates among the plurality of dates, and the habitual behavior including sleeping by the user;
- setting an action time related to the habitual behavior of the user, the action time being a time at which the apparatus executes an action related to the habitual behavior of the user, and the action time including a wake-up time of the user when the user wakes from sleep;
- storing, for each of the plurality of dates, the wake-up time of the user in association with the corresponding date, each date having a date attribute;
- setting, as the action time for each date attribute, a representative value of the wake-up times stored in association with dates having that same date attribute;
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- controlling the apparatus to execute, as the action related to the habitual behavior of the user, a wake-up action at the action time set for the date attribute of a current date.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.