Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Panasonic Corporation

Hiroko Sugimoto

Atsuhisa Kageyama

Masahiro Takeshima

Minoru Kawabata

Tomohiko Kitamura

Mariko Nakaso

Kohei Tahara

Yasuo Kohashi

Yuji Osaki

Masao Nonaka

Mitsuhiro Aso

Rinako Kamei

Kentaro Nakai

Yoshiki Ohashi

Chieko Sasaki

Kazuhiro Watanabe

Taiji Sasaki

Masaaki Harada

Yasuhiro Yuki

Masafumi Okubo

Teruo Kamiyama

Tsutomu Sekibe

Yoichi Ikeda

Nobuo Taketani

Tomonori Nakamura

Ryota Miyazaki

Kozo Nishimura

Yusaku Ota

Hideyuki Kanzaki

Kazuki Sakamoto

Zarina Rafii

Kunio Nakatsukasa

Ayaka Naito

Minghao Ni

Akihiro Michimori

An information output method in an information output device acquires first information on an operation history of one or more devices operated by one or more users, acquires second information that identifies a user detected in the vicinity of one or more output devices, acquires third information on behavior of the user, identifies a device whose state is changed or whose state is changeable within a predetermined time among the one or more devices and an operator who performs operation relating to the change in the state based on the first information, determines an output mode and content of notification information on the identified device to the detected user based on information on the identified device and operator, the second information, and the third information, and outputs, in the determined output mode, notification information having the determined content to one or more output devices that detect the detected user.

Information output method, information output device, and program

An information processing method executed by a computer to control notification by a plurality of terminals (first terminal and second terminal) associated with an appliance includes: obtaining information defining, for each state of a plurality of possible states of the appliance, whether the state is a predetermined state that requires the notification by all of the first terminal and the second terminal; obtaining a state of the appliance; determining whether the state of the appliance obtained is the predetermined state; performing control to cause all of the first terminal and the second terminal to make the notification, when it is determined that the state of the appliance is the predetermined state; and performing control to cause a specific terminal out of the first terminal and the second terminal to make the notification, when it is determined that the state of the appliance is not the predetermined state.

Information processing method and device for notifying conditions of appliance

A notification control device includes: a sound notification controller sending a first notification control signal for causing a first device to provide a first notification, obtaining first response information to the first notification, and determining whether the first response information is in response to notification information; an image notification controller sending a second notification control signal for causing a second device to provide a second notification, obtaining second response information to the second notification, and determining whether the second response information is in response to the notification information; and a canceller sending a cancellation process signal for cancelling (a) the second notification when the sound notification controller determines that the first response information is in response to the notification information and (b) the first notification when the image notification controller determines that the second response information is in response to the notification information.

Notification control device, notification control system, and notification control method

A notification control device includes: a sound notification controller that sends a first notification control signal for causing a first device to provide a first notification, obtains first response information to the first notification, and determines whether the first response information is in response to notification information; an image notification controller that sends a second notification control signal for causing a second device to provide a second notification, when the first response information is determined not to be in response to the notification information, obtains second response information to the second notification, and determines whether the second response information is in response to the notification information; and a canceller that sends, to the first and second devices, a cancellation process signal for cancelling the notifications, when the first response information or the second response information is determined to be in response to the notification information.

An operation terminal includes: an imaging part configured to image a space; a human detecting part configured to detect a user based on information on the space imaged; a voice inputting part configured to receive inputting of the spoken voice of the user; a coordinates detecting part configured to detect a first coordinate of a predetermined first part of an upper limb of the user and a second coordinate of a predetermined second part of an upper half body excluding the upper limb of the user based on information acquired by a predetermined unit when the user is detected by the human detecting part; and a condition determining part configured to compare a positional relationship between the first coordinate and the second coordinate, and configured to bring the voice inputting part into a voice inputting receivable state when the positional relationship satisfies a predetermined first condition at least one time.

Operation terminal, voice inputting method, and computer-readable recording medium

An air-conditioning control method includes: acquiring a first sensor value measured by a first sensor device provided at a different position within an identical space to a second sensor device at a first frequency; acquiring a second sensor value measured by the second sensor device at a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency; generating a first sensor predicted value from the second sensor value based on a correlation between the first sensor value and the second sensor value in a period in which the second sensor value is acquired and the first sensor value is not acquired; and determining an operation of an air-conditioning apparatus based on the first sensor predicted value.

Air-conditioning control method and air-conditioning control device

A computer is used to obtain arrival time required for a user of a washing machine to arrive at an installation position of the washing machine based on a position of the user and the installation position, and when it is determined that the washing machine is performing washing based on operation information of the washing machine, when the arrival time is longer than washing completion time required for the washing machine to complete washing, to transmit instruction infomiation for adding a process of soaking laundry in water by the washing machine or for changing time in the process to the washing machine.

Control method and washing machine

An air conditioning apparatus includes: an absolute humidity set value calculation section that acquires a first absolute humidity determined from a first temperature and a first relative humidity, the first temperature and the first relative humidity being previously set; a dew-point temperature calculation section that acquires a dew-point temperature determined from the first temperature and the first relative humidity; an absolute humidity calculation section that acquires a second absolute humidity determined from a second temperature indicating a temperature inside the room and a second relative humidity indicating a relative humidity inside the room; and a heat exchanger temperature comparison and determination section and an indoor unit fan/blow-off port control section that control a dehumidification operation that stops air-blowing of an indoor unit fan, closes an blow-off port, and cools an indoor heat exchanger at the dew-point temperature when the second absolute humidity is higher than the first absolute humidity.

Air conditioning apparatus and air conditioning control method

A washing machine includes: a drum that rotates with a washing or drying object contained in the drum; a motor that rotationally drives the drum; a controller that controls rotation of the motor; and an electric current measurer that measures an electric current value representing an electric current flowing in the motor. The controller controls the rotation of the motor to rotate the drum less than one turn, and in accordance with the measured electric current value, detects whether a foreign object that is different from the object and whose mass is greater than an expected mass of the object is inside the drum. In a case where the controller detects the foreign object, the controller stops operation of the washing machine.

Washer dryer machine and control method

In an information processing method, a computer acquires a sleep state of a person existing in space, acquires detection data output from a sensor that detects entry of an object into the space, performs a first determination to determine whether or not the sleep state changes to awakening within a predetermined time from a time point at which the object is estimated to enter the space based on the sleep state and the detection data, generates, in association with the sleep state before the time point, awakening information for determining possibility that the person is awakened by entry of the object in a case where the person is in the sleep state before the time point of entry based on a result of the first determination, and presents the awakening information associated with the sleep state via a presentation device.

Information processing method and information processing system

An information processing method performed with a processor includes determining whether a second dispensing amount of detergent to be dispensed in a washing apparatus in a scheduled first washing event falls below a threshold based on a remaining amount of the detergent in a detergent container of the washing apparatus and a first dispensing amount set for one washing event for washing a washing target, changing a third dispensing amount determined based on the first dispensing amount to be dispensed into the washing apparatus in a second washing event preceding the first washing event to a fourth dispensing amount equaling or exceeding the threshold when the second dispensing amount is determined to fall below the threshold, outputting information representing the fourth dispensing amount, and causing the washing apparatus to dispense the fourth dispensing amount of the detergent in the second washing event.

Information processing method, information processing apparatus, washing system, and washing apparatus

Order information indicating a purchase order is received from an ordering device. Whether a display terminal corresponding to the ordering device from which the order information has been sent exists or not is determined using information which indicates correspondences between ordering devices and display terminals. Message information indicating acceptance of the purchase order indicated in the order information is transmitted to the corresponding display terminal. It is determined whether status information indicating that the message information was displayed on the display of the corresponding display terminal has been received from the corresponding display terminal or not. A cancellation period during which a process for canceling the purchase order indicated in the order information is accepted is started upon reception of the status information.

Information processing method, information processing system, and ordering device

A device control apparatus which controls a second device connected in place of a first device acquires first performance information indicative of performance of the first device and second performance information indicative of performance of the second device, generates a correction function based on a difference between the first performance information and the second performance information, generates, from first operation mode information for causing the first device to operate by first setting, the first operation mode information being generated based on log information of the first device, second operation mode information for causing the second device to operate by second setting corresponding to the first setting based on the correction function, and transmits the second operation mode information to the second device.

Device control method, device control apparatus and device control system

The infrared detector acquires measurement information which is obtained by measuring infrared radiant energy amount in a measuring range including a mobile terminal; acquires information indicating a reference temperature; detects infrared radiant energy distribution area indicating an area where the infrared radiant energy amount corresponding to the mobile terminal is measured out of the measuring range, based on measurement information; and calibrates a conversion table for converting infrared radiant energy amount to a temperature value based on infrared radiant energy amount in the detected infrared radiant energy distribution area and the reference temperature.

Information processing method, information processing system, mobile terminal, infrared detector, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing program

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