Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Kentaro Nakai

Shunsuke Kuhara

Keigo Aso

Hideo Umetani

Hiroshi Yoshitake

Hiroko Sugimoto

Koichi Kusukame

Yuka Ozawa

Katsuyuki Morita

Satoru Matsunaga

Yoshiki Ohashi

Hiroki Urabe

Toshihiro Sota

Hidekazu Shimizu

A provision method provides plurality of pieces of advice pertaining to household appliances of a user on a tablet. A priority of each piece of advice is changed by determining whether an advice-specific standard for the user the reference that piece of advice is met by an auto-log or overall user information. The pieces of advice are displayed in accordance with determination results. The format of display according to determination results is a list of advice sorted by priority.

Advice provision method for user using household appliance while viewing terminal screen

An utterance test method for an utterance device, an utterance test server, an utterance test system, and a program perform an utterance test on a test device (). The utterance test system includes at least one utterance device () capable of uttering, a terminal device (), and an utterance test server (). The utterance test server () receives an utterance test start command from the terminal device (), sets at least one utterance device () to be a test device () as a target of an utterance test, sets test content of the utterance test, and causes the test device () to utter the test content.

Utterance test method for utterance device, utterance test server, utterance test system, and program

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

A provision method provides plurality of pieces of advice pertaining to household appliances of a user on a tablet 103. A priority of each piece of advice is changed by determining whether an advice-specific standard for the user the reference that piece of advice is met by an auto-log or overall user information. The pieces of advice are displayed in accordance with determination results. The format of display according to determination results is a list of advice sorted by priority.

An online coaching method includes: acquiring workout log data representing progress of workout carried out by a trainee who receives coaching for workout from a trainer; acquiring transmission status data representing a status of message transmission using a communication screen from the trainee to the trainer; and controlling permission and prohibition of message transmission from the trainee to the trainer on the communication screen based on the workout log data and the transmission status data.

Online coaching method enabling online communication between trainer and trainee

A method of controlling relaxation equipment is a method of controlling relaxation equipment capable of changing a biological value of a user. The method includes: obtaining a user model including a transition in biological value within a period from a start time to an end time of a program being viewed by the user; obtaining a first biological value of the user viewing the program; and controlling the relaxation equipment such that the biological value of the user at the end time approximates a second biological value included in the user model, which is a value at the end time, based on the first biological value and the second biological value.

Method of controlling relaxation equipment, control system for relaxation equipment, and method of creating user model

While a user is viewing a video content, a channel zapping operation prediction section () predicts a channel zapping operation that will be conducted next by the user based on a history of channel zapping operations by the user. A viewing target prediction section () refers to a contents map that is retained by a contents map retain section () and that describes contents in a sequential order in which the contents are switched based on a user operation information (), and predicts a content that will be viewed next by the user from the channel zapping operation predicted by the channel zapping operation prediction section (). A read-ahead execution section () conducts a read-ahead on the predicted content.

Contents read-ahead control device and read-ahead control method

A video editing deviceincludes a partial digest generation unitacquiring first scene specification information, selecting, from a selection table, one or more pieces of identification information in correspondence with a piece of situation information included in the acquired first scene specification information, extracting one or more pieces of the second scene specification information each specifying a second scene matching a type identified by the selected one or more pieces of the identification information and having a storage time closest to the storage time of the first scene. The video edit device also includes a whole digest generation unitextracting, based on the first scene specification information and the extracted one or more pieces of the second scene specification information, the first scene and the specified one or more second scenes from the video stream, and reproducing the extracted scenes.

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Kentaro Nakai