Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Holdings Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property

Corporation of America

Koichi Kusukame

Shinichi Shikii

Nawatt Silawan

Aki Yoneda

Tatsuo Itoh

Kazuki Funase

Hiroyuki Furuya

Kazuhisa Yamamoto

Tetsuro Mizushima

Kiminori Mizuuchi

Shinichi Kadowaki

Motoji Ohmori

Tetsuji Fuchikami

Shinji Uchida

Tomoya Sugita

Nobuyuki Horikawa

Hiroshi Yamanaka

Hiroko Kubo

Takahiro Yamaguchi

Kenji Nakayama

Takako Hirose

Ryo Kitamura

Takanori Sugiyama

Takahiro Fukunishi

Toshimitsu Koda

Norimasa Ishikawa

Masayuki Kozuka

Akihiro Morikawa

Kunihiro Imamura

Mika Sunagawa

Takayuki Nagata

Takashi Ogura

Kenichi Kasazumi

Naoyuki Harada

Toshifumi Yokoyama

Kentaro Nakai

Hideto Nakahigashi

Kenichiro Nosaka

Susumu Takagi

Tsutomu Shimizu

Hayuri Sasaki

Ikuo Akamine

Kazuyo Hatta

Masatsugu Niwayama

A sensor mounting device () of the present disclosure includes: a power supply unit () configured to generate power that is to be supplied to the device; a sensor () configured to acquire information of the environment around of the device; a first control unit () configured to give an instruction based on the information acquired by the sensor (); and a second control unit () configured to control the device in accordance with the instruction of the first control unit () Power to the sensor () and the first control unit () is directly supplied from the power supply unit (). Power to the second control unit () is supplied from the power supply unit () via a switching unit () whose ON/OFF state is controlled by the first control unit ().

Appliance equipped with a sensor and method of controlling the same

An arousal level prediction apparatus and method are disclosed. The arousal level prediction apparatus obtains first biological information indicating current biological information of the user, obtains first environment information indicating a current environment around the user, and obtains living information of the user indicating an activity history of the user. The arousal level predication apparatus includes a process that calculates a first arousal level indicating a current arousal level of the user based on the first biological information, predicts a second arousal level, which is an arousal level of the user at a certain period of time later, based on the first arousal level, the first environment information and the living information, and outputs the second arousal level.

Method for predicting arousal level and arousal level prediction apparatus

A cloud server () receives environmental information of respective installation sites of a plurality of appliances () via a network (), and determines one or more appliances that are installed in a same room among the plurality of appliances (), based on the received environmental information.

Information providing method and information providing apparatus

A method of controlling a device includes: obtaining information related to a body surface temperature of a person by detecting the body surface temperature of the person by a thermal camera, estimating a deep body temperature of the person on the basis of the information related to the body surface temperature of the person, detecting the person's condition on the basis of the deep body temperature of the person, and controlling an operation of the device according to the detected person's condition.

Method for estimating physical condition, physical condition estimation apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

A sensor mounting device () of the present disclosure includes: a power supply unit () configured to generate power that is to be supplied to the device; a sensor () configured to acquire information of the environment around of the device; a first control unit () configured to give an instruction based on the information acquired by the sensor (); and a second control unit () configured to control the device in accordance with the instruction of the first control unit (). Power to the sensor () and the first control unit () is directly supplied from the power supply unit (). Power to the second control unit () is supplied from the power supply unit () via a switching unit () whose ON/OFF state is controlled by the first control unit ().

Air conditioning control device and method for controlling an air conditioning appliance and a wind-blowing appliance

A sleepiness estimating device including an auxiliary information acquirer that acquires auxiliary information including at least one of five-sense information perceived by a person or emotion information indicating an emotion of the person; and a sleepiness estimator that estimates a sleepiness of the person based on the auxiliary information.

Sleepiness estimating device and wakefulness inducing device

The air conditioner includes a thermal image acquirer that acquires a thermal image indicating a temperature distribution inside the air-conditioned space, and a thermal sensation estimator that estimates the thermal sensation of a person in the air-conditioned space based on the thermal image obtained from the thermal image acquirer and a parameter set in the air conditioner, the parameter prescribing at least one of a wind direction, a wind speed, and a wind temperature of wind emitted from the air conditioner.

Air conditioner, sensor system, and thermal sensation estimation method

An autonomic nerve control device includes an obtainer that obtains a physiological quantity of a user before the user occupies a moving body, and a controller that controls the autonomic nerves of the user occupying the moving body based on the physiological quantity of the user obtained by the obtainer.

Autonomic nerve control device, autonomic nerve control system, and autonomic nerve control method

A method for predicting an arousal level used by a computer of an arousal level prediction apparatus that predicts an arousal level of a user is provided. The method includes obtaining current biological information regarding the user detected by a sensor, and calculating a current arousal level of the user based on the current biological information. The method further includes obtaining current environment information indicating a current environment around the user, and predicting a future arousal level, which is an arousal level a certain period of time later, based on the current arousal level and the current environment information. Based on the predicted future arousal level, the method further issues a notification to the user, or controls an operation of a device.

An information providing method for providing a user who uses a device with information via a mobile owned by the user, the method generating the information to be provided to the user, in accordance with: lifestyle information obtained by a lifestyle information obtaining unit receiving the lifestyle information from the device used by the user, the lifestyle information being information on a state of operation of the device; and location information obtained by a location information obtaining unit receiving the location information indicating a location to which the user traveled.

Information providing method

A thermal image sensor including: a plurality of infrared detector elements that detect infrared light in a detection area; and rotors that scan the detection area in a scanning direction to detect, with the plurality of infrared detector elements, infrared light in an area to be captured as a single thermal image. The plurality of infrared detector elements include infrared detector elements arranged in mutually different positions in a rotational direction corresponding to the scanning direction of the plurality of infrared detector elements.

Thermal image sensor and user interface

A wakefulness inducing device includes: a heat dissipation intensity obtainer obtaining a user's heat dissipation intensity from a heat dissipation intensity sensor; and a controller controlling an air conditioner to alternate the user's heat dissipation intensity between a first heat dissipation intensity and a second heat dissipation intensity lower than the first heat dissipation intensity. The controller alternates the user's heat dissipation intensity by controlling the air conditioner based on the user's heat dissipation intensity to set a first time period longer than a second time period. In the first time period, the user's heat dissipation intensity increases from the second heat dissipation intensity to the first heat dissipation intensity, or remains at the first heat dissipation intensity. In the second time period, the user's heat dissipation intensity decreases from the first heat dissipation intensity to the second heat dissipation intensity, or remains at the second heat dissipation intensity.

Wakefulness inducing device and wakefulness inducing system

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Koichi Kusukame