Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Yuka Yamamoto

Tomoko Takenaga

An operation switch for operating a device includes: a switch button to be pressed by a user; and a controller that causes a notifier to give a notification that prompts pressing of the switch button at a preset time, and operates the device in response to pressing of the switch button after the notifier gives the notification.

Operation switch and device linkage system

A cleanup assisting system includes: a space state detector that detects a state in which items are scattered in a space; a space state determiner that determines a scattering degree of the items based on a result of detection by the space state detector; an action state detector that detects an action of a first subject person cleaning up the items; an action state determiner that determines whether the first subject person has an interest in the action of cleaning up the items, based on a result of detection by the action state detector; a processor that determines content of a notification to be provided to a second subject person different from the first subject person, based on results of determination by the space state determiner and the action state determiner; and a notifier that provides a notification including the content determined by the processor to the second subject person.

Cleanup assisting system and cleanup assisting method

A behavior inducement system includes: a communication unit which obtains information from a household device, an information communication device, and a behavior detector which detects a behavior; and a control unit which controls a lighting device having a music playback function based on the information obtained by the communication unit. The communication unit obtains, from the information communication device, inducement information indicating condition related to inducement, obtains, from the household device, household device information indicating a state of the household device, and obtains, from the behavior detector, behavior information indicating the behavior. The control unit causes the lighting device to start playback of music via the communication unit when the state satisfies the condition, and, based on the behavior information, the control unit adjusts, after the start of the playback of the music, time required for the lighting device to complete the playback of the music.

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Osaka, Japan

Yuka Yamamoto