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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2024
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Nakaminami, Osaka, JP;
Daijiroh Ichimura, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An alert device for alerting an irregularity in equipment installed in an environment to users, including: a communication interface performing data communication with terminal devices respectively associated with the users; a controller controlling the communication interface; a state information obtainer acquiring state information indicating a state of the equipment; and a position information obtainer acquiring position information indicating a position of each user in the environment, wherein the controller: upon specifying that the equipment is in an irregular state based on the state information, transmits an irregularity notification, indicating that the equipment is in the irregular state, to the terminal devices; then detects a moving user to the irregular equipment based on the position information; and when the moving user is detected, transmits a cancellation notification indicating cancellation of the irregularity notification to a part or all of the terminal devices to which the irregularity notification is transmitted.