Information processing system and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11227296-B2
Application number	US-201615747469-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2016
Priority date	Aug 18, 2015
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

There is provided an information processing system including an accumulating unit that accumulates an emotion history in which a level of a specific emotion calculated on a basis of a behavior history of a user, a date and time and a position at which the specific emotion occurs, and an associated keyword are associated. The information processing system further includes a control unit that predicts a level of the specific emotion in a specific place at a specific date and time from a relation between at least any one of the specific date and time, the specific place, and a keyword associated with the date and time or the place and the emotion history accumulated in the accumulating unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing system, comprising:
a storage device; and
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
acquire a behavior history of a first user of a plurality of users, wherein
the behavior history includes post data of the first user, and
the post data corresponds to content posted on social media by the first user;

perform language analysis on text included in the content;
determine a first level of a specific emotion based on the language analysis;
acquire image data of the first user;
recognize an item associated with an occurrence of the specific emotion from the image data;
extract a first keyword associated with the first level of the specific emotion;
control the storage device to store, as an emotion history, the first level of the specific emotion, a date and time and a position at which the specific emotion occurs, the item, and the first keyword;
predict a second level of the specific emotion in a specific place at a specific date and time based on a relation between the emotion history and at least one of the specific date and time, the specific place, or a second keyword associated with the specific date and time or the specific place;
extract the item associated with the occurrence of the specific emotion from the emotion history;
generate an emotion forecast map based on the second level of the specific emotion, wherein
the emotional forecast map corresponds to an image that includes icons and the extracted item, and
the icons indicate the second level of the specific emotion at the specific date and time; and

transmit the generated emotion forecast map to an external device, wherein the external device displays the emotion forecast map to the first user.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:
specify the first user located near the specific place at the specific date and time based on schedules of the plurality of users;
extract, based on the emotion history of the first user, the first level of the specific emotion related to the second keyword associated with the specific date and time and the specific place; and
predict the second level of the specific emotion in the specific place at the specific date and time based on the extracted first level of the specific emotion related to the second keyword.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the CPU is further configured to predict the second level of the specific emotion of the first user in the specific place at the specific date and time based on a future schedule of the first user, the first level of the specific emotion of the first user stored as the emotion history, and the second keyword.

4. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the CPU is further configured to:
extract, from the emotion history, a second user of the plurality of users, wherein a preference of the second user is similar to a preference of the first user; and
specify the first user located near the specific place at the specific date and time based on a schedule of the second user;
extract, based on the emotion history of the first user, the first level of the specific emotion related to the second keyword associated with the specific date and time and the specific place; and
predict the second level of the specific emotion in the specific place at the specific date and time based on the extracted first level of the specific emotion related to the second keyword.

5. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein
the item is held by the first user,
the item is associated with a first happiness strength that corresponds to the first level of the specific emotion, and
the CPU is further configured to:
predict a second happiness strength of the first user based on a future schedule of the first user, the first happiness strength of the first user stored as the emotion history, the second keyword, and the item; and
recommend the item to the first user.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the behavior history further includes at least one of a facial expression of the first user or a voice of the first user, and
the CPU is further configured to perform emotion recognition based on the voice of the first user and perform the language analysis on text included in the voice of the first user.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising a communication network configured to receive a request for the emotion forecast map in the specific place at the specific date and time from the external device,
wherein the CPU is further configured to:
predict the second level of the specific emotion in the specific place at the specific date and time based on the relation of the specific date and time and the specific place, the second keyword associated with the specific date and time and the specific place, and the emotion history;
generate the emotion forecast map based on the second level of the specific emotion; and
transmit the generated emotion forecast map to the external device via the communication network.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the CPU is further configured to:
specify the first user located around the specific place at the specific date and time based on schedules of the plurality of users;
predict the second level of the specific emotion of the first user in the specific place at the specific date and time based on a relation between the first level of the specific emotion included in the emotion history of the first user and the second keyword associated with the specific date and time and the specific place;
generate the emotion forecast map based on the second level of the specific emotion of the first user; and
transmit the generated emotion forecast map for the first user to the external device via the communication network.

9. The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein
the communication network is configured to receive the request for the emotion forecast map of the first user in the specific place at the specific date and time from the external device, and
the CPU is further configured to:
predict the second level of the specific emotion of the first user based on a future schedule of the first user, the first level of the specific emotion of the first user, and the second keyword;
generate the emotion forecast map based on the second level of the specific emotion of the first user; and
transmit the emotion forecast map for the first user to the external device via the communication network.

10. The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein
the communication network is further configured to receive the request for the emotion forecast map of a second user of the plurality of users from the external device, wherein a preference of the second user is similar to a preference of the first user in the specific place at the specific date and time, and
the CPU is further configured to:
extract, from the emotion history, the second user,
specify the first user located near the specific place at the specific date and time based on a schedule of the second user;
predict the second level of the specific emotion in the specific place at the specific date and time based on a relation between the emotion history of the first user and the second keyword associated with the specific date and time and the specific place;
generate the emotion forecast map based on the second level of the specific emotion; and
transmit the emotion forecast map for the second user to the external device via

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Ono Hideyuki

Classifications

• G06Q30/0201

  Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data · CPC title

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06Q30/0631

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0202 Primary

  Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities · CPC title