Information presenting method, server, and information presenting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016223249-A1
Application number	US-201615000957-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 19, 2016
Priority date	Feb 4, 2015
Publication date	Aug 4, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information presenting method includes: receiving, from a refrigerator, a signal including an identification result of an identified user; extracting a scheduled future event by referring to schedule information corresponding to the user, based on the identification result of the user, the schedule information being included in a plurality of pieces of schedule information of users; determining an item associated with the extracted scheduled future event; generating information including information that is to be presented to the user, based on the determined item, the information that is to be presented to the user being included in stock information that relates to one or more items stored in the refrigerator; and transmitting, to an apparatus through the network, a signal for causing the apparatus to output the generated information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information presenting method comprising:
receiving, from a refrigerator through a network, a signal including an identification result of a user identified by a sensor included in the refrigerator; extracting a scheduled future event by referring to schedule information corresponding to the user, based on the identification result of the user, the schedule information being included in a plurality of pieces of schedule information of users stored in a memory; determining an item associated with the extracted scheduled future event; generating information including information that is to be presented to the user, based on the determined item, the information that is to be presented to the user being included in stock information that is stored in the memory and that relates to one or more items stored in the refrigerator; and transmitting, to an apparatus used by the user through the network, a signal for causing the apparatus to output the generated information.

2 . The information presenting method according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the determining of the item, an item pre-defined as an item that adversely affects the scheduled future event is determined as an item associated with the scheduled future event.

3 . The information presenting method according to claim 2 ,
wherein the scheduled future event is an event for the user to meet a person; and the item that adversely affects the scheduled future event is an item whose smell remains after eating the item.

4 . The information presenting method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
calculating a difference time between a current date and time and a start date and time of the scheduled future event, wherein, in the determining of the item, an item having a duration that is pre-defined as a period of time for which smell remains after eating the item and that is larger than the difference time is determined as an item associated with the scheduled future event.

5 . The information presenting method according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in the generating of the information, of the stock information that is stored in the memory and that relates to the one or more items stored in the refrigerator, the information relating to an item different from the determined item is generated as the information that relates to the one or more items and that is to be presented to the user.

6 . The information presenting method according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in the generating of the information, of the stock information that is stored in the memory and that relates to the one or more items stored in the refrigerator, the information relating to the same item as the determined item is generated as the information that relates to the one or more items and that is to be presented to the user.

7 . The information presenting method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether or not the user is a person who prepares a meal for another person, based on the identification result of the user, wherein, in the extracting of the scheduled future event, when it is determined that the user is a person who prepares a meal for another person, the scheduled future event is extracted by referring to the schedule information corresponding to the user and schedule information corresponding to the other person.

8 . The information presenting method according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the extracting of the scheduled future event, an event scheduled within a pre-defined period from a current date and time is extracted as the scheduled future event.

9 . The information presenting method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the apparatus used by the user is the refrigerator; and in the transmitting of the signal, a signal for causing a display included in the refrigerator to display the generated information is transmitted to the refrigerator through the network.

10 . The information presenting method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the apparatus used by the user is the refrigerator; and in the transmitting of the signal, a signal for causing an audio output unit included in the refrigerator to output the generated information is transmitted to the refrigerator through the network.

11 . The information presenting method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the apparatus used by the user is a portable terminal; and in the transmitting of the signal, a signal for causing a display included in the portable terminal to display the generated information is transmitted to the portable terminal through the network.

12 . The information presenting method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the apparatus used by the user is a portable terminal; and in the transmitting of the signal, a signal for causing an audio output unit included in the portable terminal to output the generated information is transmitted to the portable terminal through the network.

13 . The information presenting method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a processor performs at least one of the receiving of the signal including the identification result of the user, the extracting of the future event, the determining of the item, the generating of the information relating to the one or more items, and the transmitting of the signal for causing the apparatus used by the user to output the generated information.

14 . A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium recording a program the program causing a computer to execute:
receiving, from a refrigerator through a network, a signal including an identification result of a user identified by a sensor included in the refrigerator; extracting a scheduled future event by referring to the schedule information corresponding to the user, based on the identification result of the user, the schedule information being included in a plurality of pieces of schedule information of users stored in a memory; determining an item associated with the extracted scheduled future event; generating information including information that is to be presented to the user, based on the determined item, the information that is to be presented to the user being included in stock information that is stored in the memory and that relates to one or more items stored in the refrigerator; and transmitting, to an apparatus used by the user through the network, a signal for causing the apparatus to output the generated information.

15 . A server comprising:
a receiver that receives, from a refrigerator through a network, a signal including an identification result of a user identified by a sensor included in the refrigerator; a memory that stores a plurality of pieces of schedule information of users and the information relating to the one or more items stored in the refrigerator; an event extractor that extracts a scheduled future event by referring to the schedule information corresponding to the user, based on the identification result of the user, the schedule information being included in the plurality of pieces of schedule information of the users stored in the memory; an item determiner that determines an item associated with the scheduled future event; an information generator that generates information including information that is to be presented to the user, based on the determined item, the information that is to be presented to the user being included in stock information that is stored in the memory and that relates to one or more items stored in the refrigerator; and a transmitter that transmits, to an apparatus used by the user through the network, a signal for causing the apparatus to output the generated inf

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Corp America

Inventors

• Nishimura Kozo
• Kitamura Tomohiko

Classifications

• H04L12/2827 Primary

  Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality · CPC title

• F25D29/003 Primary

  for movable devices · CPC title

• F25D29/00 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices · CPC title

• H04L67/025

  for remote control or remote monitoring of applications · CPC title

• H04L12/6418

  Hybrid transport · CPC title