Terminal control system, controller, and terminal control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018232565-A1
Application number	US-201715788400-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 19, 2017
Priority date	Feb 10, 2017
Publication date	Aug 16, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A terminal control system includes a plurality of terminals and a controller which controls the plurality of terminals. Each of the plurality of terminals includes an imager which images a user of the terminal to generate image data. The controller includes: a storage which stores group information indicating grouping of the plurality of terminals; a classifier which classifies each of target terminals included in a same group indicated by the group information among the plurality of terminals into a first group or a second group, based on the image data generated by the imager of the target terminal; and a setter which performs settings of a first type terminal classified into the first group and a second type terminal classified into the second group so that the first type terminal can control the second type terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A terminal control system, comprising:
a plurality of terminals; and a controller which controls the plurality of terminals, wherein each of the plurality of terminals includes an imager which images a user of the terminal to generate image data, the controller includes: a storage which stores group information indicating grouping of the plurality of terminals; a classifier which classifies each of target terminals included in a same group indicated by the group information among the plurality of terminals into a first group or a second group, based on the image data generated by the imager of the target terminal; and a setter which performs settings of a first type terminal classified into the first group and a second type terminal classified into the second group so that the first type terminal can control the second type terminal.

2 . The terminal control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the classifier estimates an age of the user of a target terminal included in the same group based on the image data generated by the imager of the target terminal, and classifies the target terminal into the first group when the age falls within a predetermined range, and classifies the target terminal into the second group when the age falls outside the predetermined range.

3 . The terminal control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the setter performs the setting for notifying the target terminal classified into the first type terminal that the target terminal is the first type terminal.

4 . The terminal control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the setter performs the setting for allowing the first type terminal to perform remote control of at least one of functions of the second type terminal.

5 . The terminal control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the setter performs the setting for allowing the first type terminal to limit at least one of functions of the second type terminal.

6 . The terminal control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of terminals are arranged in transport equipment in one-to-one association with a plurality of seats provided in the transport equipment.

7 . A controller which controls a plurality of terminals including an imager, comprising:
a storage which stores group information indicating grouping of the plurality of terminals; a classifier which classifies each of target terminals included in a same group indicated by the group information among the plurality of terminals into a first group or a second group, based on the image data generated by the imager of the target terminal; and a setter which performs settings of a first type terminal classified into the first group and a second type terminal classified into the second group so that the first type terminal can control the second type terminal.

8 . The controller according to claim 7 ,
wherein the classifier estimates an age of the user of a target terminal included in the same group based on the image data generated by the imager of the target terminal, and classifies the target terminal into the first group when the age falls within a predetermined range, and classifies the target terminal into the second group when the age falls outside the predetermined range.

9 . The controller according to claim 7 ,
wherein the setter performs the setting for notifying the target terminal classified into the first type terminal that the target terminal is the first type terminal.

10 . The controller according to claim 7 ,
wherein the setter performs the setting for allowing the first type terminal to perform remote control of at least one of functions of the second type terminal.

11 . The controller according to claim 7 ,
wherein the setter performs the setting for allowing the first type terminal to limit at least one of functions of the second type terminal.

12 . A method for controlling a plurality of terminals each including an imager, the control method comprising:
storing group information indicating grouping of the plurality of terminals; classifying each of target terminals included in a same group indicated by the group information among the plurality of terminals into a first group or a second group, based on the image data generated by the imager of the target terminal; and performing settings of a first type terminal classified into the first group and a second type terminal classified into the second group so that the first type terminal can control the second type terminal.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Koga Ryoji
• Furusawa Seiji
• Ueda Yuki
• Watanabe Akira
• Mori Keiji

Classifications

• B64D11/00151 Primary

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