Information processing apparatus, information processing system, method of providing information, and non-transitory recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021287518-A1
Application number	US-202117189761-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 2, 2021
Priority date	Mar 11, 2020
Publication date	Sep 16, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes circuitry to acquire image data related to a user who uses a piece of equipment and indicating a state of the user. The circuitry stores, in a memory, setting information in which an item of time zone including one or more time zones for which the image data is captured, an item of determination result including one or more determination results in each of the one or more time zones, and an item of notification details being set according to one of the one or more time zones and one of the one or more determination results, are associated with each other. The circuitry determines whether to transmit a notification indicating the state of the user based on the image data and the setting information and, when determining to transmit the notification, determines the notification details based on the image data and the setting information.

First claim

1 . An information processing apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to
acquire image data that is related to a user who uses a piece of equipment, the image data indicating a state of the user,
store, in a memory, setting information in which an item of time zone, an item of determination result, and an item of notification details are associated with each other, the item of time zone including one or more time zones for which the image data is captured, the item of determination result including one or more determination results in each of the one or more time zones, the item of notification details including notification details being set according to a combination of one of the one or more time zones and one of the one or more determination results, and
determine whether to transmit a notification related to the state of the user based on the image data and the setting information,
wherein, the circuitry further configured to determine the notification details based on the image data and the setting information in response to a determination result indicating to transmit the notification.

2 . The information processing apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the circuitry transmits the notification to a notification destination according to the notification details.

3 . The information processing apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein, the image data includes temperature image data that indicates temperature of the piece of equipment, which is used by the user, and an area around the piece of equipment.

4 . The information processing apparatus, of claim 1 ,
wherein the piece of equipment includes a bed, which is used by the user, and wherein the determination result includes information on the state of the user.

5 . The information processing apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the circuitry further configured to
detect, using the image data, a predetermined temperature corresponding to the user in a plurality of detection areas set in a detection range, the detection range including the piece of equipment and an area around the piece of equipment, and
manage, in the memory, the determination result indicating the state of the user according to detected information, the detected information being one of information on at least one of the plurality of detection areas and information indicating changes of the at least one of the plurality of detection areas, the at least one of the plurality of detection areas being at least one area from which the predetermined temperature has been detected.

6 . The information processing apparatus of claim 5 ,
wherein the image data is divided into a plurality of sub-areas, and each of the plurality of detection areas being corresponding to a set of one or more of the plurality of sub-areas.

7 . The information processing apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the notification details includes information on levels for importance, urgency, and priority each of which is related to the determination result.

8 . An information processing system, comprising
an information processing apparatus including first circuitry; a camera; and a communication device including second circuitry,
the first circuitry being configured to
acquire image data that is related to a user who uses a piece of equipment, the image data indicating a state of the user,
store, in a memory, setting information in which an item of time zone, an item of determination result, and an item of notification details are associated with each other, the item of time zone including one or more time zones for which the image data is captured, the item of determination result including one or more determination results in each of the one or more time zones, the item of notification details including notification details being set according to a combination of one of the one or more time zones and one of the one or more determination results, and
determine whether to transmit a notification related to the state of the user based on the image data and the setting information,
wherein, the first circuitry further configured to determine the notification details based on the image data and the setting information in response to a determination result indicating to transmit the notification,

the camera being configured to
capture the image data, and
transmit the image data to the information processing apparatus, and

the second circuitry being configured to receive the notification from the information processing apparatus.

9 . A method of providing information, comprising:
acquiring image data that is related to a user who uses a piece of equipment, the image data indicating a state of the user; storing, in a memory, setting information in which an item of time zone, an item of determination result, and an item of notification details are associated with each other, the item of time zone including one or more time zones for which the image data is captured, the item of determination result including one or more determination results in each of the one or more time zones, the item of notification details including notification details being set according to a combination of one of the one or more time zones and one of the one or more determination results; and determining whether to transmit a notification related to the state of the user based on the image data and the setting information, wherein, the method further comprising, in a case where the determining determines to transmit the notification, determining the notification details based on the image data and the setting information.

10 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform the method of claim 9 .

Assignees

• Ikeda Hajimu
• Atsumi Toshihiro
• Komoto Shotaro
• Sumitani Hiroto
• Nishimura Haruo
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ikeda Hajimu
• Atsumi Toshihiro
• Komoto Shotaro
• Sumitani Hiroto
• Nishimura Haruo

Classifications

• H04N7/181 Primary

  for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources · CPC title

• G06V10/22

  by selection of a specific region containing or referencing a pattern; Locating or processing of specific regions to guide the detection or recognition · CPC title

• G08B21/182 Primary

  Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold · CPC title

• G06V40/103

  Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition · CPC title

• G06V20/52

  Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) · CPC title