Recording medium storing apparatus control program, apparatus control system, and apparatus control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9518752-B2
Application number	US-201414165959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2014
Priority date	Feb 13, 2013
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

A medium having stored therein a program, the program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising: selecting a vibration medium corresponding to first vibration data, on the basis of matching between the first vibration data and the reference vibration data, the first vibration data corresponding to first vibration transmitted via the vibration medium and detected; selecting reference vibration data corresponding to second vibration data, from among the reference vibration data stored in the reference data storage unit on the basis of the second vibration data and a correction value of the reference vibration data, the second vibration data corresponding to second vibration transmitted via the selected vibration medium and detected; updating a correction value of the selected reference vibration data on the basis of the second vibration data; and generating a control signal for controlling the apparatus on the basis of the selected reference vibration data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein an apparatus control program for controlling an apparatus to be a control target, the apparatus control program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
selecting a vibration medium corresponding to first vibration data, by referring to a reference data storage unit storing reference vibration data in association with vibration medium information identifying the vibration medium, on the basis of matching between the first vibration data and the reference vibration data, the first vibration data corresponding to first vibration transmitted via the vibration medium and detected by a vibration detection unit;
selecting reference vibration data corresponding to second vibration data, from among the reference vibration data stored in the reference data storage unit on the basis of the second vibration data and a correction value of the reference vibration data, the second vibration data corresponding to second vibration transmitted via the selected vibration medium and detected by the vibration detection unit;
updating a correction value of the selected reference vibration data on the basis of the second vibration data; and
generating a control signal for controlling the apparatus on the basis of the selected reference vibration data.

2. The apparatus control program medium according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is an air conditioner, and the vibration medium is a bed.

3. The apparatus control program medium according to claim 1 , wherein
the vibration data includes message data corresponding to vibration intentionally generated by a user and body motion data corresponding to vibration generated by a body motion of the user, and
the reference vibration data includes reference data for the message data and reference data for the body motion data.

4. The apparatus control program medium according to claim 1 , wherein updating the correction value of the reference vibration data is performed by calculating a difference value between a value obtained by frequency-converting the second vibration data and a value obtained by frequency-converting the selected reference vibration data as the correction value of the reference vibration data.

5. The apparatus control program medium according to claim 4 , wherein selecting the reference vibration data is performed on the basis of a value obtained by subtracting a correction value of the reference vibration data calculated on the basis of third vibration data corresponding to third vibration detected by the vibration detection unit prior to the second vibration, from a value of the second vibration data.

6. An apparatus control system comprising a vibration medium, an apparatus to be a control target and an apparatus control device configured to control the apparatus, wherein
the apparatus control device comprises:
a vibration sensor configured to detect vibration transmitted via the vibration medium;
a memory configured to store reference vibration data corresponding to the vibration in association with vibration medium information identifying the vibration medium;
a processor configured to select the vibration medium corresponding to first vibration data, by referring to the memory, on the basis of matching between the first vibration data and the reference vibration data, the first vibration data corresponding to first vibration transmitted via the vibration medium and detected by the vibration sensor, select reference vibration data corresponding to second vibration data, from among the reference vibration data stored in the memory on the basis of the second vibration data and a correction value of the reference vibration data, the second vibration data corresponding to second vibration transmitted via the selected vibration medium and detected by the vibration sensor, and update a correction value of the selected reference vibration data on the basis of the second vibration data; and
a control signal transmitter configured to generate a control signal for controlling the apparatus, on the basis of the reference vibration data selected by the processor and to transmit the generated control signal to the apparatus.

7. The apparatus control system according to claim 6 , wherein the apparatus is an air conditioner, and the vibration medium is a bed.

8. The apparatus control system according to claim 6 , wherein
the vibration data includes message data corresponding to vibration intentionally generated by a user and body motion data corresponding to vibration generated by a body motion of the user, and
the reference vibration data includes reference data for the message data and reference data for the body motion data.

9. The apparatus control system according to claim 6 , wherein updating the correction value of the reference vibration data is performed by calculating a difference value between a value obtained by frequency-converting the second vibration data and a value obtained by frequency-converting the selected reference vibration data as the correction value of the reference vibration data.

10. The apparatus control system according to claim 9 , wherein selecting the reference vibration data is performed on the basis of a value obtained by subtracting a correction value of the reference vibration data calculated on the basis of third vibration data corresponding to third vibration detected by the vibration sensor prior to the second vibration, from a value of the second vibration data.

11. An apparatus control device configured to control an apparatus to be a control target, the apparatus control device comprising:
a vibration sensor configured to detect vibration transmitted via a vibration medium;
a memory configured to store reference vibration data corresponding to the vibration in association with vibration medium information identifying the vibration medium;
a processor configured to select the vibration medium corresponding to first vibration data, by referring to the memory, on the basis of matching between the first vibration data and the reference vibration data, the first vibration data corresponding to first vibration transmitted via the vibration medium and detected by the vibration sensor, select on the basis of second vibration data corresponding to vibration detected by the vibration sensor and a correction value of the reference vibration data, reference vibration data corresponding to second vibration data, from among the reference vibration data stored in the memory on the basis of the second vibration data and a correction value of the reference vibration data, the second vibration data corresponding to second vibration transmitted via the selected vibration medium and detected by the vibration sensor, and update a correction value of the selected reference vibration data on the basis of the second vibration data; and
a control signal generator configured to generate a control signal for controlling the apparatus on the basis of the reference vibration data selected by the processor.

12. The apparatus control device according to claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is an air conditioner, and the vibration medium is a bed.

13. The apparatus control device according to claim 11 , wherein
the vibration data includes message data corresponding to vibration intentionally generated by a user and body motion data corresponding to vibration generated by a body motion of the user, and
the reference vibration data includes reference data for the message data and reference data for the body motion data.

14. The apparatus control device according to claim

Assignees

• Socionext Inc

Inventors

• Oyama Kazuyoshi

Classifications

• F24F2120/00

  Control inputs relating to users or occupants · CPC title

• F24F11/64 Primary

  using pre-stored data · CPC title

• F24F11/523

  for displaying temperature data · CPC title

• F24F2120/14

  Activity of occupants · CPC title

• G05D23/1905

  associated with tele control · CPC title