JP2007174430A - Spatial control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spatial control system capable of creating a scene state corresponding to a psychological state of a person resident in a space of a control object. <P>SOLUTION: A control apparatus 7 selectively controls a control object device on the basis of a psychological state particularized from a result of the measurement by a physiological state measurement sensor 10 for measuring a physiological state of a person M resident in a space (e.g. a living room A) and person attribute information read from an ID tag 8 to create a scene state appropriate to the age and the sex of the person M in addition to the psychological state of the person M. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a space control system that creates a scene state of a space where a person is present, such as a living space.

  An apparatus for controlling a device provided in a living space so as to conform to a life scene has been conventionally provided (Patent Document 1).

The scene control processing device disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a device that realizes a predetermined life scene by automatically controlling an electric device by activation of a predetermined condition device.
Japanese Patent No. 3465914 (paragraph numbers 0005, 0013, 0029. 0032).

 The above-described scene control processing device disclosed in Patent Document 1 describes a configuration using a human sensor or the like as a condition device, but creates a scene reflecting the psychological state of a person in the space. It was not like that.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its object is to provide a space control system capable of creating a scene state corresponding to the psychological state of a person in the space to be controlled. There is to do.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the invention of claim 1, a psychological state means for specifying the psychological state of the person from the psychological state reflecting factor of the person in the space where the control target device is installed, specified by the means Control means for creating a scene state corresponding to the psychological state generated by controlling the control target device related to the physical information with reference to preset setting information, To do.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a scene state suitable for the psychological state of a person in the space can be created.

  According to a second aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, there is provided information acquisition means for acquiring personal attribute information such as the gender and age of a person in the space, and the control means is personal attribute information acquired by the information means. And selecting the control target device and determining the control content based on the psychological state specified by the psychological state means.

  According to the invention of claim 2, a scene state more suitable for the person can be created by using the psychological state of the person in the living room together with the personal attribute information.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, the information acquisition means is configured by means for reading personal attribute information written on an RF ID tag carried by a person in the space. Features.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the personal attribute information of a person can be easily obtained.

  The present invention has an effect that a scene state suitable for the psychological state of a person in the space can be created.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

  FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention installed in a living room A of a house, and a ceiling unit is provided with a lighting device 1 that illuminates the living room A and an air conditioner 2 that controls the temperature, humidity, etc. of the living room A. In addition, the reader / writer 3 for RF ID with the living room A as the transmission / reception area, the temperature / humidity sensor 4 for detecting the temperature / humidity of the living room A, and the herbs and other plants in the living room A were extracted. Aromas 9 such as essential oils (essential oils) and aroma devices 9 for diverging the components are provided at appropriate locations in the living room A.

  A sofa 6 is placed on an audio / visual device (hereinafter abbreviated as an AV device) 5 including a TV receiver, a stereo device, a DVD recorder and the like arranged in the living room A.

  A physiological state measurement sensor 10 that quantitatively and objectively reflects a physiological state reflecting a person's psychological state is disposed on the arm placement portion of the sofa 6, and is placed on the skin surface of the arm of a person M sitting on the sofa 6. The physiological state reflecting the psychological state of the person is measured by applying an electrode or a sensor header. Here, the physiological state measurement sensor 10 is any one of a heart rate sensor that measures a heart rate (pulse), a sweat sensor that measures the amount of sweat, a blood pressure sensor that measures a change in blood pressure, a body temperature sensor that measures a change in body temperature, or the like. The measured value information D3 is sent to the control device 7 using a sensor that combines the above.

  Here, the lighting device 1 is one that can be dimmed and controlled in a range from a light-off state to a full light-on state in accordance with a control signal S1 from the control device 7 to be described later, along with the brightness in the living room A. It is designed to create lighting colors.

  The air conditioner 2 is controlled by an air conditioning control signal S2 from the control device 7 based on the detected temperature and humidity detected by the temperature / humidity sensor 4 provided in the living room A, and creates an air conditioning environment in the living room A under predetermined conditions. It is like that.

  The AV device 5 sends an operation signal D1 to the control device 7, and the control device 7 forcibly turns on / off the operation and controls the reproduction sound volume by the control signal S3.

  Furthermore, the aroma apparatus 9 can set a plurality of types of fragrances, and can use an external signal to select a fragrance to be fragranced or to select a plurality of fragrances to aroma the combined fragrance. Thus, a control signal S4 from the control device 7 is sent as an external signal.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control device 7 measures the physiological processing sensor 10 in order to specify the arithmetic processing unit 70, the operation program of the arithmetic processing unit 70, setting information used for spatial control, which will be described later, and the psychological state. Are comprised of a storage unit 71 that stores physiological indices corresponding to, and an input / output interface 72 for exchanging signals between the calculation output unit 70 and the outside.

  The arithmetic processing unit 70 counts the number of people in the living room A by exchanging information between the RF ID tag 8 carried by the person M in the living room A and the reader / writer 3, and each ID tag. 8 as a function for obtaining information on the personal attributes (age and gender) of the mobile phone registered in 8, the measured value information D 4 from the physiological state measuring sensor 10, and the physiological index stored in advance in the storage unit 71. From the function as the psychological state specifying means for specifying the psychological state of the person M and the acquired personal attribute information and the specified psychological state while referring to the setting information (the lighting device 1, the air conditioner 2, By selecting and controlling the AV apparatus 5), it has a function as a control means for creating a scene state suitable for the psychological state, age, and gender of the person M in the living room A.

  Next, the operation of the control device 7 that creates a scene state will be described.

  The ID tag 8 is assumed to be carried by each family member, and personal attribute information of the person is written in the ID tag 8 carried by each family.

  Thus, the arithmetic processing unit 70 of the control device 7 constantly monitors the information D2 read by the reader / writer 3 and performs a process of determining whether or not there is a person M in the living room A based on whether or not the information D2 is acquired. As shown in FIG. 1, when it is found from the information D2 of the reader / writer 3 that a person M is present in the living room A, the arithmetic processing unit 70 of the control device 7 reads the ID tag read by the reader / writer 3. Whether the person M is a child or an elderly person (grandmother or grandfather) is determined from the personal attribute information of 8.

  First, when the arithmetic processing unit 70 in the control device 7 determines that there is a person M by reading the information D2 by the reader / writer 3, first, after referring to the setting information stored in the storage unit 71, A control signal S1 for turning on the lighting device 1 is generated and sent to the lighting device 1. In this case, the number of persons in the living room A is determined from the number of ID tags 8 from which information has been read, and the light output of the lighting device 1 optimum for the determined number of persons is set information (light output setting information corresponding to the number of persons). ), And the lighting device 1 is dimmed and controlled so that the determined light output is obtained, and control data for setting the standard illumination color is sent to the lighting device 1 by the control signal S1.

  Thereby, for example, the lighting environment of the living room A according to the number of people M in the living room A can be created. For example, in the case of one person, the light output is slightly lowered to create a calm lighting environment, and when the number of persons exceeds a certain level, the lighting device 1 is switched to full lighting, so that the entire living room is brightened. Can be created. When the person M goes out of the living room A and the number of existing persons becomes 0, the arithmetic processing unit 70 of the control device 7 keeps the lighting device 1 constant based on the timing information of a built-in clock (not shown). A control signal S1 to be turned off after a time is sent to the lighting device 1 to prevent forgetting to turn it off.

  Further, when the arithmetic processing unit 70 of the control device 7 determines that there is a person M in the living room A, it refers to the setting information and sends a control signal S2 to the air conditioning device 2 so that the air conditioning environment of the living room A is optimized. Start air conditioning. In this case, since the temperature / humidity in the living room A changes due to the heat, humidity, etc. emitted from the person M, the arithmetic processing unit 70 sets the temperature so that the standard optimum temperature / optimum humidity set based on the setting information is obtained. The air conditioner 2 is feedback-controlled based on temperature / humidity detection information D3 detected by the humidity sensor 4. Thereby, the air-conditioning environment of the living room A can be optimized regardless of the number of people M in the living room A. The control of the air conditioner 2 is also performed when the person M leaves the living room A and the number of existing persons becomes 0, and the operation of the air conditioner 2 is stopped after a certain time. Further, at the start of the operation of the air conditioner 2, the arithmetic processing unit 7 takes the above optimum air conditioning environment in a short time from the number of people M in the living room A and the air conditioning capability of the air conditioner 2 indicated in the setting information. Is sent to the air conditioner 2. As a result, an optimum air-conditioning environment can be obtained quickly regardless of the number of people.

  Further, when the TV receiver of the AV apparatus 5 is turned on, the control apparatus 7 determines whether it is nighttime or daytime from the time of the built-in clock, and the TV receiver image mode (screen brightness) is determined based on the determination result and setting information. A control signal S3 is sent for controlling the adjustment mode) to a mode suitable for the time zone.

  Further, when the AV device 5 is turned on, if there is one person M in the living room A and the personal attribute of the person M is an elderly person (such as a grandfather or grandmother in the family), the setting information Based on this, an AV control signal S3 that is set to a volume corresponding to age (in this case, a volume that is larger than the standard volume by a predetermined amount) is sent. Further, when there are a plurality of persons M in the living room A, a control signal S3 is set to set the volume higher than the standard volume assuming that it is difficult to hear due to the voice. Of course, these controls are performed by referring to the setting information.

  When the person M is a child, the control device 7 counts the time from the start of viewing based on the built-in clock and forcibly sets the TV when a certain time (for example, 1 hour) indicated in the setting information has elapsed. An AV control signal S3 for turning off the receiver is output, and processing for limiting viewing for a predetermined time or longer is performed.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the space environment such as air conditioning and lighting is set to an optimum state according to the number of people M in the space to be controlled (the living room A in the embodiment), and the devices ( In the embodiment, by controlling the personal attribute of the person M who uses the AV apparatus 5), the scene state of the entire space can be made preferable.

  By the way, although the above-mentioned creation of the scene state does not reflect the psychological state of the person M, a person M in the living room A sits on the sofa 6 and his arm is used as an electrode of the sensor 10 for measuring the physiological state or a sensor header. The physiological state measuring sensor 10 transmits the measurement value information D4 of the physiological state of the person to the control device 7. The arithmetic processing unit 70 of the control device 7 specifies the current psychological information of the person from the measured value information D4 and the physiological index stored in the storage unit 71. In other words, the person is calm, “excited”, “tired”, “sleepy”, etc., and referring to the setting information based on the identification result, age, and gender Contents of AV device 5, volume, sound effect, light output of lighting device 1, lighting color, temperature / humidity setting of living room A by air conditioner 2, selection of fragrance to be fragrant from aroma device 9, etc. The control signal S1, S2, S3, S4 consisting of control data corresponding to the determined content is sent to each of the devices 1, 2, 5, 9 to control each of them, and the psychological state and age of the person M And create a scene state that reflects gender.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the psychological state of the person M is reflected, the effect of calming in the excited state, the effect of removing fatigue in the tired state, and the effect of awakening in the sleepy state are obtained. A scene state can be created. Moreover, it is possible to create a scene state in which the psychological state continues when it is calm.

  In addition to using the physiological state measuring sensor 10 as described above in order to specify the psychological state, for example, a method of capturing a human behavior with a TV camera and specifying the psychological state from the behavior may be employed. As the physiological state measurement sensor 10, for example, a sensor that irradiates near infrared rays on the skin surface and can measure a blood component reflected by a psychological change from reflected light in a living body non-invasively may be used.

  By the way, by using a device-embedded network technology called EMIT (Embedded Micro Internetworking Technology) (a network technology having a function of easily incorporating middleware into a device and connecting to the network, hereinafter referred to as EMIT technology). Various equipment (illumination equipment, air conditioning equipment, power equipment, sensors) from external terminals (not shown) such as mobile phones, PCs (Personal Computers), PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), PHSs (Personal Handy phone Systems) An electric lock, a web camera, and the like are hereinafter referred to as an EMIT terminal.) There is a system that can access <not shown> to remotely monitor and control the EMIT terminal.

  Note that the EMIT terminal is a built-in device equipped with a microcomputer, and is a device-embedded middleware for connecting to the network and is equipped with EMIT software that realizes the EMIT technology.

  As a system to which the above-mentioned EMIT technology is applied (hereinafter referred to as an EMIT system), an external terminal remotely monitors and controls an EMIT terminal via a center server (not shown) provided on the Internet. For example, a configuration in which an EMIT terminal is directly accessed from an external terminal equipped with EMIT software to remotely monitor and control the EMIT terminal without using a center server.

  Therefore, in the present invention, this EMIT technology may be used for exchanging information between the controlled device and the control device.

It is a system configuration figure of one embodiment. It is a block diagram of a control device used for one embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lighting apparatus 2 Air conditioner 3 Reader / writer 3
4 Temperature / Humidity Sensor 5 Audio / Visual Device 6 Sofa 7 Control Device 8 ID Tag 9 Aroma Device 10 Physiological Condition Sensor

Claims (3)

The psychological state means for specifying the psychological state of the person from the psychological state reflecting factor of the person in the space where the control target device is installed and the scene state corresponding to the psychological state specified by the means are set in advance. And a control means created by controlling the control target device related to the physical information with reference to the setting information. It comprises information acquisition means for acquiring personal attribute information such as sex and age of a person in the space, and the control means is based on the personal attribute information acquired by the information means and the psychological state specified by the psychological state means The space control system according to claim 1, wherein selection of a control target device and control content are determined. 3. The space control system according to claim 2, wherein the information acquisition means is configured by means for reading personal attribute information written in an RF type ID tag carried by a person in the space.

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