JP2016051215A - Information processor, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a motivation of a user to use electrical equipment by a specific use method.SOLUTION: An information processor includes: an acquisition part for acquiring use data indicating the use states of home appliances; and a determination part for referring to target data indicating the combination of the use targets of the home appliances preliminarily stored in a storage part, and for determining whether or not the use states of the home appliances indicated by the use data acquired by the acquisition part have achieved the combination of the use targets. For example, the acquisition part acquires the respective use data indicating the use states of the respective home appliances, and the determination part refers to the target data indicating the combination of the use targets of the respective home appliances preliminarily stored in the storage part, and determines whether or not the use states of the home appliances indicated by the plurality of use data acquired by the acquisition part have achieved the combination of the use targets of the respective home appliances.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program.

  Conventionally, evaluation of the use of electric appliances at home is performed from the viewpoint of power saving. For example, in Patent Document 1, it is determined whether an electrical device is in use or in an off state based on the power consumption of the electrical device measured by a power supply monitor, and the total off time that occupies the measurement period. It has been proposed to obtain energy saving evaluation information based on the ratio.

JP 2005-189102 A

  By the way, it is possible to make a user use an electric device by a specific usage method by evaluating use of the electric device by a user as mentioned above. Specifically, for example, by setting that the electrical device is used in a desirable usage method as a condition for obtaining high evaluation, the user's behavior is induced to use the electrical device in the desirable usage method. It is possible.

  However, with the above-described technology, there are cases where the use of the electric device by the user cannot be evaluated with high accuracy. For example, in the technology as described above, it is only determined whether the electrical device is in use or off, and it is evaluated how the current electrical device is used. I can't. As a result, the use of the electric device by the user cannot be correctly evaluated, and the user's motivation for using the electric device in a specific usage method may not be sufficiently increased.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can enhance user's motivation to use an electric device in a specific usage method.

  (1) The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and one aspect of the present invention includes a storage unit that stores target data indicating a combination of usage targets of a plurality of household electrical appliances, An acquisition unit that acquires usage data indicating the usage status of the household electrical appliance, and target data stored in the storage unit, and the usage status of the household appliance indicated by the usage data acquired by the acquisition unit is the usage A determination unit that determines whether or not a target combination has been achieved.

  (2) Further, according to one embodiment of the present invention, in the information processing device according to (1), the storage unit stores in advance usage target data indicating a usage target of a household electrical appliance according to a grade of the household electrical appliance. It is characterized by.

  (3) Moreover, according to one aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to (1) or (2), each of the usage data acquired by the acquisition unit indicates a usage situation specific to the home appliance. It is characterized by that.

  (4) Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, target data indicating a combination of a usage target of a plurality of household electrical appliances stored in another device and an acquisition unit that acquires usage data indicating a usage status of the plurality of household electrical appliances is obtained. An information processing apparatus comprising: a determination unit that determines whether or not the usage status of the home appliance indicated by the usage data acquired by the acquisition unit has achieved the combination of the usage targets. is there.

  (5) One embodiment of the present invention is an information processing method in an information processing apparatus including a storage unit that stores target data indicating a combination of usage targets of a plurality of home appliances. An acquisition process for acquiring usage data indicating the usage status of a plurality of household electrical appliances, and the information processing apparatus refers to target data stored in the storage unit, and the usage data acquired in the acquisition process indicates And a determination process for determining whether or not the usage status of the household electrical appliance has achieved the combination of the usage targets.

  (6) In addition, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the use of the plurality of home appliances is used in a computer of an information processing apparatus including a storage unit that stores target data indicating a combination of use targets of the plurality of home appliances. The acquisition procedure for acquiring data, referring to the target data stored in the storage unit, and whether or not the usage status of the home appliance indicated by the use data acquired in the acquisition procedure has achieved the combination of the usage targets This is a program for executing a determination procedure for determining whether or not.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, a user's motivation with respect to using an electric equipment by a specific usage method can be heightened.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the information processing system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the household appliance data which concern on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the target data which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the determination result data which concern on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the terminal device which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display mode of the achievement level of the use target by the terminal device which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a process by the information processing apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the information processing system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the information processing apparatus which concerns on each embodiment of this invention.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment.
The information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes an information processing device 10, a terminal device 20, and a group of household appliances (hereinafter referred to as “home appliances”) 30 used in a single house. Consists of including.

  The home appliance 30 is, for example, an air conditioner 31, a microwave oven 32, a refrigerator 33, a washing machine 34, and a vacuum cleaner 35. The home appliance 30 may include any home appliance other than those described above, such as a television and an audio device. The air conditioner 31, the microwave oven 32, the refrigerator 33, the washing machine 34, and the cleaner 35 are wirelessly connected to an access point 40, which is a wireless LAN station, as a wireless LAN client. Note that the connection of the home appliance 30 to the network NW is not limited to a wireless LAN but may be a wired connection such as a wired LAN, or a wireless LAN other than a wireless LAN such as BlueTooth (registered trademark) or LTE (Long Term Evolution). A wireless connection may be used. Further, the information processing device 10, the terminal device 20, the access point 40, and the home appliance 30 are connected to each other via a network NW so as to communicate with each other. Therefore, the air conditioner 31, the microwave oven 32, the refrigerator 33, the washing machine 34, and the cleaner 35 can communicate with the information processing apparatus 10 and the terminal device 20, respectively.

  The network NW is an information communication network configured by a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), and the like. The WAN is a wide area network such as the Internet, for example.

  The home appliance 30 incorporates various sensors for detecting each usage situation. The home appliance 30 has a function of collecting usage data i101 indicating the detected usage status and transmitting the usage data i101 to the information processing apparatus 10 via the access point 40 and the network NW.

  The information processing apparatus 10 is an electronic device such as a server apparatus, for example. The information processing apparatus 10 acquires each usage data i101 indicating the usage status from the home appliance 30 owned by each user. Next, the information processing device 10 is, for example, target data i102 stored in advance in the storage unit (FIG. 2) of the device itself, and the target data indicating a combination of usage targets of the home appliances 30 owned by each user i102 is referred to. Next, the information processing apparatus 10 determines whether or not the usage status of the home appliance 30 indicated by the usage data i101 has achieved all the usage targets combined in the target data i102. Then, the information processing apparatus 10 transmits determination result data indicating the determination result regarding the achievement of the usage target of the home appliance 30 to the terminal device 20.

The terminal device 20 is an electronic device such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, a tablet, a smartphone, a PHS terminal device, or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). The terminal device 20 acquires determination result data from the information processing device 10. The terminal device 20 displays the determination result indicated by the acquired determination result data.
Thereby, the information processing system 1 determines whether the combination of the usage targets of the home appliances 30 has been achieved as well as whether or not the usage targets have been achieved for the home appliances 30 owned by each user. Since the determination result is notified to the user, the user's motivation for achieving the usage target of the home appliance 30 can be increased. Therefore, as a usage target, for example, by defining a specific usage method of the home appliance 30 such as a usage method with a small amount of power consumption, the user's motivation to use the home appliance 30 in a specific usage method can be increased. it can.

In the present embodiment, the user is assumed to be a user of the terminal device 20 and the home appliance 30.
The usage status of the home appliance 30 is information representing an operation on the home appliance 30 and a state of the home appliance 30. The operations on the home appliance 30 include, for example, power ON / OFF operations, setting change operations, operations specific to each home appliance 30 (hereinafter referred to as “specific operations”), and the like. This will be described later. The state of the home appliance 30 is, for example, an energized state, an operating state, a set state, or the like of the home appliance 30. The usage status may include information such as time and place related to the use of the home appliance 30, for example.

  The home appliances 30 may be located in one home, office, or the like, or may be distributed in different homes, offices, or the like. Moreover, the household appliance 30 may be used by the some user who shares the user identification information mentioned later.

Next, the configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the information processing apparatus 10.
The information processing apparatus 10 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a control unit 13.
The communication unit 11 includes a communication interface and communicates with the home appliance 30 and the terminal device 20. The communication unit 11 functions as a reception unit 111 that receives various data from other devices connected to the network NW, and a transmission unit 112 that transmits various data to other devices connected to the network NW.

  The storage unit 12 includes, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory). In addition, the storage unit 12 may include an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), a flash memory, and the like. The storage unit 12 stores various programs to be executed by a CPU (Central Processing Unit, not shown) included in the information processing apparatus 10, results of processing executed by the CPU, and the like. Some or all of the functions of the control unit 13 are realized by, for example, a CPU (not shown) included in the information processing apparatus 10 executing a program stored in the storage unit 12.

The storage unit 12 functions as a home appliance data storage unit 121, a target data storage unit 122, and a determination result data storage unit 123.
The home appliance data storage unit 121 stores home appliance data indicating attributes of the home appliance 30.
The target data storage unit 122 stores target data indicating a target according to the usage status of the home appliance 30.
The determination result data storage unit 123 stores determination result data indicating whether each user has achieved a target and a combination of targets.

Hereinafter, home appliance data, target data, and determination result data will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 show examples of data related to the same case.
First, home appliance data will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of home appliance data.
In the example shown in FIG. 3, the home appliance data includes home appliance identification information (home appliance ID), manufacturer information (maker), home appliance type information (type), and grade information (grade), which are associated with each other. The

The home appliance identification information is identification information for identifying the home appliance 30.
The manufacturer information is information indicating the manufacturer (manufacturer) that manufactured the home appliance 30.
The home appliance type information indicates the type of the home appliance 30.
The grade information is information indicating the grade of the home appliance 30. The grade information indicates, for example, a grade (grade) corresponding to a function or performance in the same type of home appliance 30 manufactured by the same manufacturer. That is, the grade information indicates the model. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the grade information is indicated by a number, and the smaller the number, the higher the grade.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3, the home appliance data in the row L11 associates home appliance identification information “FR001”, manufacturer information “A”, home appliance type information “refrigerator”, and grade information “1”. That is, the home appliance data indicates that the home appliance 30 indicated by the home appliance identification information “FR001” is “refrigerator” manufactured by the manufacturer “A” and its grade is “1”. Further, the home appliance data in the row L12 associates home appliance identification information “FR002”, manufacturer information “A”, home appliance type information “refrigerator”, and grade information “2”. That is, this home appliance data indicates that the home appliance 30 indicated by the home appliance identification information “FR002” is “refrigerator” manufactured by the manufacturer “A” and its grade is “2”. The home appliance data shown in the rows L11 and L12 represent the attributes of the home appliances 30 having the same manufacturer information and home appliance type information but different grade information. Since the grade information associated with the home appliance identification information “FR001” is “1” and the grade information associated with the home appliance identification information “FR002” is “2”, the home appliance identification information “FR001” is The grade of the household electrical appliance 30 to be shown is higher than the grade of the household electrical appliance 30 indicated by the household electrical appliance identification information “FR002”.

Next, the target data will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of target data.
In the example shown in FIG. 4, the target data includes target identification information (target ID), target name information (target name), and achievement condition information (achievement condition), and these are associated with each other.
The target identification information is identification information for identifying the target.
The target name information is information indicating the name of the target. The target name information is, for example, information for easily showing the outline of the target to the user when displaying information about the target on the terminal device 20.
The achievement condition information is information indicating a condition for achieving the target.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, the target data in the row L21 is associated with target identification information “OB005”, target name information “refrigerator opening / closing master”, and achievement condition information “reducing the number of opening / closing of the refrigerator 10 times”. Yes. That is, in the target data of the row L21, the target indicated by the target identification information “OB005” is the name “refrigerator opening / closing master”, and the achievement condition thereof is, for example, “opening / closing frequency” in a predetermined period when the refrigerator is used. This means that the determination is “10 times” if “less” than the predetermined number of times.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the target data in the row L22 includes target identification information “OB007”, target name information “refrigerator master”, and achievement condition information “OB005 (target ID) and OB006 (target ID)”. "Achieved both" is associated. That is, in the target data of the row L22, the target indicated by the target identification information “OB007” is the name “refrigerator master”, and the achievement condition is the target indicated by the target identification information “OB005” and the target identification information “OB007”. "Is to achieve both of the goals indicated.
In this way, the target data may define a combination of a plurality of usage targets for the same home appliance 30 as the usage target.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the target data in the row L23 includes target identification information “OB012”, target name information “cooking master”, and achievement condition information “OB007 (target ID) and OB011 (target ID)”. "Achieved both" is associated. That is, in the target data of the row L23, the target indicated by the target identification information “OB012” is the name “Cooking Master”, and the achievement condition is the target indicated by the target identification information “OB007” and the target identification information “OB011”. Indicates that the goal is to achieve all of the goals.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the target indicated by the target identification information “OB007” is a target related to the use of the refrigerator, and the target indicated by the target identification information “OB011” is a target related to the use of the microwave oven. Thus, the target data may define a combination of a plurality of usage targets for a plurality of home appliances 30 as a usage target.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the target data in the row L24 associates target identification information “OB021”, target name information “A company fan”, and achievement condition information “register three home appliances manufactured by company A”. ing. That is, in the target data of the row L23, the target indicated by the target identification information “OB021” is the name “A company fan”, and the achievement condition thereof is “three home appliances manufactured by A company” purchased, Indicates that it is “registered”.
As described above, the target data is not limited to the use of the home appliance 30, and the purchase and registration thereof may be set as targets. A combination of targets such as purchase and registration may be set as a usage target. Further, the target data may include attributes of the home appliance 30 such as home appliance identification information, manufacturer information, home appliance type information, and grade information as the use target achievement condition, and may define the use target.

The home appliance 30 provides various functions to the user, and the operations are also various. The operations received by the home appliance 30 are classified into, for example, three operations: a power ON / OFF operation, a setting change operation, and an operation specific to each home appliance 30 as described above. The target data may define a usage target of the home appliance 30 based on any one or combination of these three operations.
The power ON / OFF operation is an operation for controlling energization of the home appliance 30 in order to execute the basic function of the home appliance 30.
The operation for changing the setting is an operation for adjusting the function of the home appliance 30. Specifically, the operation for changing the setting includes an operation for adjusting the set temperature of the air conditioner 31, an operation for changing the mode of the microwave oven 32, an operation for setting whether or not the drying function is used in the washing machine 34, and the like.

  The specific operation is an operation performed by a user who uses the home appliance 30 to perform the basic function of the home appliance 30 other than the power ON / OFF operation. Specifically, the specific operation includes an operation of operating the microwave oven 32 and the washing machine 34, an operation of opening the doors of the microwave oven 32, the refrigerator 33, and the washing machine 34, an operation of running the cleaner 35, and For example, an operation of switching TV channels. Thus, the specific operation more strongly reflects the intention of the user to use the home appliance 30 than the power ON / OFF operation or the setting change operation. Therefore, by collecting the usage data indicating the usage status of the home appliance 30 for the specific operation, the information processing system 1 can evaluate the usage status of the home appliance 30 by the user with high accuracy. The usage situation for the specific operation, that is, the usage situation peculiar to the home appliance 30 is, for example, the number of times of opening / closing (opening / closing frequency) of the door of the microwave oven 32, the refrigerator 33, and the washing machine 34, and the opening time of the door of the refrigerator 33. In addition, there is a travel distance of the vacuum cleaner 35 and the like. However, depending on the type of home appliance 30 such as the air conditioner 31, there may be no specific operation.

Next, the determination result data will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of determination result data.
In the example shown in FIG. 5, the determination result data includes user identification information (user ID), target identification information (target ID), and achievement flag information (achievement flag), and these are associated with each other.
The user identification information is identification information for identifying a user.
The achievement flag is information indicating whether or not the goal has been achieved by the user. The value of the achievement flag is, for example, “TRUE” when the user achieves the target, and “FALSE” when the target is not achieved.

In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the determination result data in the row L31 associates user identification information “U001”, target identification information “OB005”, and achievement flag information “TRUE”. That is, the determination result data in the row L31 indicates that the target indicated by the target identification information “OB005” has been achieved by the user indicated by the user identification information “U001”.
In addition, the determination result data in the row L32 associates user identification information “U001”, target identification information “OB012”, and achievement flag information “FALSE”. In other words, the determination result data in the row L32 indicates that the target indicated by the target identification information “OB012” has been achieved by the user indicated by the user identification information “U001”.

Next, the description of the configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 will be continued with reference to FIG.
The control unit 13 functions as the acquisition unit 131 and the determination unit 132.
The acquisition unit 131 acquires various data from the home appliance 30 and the terminal device 20 via the reception unit 111. Specifically, the acquisition unit 131 acquires usage data from the home appliance 30. The acquisition unit 131 outputs the acquired usage data to the determination unit 132. The acquisition unit 131 acquires a determination result transmission request from the terminal device 20. Upon acquiring the determination result transmission request, the acquisition unit 131 reads the determination result data stored in the determination result data storage unit 123, and transmits the read determination result data to the terminal device 20 that is the transmission source of the transmission request. To do.

  The determination unit 132 acquires usage data regarding the home appliance 30 from the acquisition unit 131. Next, the determination unit 132 refers to the home appliance data stored in the home appliance data storage unit 121 and the target data stored in the target data storage unit 122. Based on the acquired usage data, the determination unit 132 determines whether the usage status of each household electrical appliance 30 indicated by the usage data for each household electrical appliance 30 has achieved each usage target defined by the target data. The determination unit 132 generates determination result data indicating the determination result for each usage target, and stores the generated determination result data in the determination result data storage unit 123.

Next, the configuration of the terminal device 20 (FIG. 1) will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the terminal device 20.
The terminal device 20 includes a communication unit 21, an input unit 22, a display unit 23, a storage unit 24, and a control unit 25.
The communication unit 21 includes a communication interface and communicates with the information processing apparatus 10 and the like. The communication unit 11 functions as a reception unit 211 that receives various data from other devices in the network NW and a transmission unit 212 that transmits various data to other devices in the network NW.

The input unit 22 receives input from the user. The input unit 22 includes an input device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch pad, or a touch panel, for example. The content of the operation that can be received by the input unit 22 is displayed by, for example, a display device included in the display unit 23.
The display unit 23 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display.

  The storage unit 24 includes, for example, a ROM and a RAM. The storage unit 24 may include an HDD, an EEPROM, a flash memory, and the like. The storage unit 24 stores various programs to be executed by a CPU (not shown) provided in the terminal device 20, results of processing executed by the CPU, and the like.

Part or all of the functions of the control unit 25 is realized by, for example, a CPU (not shown) included in the terminal device 20 executing a program stored in the storage unit 24.
The control unit 25 functions as the display processing unit 251.
When the input processing unit 251 receives a display request for the achievement level of the usage target based on the usage status of the home appliance 30 owned by the user from the user, the display processing unit 251 transmits the determination result data via the transmission unit 212. The request is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 10. When the display processing unit 251 receives the determination result data transmitted from the information processing apparatus 10 in response to the transmission request, the display processing unit 251 generates image data representing the achievement level of the usage target based on the received determination result data. The display processing unit 251 outputs the generated video signal of the image data to the display unit 23 to display the achievement level of the usage target.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the mode of display by the terminal device 20 (FIG. 1) will be described.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display mode of the achievement level of the usage target by the terminal device 20.
In the example shown in FIG. 7, six icons 2311 to 2316 corresponding to six usage targets and names 2321 to 2326 of the six usage targets are displayed in the display area 230 of the display unit 23. For example, the usage target indicated by the icon 2311 is “Refrigerator Open / Close Master”. Further, for example, the usage target indicated by the icon 2314 is “microwave oven use master”. The line type of each icon frame indicates information indicating whether or not each usage target has been achieved. Specifically, an icon whose frame is indicated by a solid line indicates that the usage target has been achieved, and an icon whose frame is indicated by a broken line indicates that the usage target has not been achieved. Represents. In the example shown in FIG. 7, for example, the icons 2311, 2312, 2313, and 2316 are indicated by solid lines, and the icons 2314 and 2315 are indicated by broken lines. That is, the display shown in FIG. 7 shows that the usage target has been achieved for “refrigerator opening / closing master”, “refrigerator opening master”, “refrigerator master”, and “Company A fan”, “microwave oven use master”, And the usage target for “Cooking Master” is not achieved.

  Note that the display mode of the determination result data shown in FIG. 7 is an example, and the determination result data may be displayed in other modes. The determination result data may be displayed, for example, as a table in which an outline of the usage target is associated with information indicating whether or not the usage target has been achieved. Further, the terminal device 20 may display the determination result data using any visual effect such as color coding and transparency.

Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 10 (FIG. 1) will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing flow by the control unit 13 (FIG. 2) included in the information processing apparatus 10.
(Step S <b> 101) First, the acquisition unit 131 (FIG. 2) of the control unit 13 acquires usage data from each home appliance 30. The acquisition unit 131 outputs each acquired usage data to the determination unit 132. Then, the control part 13 advances a process to step S102.
(Step S102) Next, the determination part 132 (FIG. 2) of the control part 13 determines whether it is the predetermined | prescribed timing for determining whether a use target was achieved. When it determines with it being a predetermined timing, the control part 13 advances a process to step S103. When it determines with it not being a predetermined timing, the control part 13 returns a process to step S101.

(Step S103) Next, the determination unit 132 refers to the target data stored in the target data storage unit 122. Then, the control part 13 advances a process to step S104.
(Step S104) Next, the determination part 132 performs the process of step S105, S106 about each target data. The determination unit 132 repeats the processes in steps S105 and S106 until there is no unprocessed target data. Then, the control part 13 advances a process to step S107.
(Step S105) Next, the determination unit 132 determines whether or not the usage status indicated by the usage data has achieved the usage target indicated by the target data. Then, the control part 13 advances a process to step S106.

(Step S106) Next, the determination unit 132 generates determination result data indicating the determination result in step S105, and stores the generated determination result data in the determination result data storage unit 123.
(Step S107) Next, the acquisition unit 131 receives a transmission request for determination result data from the terminal device 20 (FIG. 1). Then, the control part 13 advances a process to step S108.
(Step S108) Next, the acquisition unit 131 reads the determination result data from the determination result data storage unit 123, and transmits the read determination result data to the terminal device 20. Thereafter, the control unit 13 ends the process shown in FIG.

As described above, the information processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment determines whether or not a combination of a plurality of usage targets has been achieved in using the home appliance 30.
Thereby, the information processing apparatus 10 can further promote the achievement of a plurality of usage targets by the user, and increase the user's motivation to use the group of household appliances (home appliances) 30 in a specific usage method. be able to.

(Second Embodiment)
The second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
About the same structure as embodiment mentioned above, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is used.
FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing the information processing system 1a according to the present embodiment.
An information processing system 1a according to the present embodiment includes an information processing device 10a instead of the information processing device 10 in the information processing system 1 (FIG. 1). The information processing system 1a further includes a server device 50.

  The information processing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment reads out and acquires the target data i102 from the storage unit 12 of the own apparatus, whereas the information processing apparatus 10a according to the present embodiment acquires the target data i102 from an external server device. Receive from 50. Other configurations included in the information processing apparatus 10a are the same as those of the information processing apparatus 10, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  The server device 50 includes a communication unit (not shown) and is connected to the network NW. There may be a plurality of server devices 50. The server device 50 includes a storage unit (not shown) and stores target data i102. In response to the transmission request for the target data i102 acquired from the information processing apparatus 10a, the server apparatus 50 reads the target data i102 stored in the storage unit of the own apparatus and transmits the target data i102 to the information processing apparatus 10a.

When the target indicated by the target data i102 stored in the server device 50 is achieved, for example, the manufacturer of the home appliance 30 or a company that operates a store (hereinafter referred to as “advertisement company”) provides the user. Grant a privilege.
An example in which the advertising company is a manufacturer of the home appliance 30 will be described.
At this time, as the usage target indicated by the target data i102, for example, registering more products of the advertising company, using the products of the advertising company at a high frequency, or using the products of the advertising company for a long time. Set things. When these usage targets are achieved, the advertising company grants the user the right to receive discounts on their products, maintenance / inspection service for the home appliances 30, provision of consumables related to the home appliances 30 as benefits, for example.

For example, an example in which an advertising company is a company that manages a store will be described.
At this time, as a usage target indicated by the target data i102, for example, a usage target related to the usage status of the home appliance 30 related to the product handled in the store is set. More specifically, since the microwave oven 32 is used for thawing frozen food, for example, it is conceivable to set a usage target to use the microwave oven 32 at a high frequency. When this usage goal is achieved, an advertising company that handles frozen foods grants users the right to receive discounts or grants of frozen foods or other products sold in stores, for example. Further, for example, since the refrigerator 33 is used for storage of food, it is conceivable to set a usage target to use the refrigerator 33 at a high frequency. When this usage goal is achieved, an advertising company that handles food, for example, grants the user the right to receive discounts or grants of food or other products sold in stores as a privilege. Thus, the usage method of the home appliance 30 associated with the business activity may be set as a usage target. Then, when the user achieves the use target, the information processing apparatus 10a gives a privilege to the user, so that the advertising company can promote the corporate activity.

As described above, the target data may be stored in the external device of the information processing apparatus 10a. Thus, the arbitrary configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment may be provided in another apparatus.
Moreover, target data may be defined for the purpose of advertisement and a privilege may be provided according to achievement of the target data. Thereby, the information processing apparatus 10a can increase the user's motivation to use the home appliance 30 in a specific usage method, and can increase the advertising effect. Specifically, the information processing apparatus 10a can promote the willingness to purchase the products handled by the advertising company and the home appliances 30 and the like.

  Moreover, target data may be defined by the user, for example. In this case, for example, the target data may be stored in the terminal device 20, and the information processing apparatus 10a acquires the target data from the terminal device 20, and whether or not the use target indicated by the target data has been achieved. Determine. Thereby, for example, the user can select or set the balance between the use target having different difficulty levels and the privilege obtained by achieving the use target. Therefore, since the user can set a usage target that is not difficult to achieve in accordance with the usage method of his / her own home appliance 30, the information processing apparatus 10a can increase the user's motivation to achieve the usage target. it can.

Next, the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatuses 10 and 10a according to the above-described embodiments will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatuses 10 and 10a.
The information processing apparatuses 10 and 10 according to the above-described embodiments include a CPU 101, a storage medium 102, a drive unit 103, an input unit 104, an output unit 105, a ROM 106 (Read Only Memory: ROM), and a RAM 107 ( A random access memory (RAM), an auxiliary storage unit 108, and an interface unit 109.
The CPU 101, the drive unit 103, the input unit 104, the output unit 105, the ROM 106, the RAM 107, the auxiliary storage unit 108, and the interface unit 109 are connected to each other via a bus 100 (bus line).

  The CPU 101 reads out the program and various data and controls its own apparatus including the CPU 101. The storage medium 102 is a portable storage medium such as a magneto-optical disk, a flexible disk, or a flash memory, and stores various data, for example. The drive unit 103 is, for example, a reading device or a reading / writing device for the storage medium 102. The input unit 104 is an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard. The output unit 105 is an output device such as a display unit or a speaker. The ROM 106 is a storage medium that stores a program, for example. The RAM 107 is a storage medium that temporarily stores various data and programs, for example. The auxiliary storage unit 108 is a storage medium such as a hard disk drive or a flash memory, and stores various data, for example. The interface unit 109 has a communication interface and is connected to the network NW by wire or wireless.

  The program read by the CPU 101 is an example stored in the ROM 106, but may be stored in the storage medium 102 or the auxiliary storage unit 108, or the program downloaded from the network 71 may be stored in the storage medium 102 or the auxiliary storage unit 108. You may memorize in. The various data read by the CPU 101 is an example stored in the storage medium 102 or the auxiliary storage unit 108, but may be stored in the ROM 106 or may be various data downloaded from the network 71.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the usage target defined by the target data is not limited to that described above or illustrated. For example, the usage target may be determined according to the manufacturer, the type, the grade, or the used time zone of the home appliance 30.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the usage target defined by the target data may be determined for an arbitrary purpose. For example, the target data may determine that the home appliance 30 is not used in a specific time period as a usage target. Thereby, information processor 10, 10a can urge a user to avoid the peak time zone when electricity is used in use of household appliances 30, for example. In addition, the target data may be set as a usage target, for example, a usage state of the home appliance 30 that uses less power. Thereby, the information processing apparatuses 10 and 10a can teach the user how to use the home appliance 30 optimally in order to realize energy saving.

  In each embodiment mentioned above, information processor 10 and 10a may compute the point showing the total achievement degree of a use target according to the use situation of household appliances 30. In this case, for example, the target data includes information on points given to the user when the use target is achieved. When it is determined that the use target indicated by the target data has been achieved, the information processing apparatus 10 or 10a refers to the information on the points included in the target data and adds points for each user. And the privilege according to the point which the said user acquired is given to a user. In addition, the target data may determine the value of points acquired by the user as a usage target.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the information processing apparatuses 10 and 10a may use target data that defines an undesired usage target for the usage status of the home appliance 30. When the undesired usage goal is achieved, for example, a privilege that is disadvantageous to the user is given such as resetting the usage goal already achieved or subtracting the acquired points. As a result, the information processing apparatuses 10 and 10a can prompt the user to adopt a desirable method of use when using the electrical device.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the connection mode of various devices included in the information processing systems 1 and 1a is not limited to that described above. For example, the terminal device 20 may be connected to the access point 40 and communicate with the information processing devices 10 and 10a via the access point 40.

  In addition, you may make it implement | achieve a part of information processing apparatus 10,10a in the embodiment mentioned above, and the terminal device 20, for example, the control part 13 and the control part 25 with a computer. In that case, the program for realizing the control function may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium may be read by a computer system and executed. Here, the “computer system” is a computer system built in the information processing apparatus 10, 10a or the terminal device 20, and includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” is a medium that dynamically holds a program for a short time, such as a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line, In such a case, a volatile memory inside a computer system serving as a server or a client may be included and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, or may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  Moreover, you may implement | achieve part or all of the information processing apparatus 10, 10a in the embodiment mentioned above, and the terminal device 20 as integrated circuits, such as LSI (Large Scale Integration). Each functional block of the information processing devices 10, 10a and the terminal device 20 may be individually made into a processor, or a part or all of them may be integrated into a processor. Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI, and may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. Further, in the case where an integrated circuit technology that replaces LSI appears due to progress in semiconductor technology, an integrated circuit based on the technology may be used.

  As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the above, and various design changes and the like can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is possible to

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1a ... Information processing system 10, 10a ... Information processing apparatus, 11 ... Communication part, 111 ... Reception part, 112 ... Transmission part, 12 ... Storage part, 121 ... Home appliance data storage part, 122 ... Target data storage part, 123 ... Determination result data storage unit, 13 ... Control unit, 131 ... Acquisition unit, 132 ... Determination unit, 20 ... Terminal device, 21 ... Communication unit, 211 ... Reception unit, 212 ... Transmission unit, 22 ... Input unit, 23 ... Display unit, 24 ... storage unit, 25 ... control unit, 251 ... display processing unit, 30 ... home appliance, 31 ... air conditioner, 32 ... microwave oven, 33 ... refrigerator, 34 ... washing machine, 35 ... vacuum cleaner, 40 ... access point 50 ... Server device, NW ... Network

Claims (6)

A storage unit for storing target data indicating combinations of usage targets of a plurality of home appliances;
An acquisition unit that acquires usage data indicating usage status of the plurality of home appliances;
A determination unit that refers to the target data stored in the storage unit and determines whether or not the usage state of the household electrical appliance indicated by the use data acquired by the acquisition unit has achieved the combination of the usage targets;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The storage unit stores in advance use target data indicating a use target of a home appliance according to a grade of the home appliance,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. Each of the usage data acquired by the acquisition unit indicates a usage situation specific to the home appliance.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus. An acquisition unit for acquiring usage data indicating the usage status of a plurality of home appliances;
With reference to target data indicating a combination of usage targets of a plurality of household electrical appliances stored in other devices, whether the usage status of the household electrical appliances indicated by the usage data acquired by the acquisition unit has achieved the combination of usage targets A determination unit for determining whether or not,
An information processing apparatus comprising: An information processing method in an information processing apparatus including a storage unit that stores target data indicating a combination of usage targets of a plurality of home appliances,
The information processing apparatus obtains usage data indicating usage status of the plurality of home appliances; and
Whether the information processing apparatus refers to the target data stored in the storage unit, and the usage status of the home appliances indicated by the usage data acquired in the acquisition process has achieved the combination of the usage targets A determination process for determining
An information processing method comprising: In a computer of an information processing apparatus including a storage unit that stores target data indicating a combination of usage targets of a plurality of home appliances,
An acquisition procedure for acquiring usage data indicating usage status of the plurality of home appliances,
A determination procedure for referring to the target data stored in the storage unit and determining whether or not the usage status of the household electrical appliance indicated by the use data acquired in the acquisition procedure has achieved the combination of the usage targets;
A program for running

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