JP6123340B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that enable a user to easily select and activate a desired application.

In recent years, smartphones that display a screen that includes one or more icons (hereinafter referred to as “shortcut icons”) that are pressed to activate an application as a menu screen have become widespread. In recent years, the number of applications that can be executed on such smartphones has increased rapidly. For this reason, it is difficult to include a shortcut icon of an application that can be executed on a smartphone on only one page of the menu screen, and it is necessary to include it on a plurality of pages. The number of pages on the menu screen increases as the number of applications increases.
In order to improve the convenience of users who use smartphones that display such menu screens, a menu screen that includes shortcut icons for applications that are likely to be used by users based on usage history, current time, etc. A technique for displaying is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-150804 A

  However, with the technique described in Patent Document 1, it takes time for a user to search for a target application, and it is difficult to easily search for desired application software (hereinafter abbreviated as “application”).

An object of the present invention is to present a user with an application corresponding to the current date and time and the current position based on the use history or activation history of the application.

In order to solve the above problems, an information processing device of one embodiment of the present invention provides:
First display control means for displaying each icon in a predetermined arrangement order when displaying a first icon screen on which icons for starting applications are arranged;
A second icon in which predetermined icons among the icons arranged on the first icon screen are selected and arranged redundantly with the first icon screen, and the display priority is set higher than that of the first icon screen. Second display control means for displaying a screen;
A selection means for selecting an application corresponding to the current date and time and the current position based on the use history in which the use date and time and the usage position are registered for each application;
The second display control means displays an icon corresponding to the application selected by the selection means on the second icon screen .

According to the present invention, an application corresponding to the current date and time and the current position can be presented to the user based on the usage history or activation history of the application.

It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the information processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure for performing an application display process among the functional structures of information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the selection table for weekdays memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the information processing apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the selection table for holidays memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the information processing apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the definition table memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the information processing apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which displayed the image of the shortcut icon of a recommended application on the output part of the information processing apparatus provided with the functional structure of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which displayed the shortcut icon of the recommended application on the output part of the information processing apparatus provided with the functional structure of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the flow of the starting performance memory | storage process which the information processing apparatus of FIG. 1 which has the functional structure of FIG. 2 performs. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of application display processing executed by the information processing apparatus of FIG. 1 having the functional configuration of FIG. 2. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of application display processing executed by the information processing apparatus of FIG. 1 having the functional configuration of FIG. 2.

An information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied can take an embodiment such as a mobile terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet computer that executes one or more applications.
Hereinafter, the configuration of the information processing apparatus according to such an embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

[Hardware configuration]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The information processing apparatus 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a bus 14, an input / output interface 15, an output unit 16, and an input unit. 17, a sensor unit 18, a storage unit 19, a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit 20, a communication unit 21, and a drive 22.

  The CPU 11 executes various processes according to a program recorded in the ROM 12 or a program loaded from the storage unit 19 to the RAM 13.

  The RAM 13 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 11 to execute various processes.

  The CPU 11, ROM 12, and RAM 13 are connected to each other via a bus 14. An input / output interface 15 is also connected to the bus 14. An output unit 16, an input unit 17, a sensor unit 18, a storage unit 19, a GPS unit 20, a communication unit 21, and a drive 22 are connected to the input / output interface 15.

The output unit 16 includes a display, a speaker, and the like, and outputs images and sounds.
The input unit 17 is configured with a keyboard, various buttons, and the like, and inputs various information according to an instruction operation by the operator. Here, in the present embodiment, the input unit 17 is further configured to include a touch panel stacked on the display of the output unit 16.

The sensor unit 18 measures a change in state accompanying the movement of the information processing apparatus 1. In the present embodiment, the sensor unit 18 is configured to include a triaxial geomagnetic sensor and a triaxial acceleration sensor.
The triaxial geomagnetic sensor detects, for example, the triaxial (X, Y, Z) components of the geomagnetism using an MI element whose impedance changes according to the fluctuation of the external magnetic field, and generates triaxial geomagnetic data representing the detection result. Output.
The triaxial acceleration sensor detects a triaxial acceleration component by a piezoresistive type or a capacitance type detection mechanism, and outputs acceleration data for each triaxial component representing the detection result. Note that the triaxial components detected by the triaxial acceleration sensor correspond to the triaxial (X, Y, Z) components of the triaxial geomagnetic sensor, respectively.

  The storage unit 19 is composed of a hard disk, a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), or the like, and stores various image data.

When the GPS unit 20 receives GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites, based on the GPS signals, the data indicating the current position of the information processing apparatus 1, specifically, each of latitude, longitude, and altitude Data (these data are collectively referred to as “position information” hereinafter) is calculated. This position information includes information on the position where the application is used by the user.
The communication unit 21 controls communication with other devices (not shown) via a network including the Internet.

  A removable medium 31 composed of a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately attached to the drive 22. The program read from the removable medium 31 by the drive 22 is installed in the storage unit 19 as necessary. The removable medium 31 can also store various data such as image data stored in the storage unit 19 in the same manner as the storage unit 19.

[Functional configuration]
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for executing an application display process among the functional configurations of the information processing apparatus 1.
The application display process refers to a series of processes until an application attribute is specified based on date information, status information, and the like, and a shortcut icon of an application belonging to the specified attribute is displayed on the output unit 16.

When the application display process is executed, in the CPU 11, the main control unit 41, the date and time specifying unit 42, the position specifying unit 43, the situation specifying unit 44, the attribute selecting unit 45, and the activation record storage control unit 46 The application selection unit 47 and the display control unit 48 function.
As one area of the storage unit 19, an activation record storage unit 61, a selection table storage unit 62, and a definition table storage unit 63 are provided.

  The activation record storage unit 61 stores the activation record of the application activated by the user.

The selection table storage unit 62 stores a selection table that defines application group relationships.
An application group refers to an application group having attributes of each application. The application attribute refers to the genre or category to which the application belongs. Various genres including “entertainment”, “game”, “photo / video”, “news”, “book”, “music”, and the like are employed as application attributes in the present embodiment. Details of the selection table will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  The main control unit 41 controls the entire information processing apparatus 1 when the information processing apparatus 1 executes application display processing.

  The date and time specifying unit 42 specifies the current date and time when the application is used based on the count information from the main control unit 41. The date specification unit 42 supplies information indicating the specified date (hereinafter referred to as “date information”) to the attribute selection unit 45. This date / time information includes date and time information used by the user by the application.

The position specifying unit 43 specifies the position of the user when the application is used based on the position information calculated by the GPS unit 20.
Specifically, the position specifying unit 43 stores in advance, in the storage unit 19, position information when positioning is performed in the vicinity of the home in advance based on the operation of the input unit 17 by the user. Similarly, the position specifying unit 43 stores in advance, in the storage unit 19, position information when positioning is performed in the vicinity of the company (work place) in advance based on the operation of the input unit 17 by the user. Keep it. The position specifying unit 43 specifies the position of the user who uses the application based on the position information stored in advance in the storage unit 19 and the position information calculated by the GPS unit 20. The position specifying unit 43 supplies the specified position information to the attribute selecting unit 45.

The situation specifying unit 44 generates situation information indicating a user's situation when the application is used based on the three-axis acceleration data output from the sensor unit 18, and based on the user's situation information, Identify the situation of users who use. For example, when the situation specifying unit 44 acquires the triaxial acceleration data output from the sensor unit 18, the situation specifying unit 44 obtains a vibration cycle based on the triaxial acceleration data, and mainly determines a vibration cycle in the vertical direction (obtained from the X component). The situation information in the case where the application is used is generated using the vibration period). This situation information includes information indicating the external state of the user (particularly the moving state of the user) specified by the external environment, such as moving by train, stopping, or moving on foot.
A series of processes executed until the situation specifying unit 44 generates situation information in this way is hereinafter referred to as “situation information generation process”.
Here, the types of situation information that can be generated by the situation information generation process are not particularly limited as long as they indicate an external state of an arbitrary type of user, but at least a plurality of types are necessary. Therefore, in the present embodiment, situation information indicating the status of two types of users, that is, status information indicating “stop” and “moving by train” can be generated by the situation information generation process.

  For example, when each component of the triaxial acceleration data output from the sensor unit 18 is substantially 0 (that is, when no acceleration is detected by the triaxial acceleration sensor), the user is “stopped”. The status information shown is generated.

  Similarly, the vertical vibration cycle obtained from the X component of the triaxial acceleration data output from the sensor unit 18 is equal to or less than a specific vibration cycle, and the horizontal cycle obtained from the Y component of the triaxial acceleration data. The vibration period in the direction is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and after Y-axis triaxial acceleration data output from the triaxial acceleration sensor of the sensor unit 18 is detected, the Y component detected by the sensor unit 18 When 3-axis acceleration data acting in the opposite direction is not detected (that is, the 3-axis acceleration sensor detects that the vertical vibration period is small and the horizontal vibration period exceeds a predetermined value, and after detection When the reverse acceleration (stopping operation) is not detected), the situation information indicating that the user is “moving by train” is generated.

Furthermore, the situation specifying unit 44 specifies state information based on the generated situation information and the position information specified by the position specifying unit 43. This state information includes information on the state of the user when the application is used by the user.
When the generated status information is “stop” and the position information specified by the position specifying unit 43 is near the home, the status specifying unit 44 specifies that the status information is “at home status”. In addition, when the generated situation information is “stopped” and the position information specified by the position specifying unit 43 is near the company, the state specifying unit 44 specifies that the state information is “company working state”. . The situation specifying unit 44 specifies that the status information is “stopped” when the generated status information is “stopped” and the position information specified by the position specifying unit 43 is not home or office. To do. In addition, when the generated situation information is “move by train” and the position information specified by the position specifying unit 43 is not home or office, the state information is “train ride state”. Identifies it.

  When the application uses the status information specifying the status information based on the status information generated by executing the status information generation processing and the location information specified by the location specifying unit 43 in this way. Is supplied to the attribute selection unit 45, the activation record storage control unit 46, and the application selection unit 47.

  The attribute selection unit 45 selects a predetermined one from a plurality of “application groups” based on the date information specified by the date specification unit 42 and the state information specified by the situation specification unit 44. decide. The state information is specified based on the situation information generated by the situation specifying unit 44 and the position information specified by the position specifying unit 43. Then, the attribute selection unit 45 recognizes a combination pattern of “application attributes” assigned to the determined “application group”, and selects one or more application attributes belonging to the recognized pattern. The selection of application attributes will be described with reference to FIGS.

3 and 4 show a predetermined date information and a predetermined state information among a plurality of date information and a plurality of status information stored in the storage unit 19 of the information processing apparatus 1 of FIG. An example of a table in which an “application group” for each calendar that associates the combinations is defined. The attribute selection unit 45 selects one “application group” based on this table. Therefore, the tables shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 are hereinafter referred to as “selection tables”.
FIG. 3 shows a selection table for weekdays, and FIG. 4 shows a selection table for holidays. In this embodiment, a holiday means a day listed in each item of Article 1, Paragraph 1 of the Law on Holidays of Administrative Organizations, that is, a day of the week such as Saturday, Sunday, or a national holiday. Similarly, weekdays mean days of the week other than holidays. The attribute selection unit 45 can arbitrarily set weekdays and holidays based on the operation of the input unit 17 by the user.
The weekday selection table of FIG. 3 stores status information L1, L2, L3, and L4 of each user for each of the date and time information T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5. In the selection table for weekdays in FIG. 3, information on a plurality of application groups M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, and M6 includes date and time information T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5, and information on each user. The state information is stored in association with L1, L2, L3, and L4.
Similarly, the holiday selection table of FIG. 4 stores status information L5, L6, L7, and L8 of each user for each of the date and time information T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5. The holiday selection table of FIG. 4 includes information on a plurality of application groups M3, M4, H1, H2, and H3, date / time information T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5, and status information of each user. L5, L6, L7, and L8 are stored in association with each other.
The date and time information T1 indicates “wake-up time zone (7: 0 to 7:59)”, the date and time information T2 indicates “commuting time zone (8:00 to 8:59)”, and the date and time information T3 indicates “ "Working hours (9: 00 to 11: 59) (13: 00 to 17: 59)", and date information T4 represents "break hours (12: 00 to 12: 59)" and date information T5 Indicates “time zone after work (18: 00 to 5: 59)”.
Further, the state information L1 and L5 indicate information indicating “at-home status”, the state information L2 and L6 indicate information indicating “company working state”, and the state information L3 and L7 indicate “stop state”. The state information L4 and L8 indicate information indicating the “train riding state”.
Each of the application groups M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, H1, H2, and H3 is defined such that a combination pattern of one or more attributes of a plurality of applications is different. For example, when the date and time information is T2 and the user status information is “at home status (status information L2)” on the weekday, the attribute selection unit 45 refers to the selection table in FIG. The application group M2 is determined from the application groups. Next, details of the groups M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, H1, H2, and H3 of each application will be described with reference to the definition table of FIG. 5 stored in the definition table storage unit 63.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a definition table stored in the storage unit 19 of the information processing apparatus 1 in FIG. The definition table shows a combination pattern of one or more attributes of the application assigned to each of the application groups M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, H1, H2, and H3. For example, a combination pattern of “weather”, “navigation”, “news”, and “utility” is assigned to the application group M1 as “application attributes”. In addition, a pattern of combinations of “entertainment”, “game”, “photo / video”, “news”, “book”, and “music” is assigned to the application group M2 as “application attributes”. Yes.
The attribute selection unit 45 recognizes the combination pattern of “application attributes” assigned to the “application group” determined based on the selection tables of FIGS. 3 and 4 with reference to the definition table of FIG. Then, the attribute selection unit 45 selects one or more application attributes belonging to the recognized pattern.
For example, when the group of applications determined with reference to the selection tables of FIGS. 3 and 4 is “M2”, the attribute selection unit 45 includes “entertainment”, “game”, Select the attributes “Photo / Video”, “News”, “Book”, and “Music”.

Returning to FIG. 2, the activation record storage control unit 46 performs control for causing the activation record storage unit 61 to store the activation record of the application activated by the main control unit 41 based on the operation of the input unit 17 by the user.
The activation record storage control unit 46 includes information on the attribute of the application activated by the main control unit 41, information on the date and time when the application was activated, information on the position where the application was activated, and activation of the application. The activation result storage unit 61 stores the activation result data in which the user's situation at the time and the ID of the user who has operated the input unit 17 for starting the application are associated with each other. Specifically, for example, the activation record storage control unit 46 performs control to store the activation record of the application evaluated based on the number of activations of the application in the activation record storage unit 61. The activation record storage control unit 46 can also evaluate this activation record based on the number of activations per predetermined unit time. In this case, the activation record storage control unit 46 performs control to store the number of application activations performed per unit time as an evaluation of the activation record.
The activation record storage control unit 46 changes the date / time information in the selection table according to the date / time when the application is actually activated according to the user's operation.

The application selection unit 47 selects one or more applications belonging to the attribute selected by the attribute selection unit 45 based on the selection tables of FIGS. 3 and 4 and the definition table of FIG. Then, the application selection unit 47 selects an application to be recommended to the user (hereinafter referred to as “recommended application”) among the selected one or more applications. “Recommended application” refers to an application that is most suitable for use by a user in view of the current user situation among a plurality of applications.
The application selection unit 47 includes at least one or more applications among the applications belonging to the attribute selected by the attribute selection unit 45 in accordance with the activation record stored in the activation record storage unit 61 by the activation record storage control unit 46. As the recommended application. For example, the application selection unit 47 refers to the definition table in FIG. 5 and displays “entertainment”, “game”, “photo / video”, “news”, “book”, “music” corresponding to the application group M2. As an application attribute.
The application selection unit 47 highly evaluates the activation results in the attributes of the applications belonging to the attributes “entertainment”, “game”, “photo / video”, “news”, “book”, and “music” of the selected application. Selected applications as recommended applications. The evaluation of the start record is determined based on the start record stored in the start record storage unit 61. The application selection unit 47 supplies the selected recommended application information to the display control unit 48.

The display control unit 48 performs control to display the shortcut icon of the application selected by the application selection unit 47 on the output unit 16. Specifically, the display control unit 48 includes a shortcut icon that is operated based on the operation of the input unit 17 by the user and is activated by the application selection unit 47 for each of one or more applications. Control to display the screen on the output unit 16 is executed.
The display control unit 48 performs control to select one of the original screen and the alias screen as the screen including the shortcut icon and display the selected screen. The original screen includes a shortcut icon of an application preset (registered) by the user. The alias screen includes a shortcut icon of a recommended application selected by the application selection unit 47 among applications preset (registered) by the user.
Next, an example in which the shortcut icon of the recommended application selected by the application selection unit 47 is displayed on the output unit 16 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  6 is a diagram showing a state in which images of shortcut icons i1, i2, i3, i4, i5, i6, i7, i8 of recommended applications are displayed on the output unit 16 of the information processing apparatus 1 having the functional configuration of FIG. It is. FIG. 6 (1) is a diagram showing the original screen displayed on the output unit 16. FIGS. 6 (2), 6 (3), and 6 (4) are diagrams showing alias screens displayed on the output unit 16, respectively. The area F below the output unit 16 is composed of a fixed area that does not change in any of the original screen and the alias screen.

For example, the case where M2 is selected as an application group by the attribute selection unit 45 will be described. In this case, the application selection unit 47 selects “entertainment”, “game”, “photo / video”, “news”, “book”, and “music” belonging to the application group M2 as application attributes. When the attribute of the application belonging to the group M2 is selected, the application selection unit 47 selects at least one or more applications among the applications having the selected attribute based on the activation record stored in the activation record storage unit 61. As the recommended application. When the recommended application is selected, as shown in FIG. 6 (3), the display control unit 48 displays the shortcut icons i1, i2, i3, i4 of the selected recommended application on the alias screen. As shown in FIGS. 6 (2), (3), and (4), a plurality of alias screens are provided for each of the application groups M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, H1, H2, and H3. Yes.
Note that the display control unit 48 does not operate the shortcut icon of the recommended application based on the operation of the input unit 17 by the user within a predetermined time during the display of the alias screen. In place of the alias screens of 2), (3), and (4), control for displaying the shortcut icon of the application is executed on the original screen of FIG. 6 (1). Next, a plurality of alias screens provided for each recommended application group will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a recommended application shortcut icon is displayed on the output unit 16 of the information processing apparatus 1 having the functional configuration of FIG. 2. 7 (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) are diagrams showing shortcut icons of recommended applications belonging to the attributes of each application.

With reference to FIG. 7A, a case will be described in which the attribute grouping unit M1 is selected by the attribute selecting unit 45 and the “weather” attribute is selected from the selected group of application M1. In this case, the application selection unit 47 selects “weather 1” as a recommended application among a plurality of applications belonging to “weather”. The display control unit 48 then performs control to display the shortcut icon i9 of the selected recommended application “weather 1” on the output unit 16.
Similarly, a case will be described in which the application selection unit 47 selects the application group M1 and the “utility” attribute is selected from the selected application group M1. In this case, the application selection unit 47 selects “alarm” as a recommended application among a plurality of applications belonging to “utility”. The display control unit 48 then performs control to display the shortcut icon i10 of the selected recommended application “alarm” on the output unit 16.

Next, with reference to FIG. 8, the startup record storage process executed by the information processing apparatus 1 having the functional configuration shown in FIG. 2 will be described.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of activation record storage processing executed by the information processing apparatus 1 of FIG. 1 having the functional configuration of FIG.

  The startup record storage process is started when the power is turned on by the user, and the following process is executed.

  In step S11, the activation record storage control unit 46 determines whether a predetermined application has been activated. When the predetermined application is not activated, it is determined as NO in Step S11, and the process returns to Step S11. In other words, the startup record storage process is in a standby state until a predetermined application is started. On the other hand, when the predetermined application is activated, it is determined as YES in Step S11, and the process proceeds to Step S12.

In step S <b> 12, the activation record storage control unit 46 specifies the position of the user based on the position information calculated by the GPS unit 20.
In step S <b> 13, the activation record storage control unit 46 specifies the date and time when the application is used based on the count information from the main control unit 41.
In step S <b> 14, the activation record storage control unit 46 displays status information indicating a user's situation when the application is used based on the triaxial geomagnetic data output from the sensor unit 18 and the acceleration data for each triaxial component. The situation of the user who uses the application is generated based on the situation information of the user.

  In step S15, the activation record storage control unit 46 associates the identified user position, date and time, and user status with the information of the application activated in step S11, and as the activation record data storage unit The control stored in 61 is executed.

  In step S16, the activation record storage control unit 46 determines whether or not an end instruction has been received. If an end instruction has not been received, NO is determined in step S16, and the process returns to step S11. That is, the processes in steps S11 to S16 are repeated until an end instruction is received. On the other hand, if an end instruction is received, it is determined as YES in step S16, and the startup record storing process ends.

Next, application display processing executed by the information processing apparatus 1 having the functional configuration shown in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
9 and 10 are flowcharts for explaining the flow of application display processing executed by the information processing apparatus 1 of FIG. 1 having the functional configuration of FIG. The application display process of FIGS. 9 and 10 is performed independently of the activation record storage control process of FIG.

  The application display process is started when a predetermined operation is performed on the input unit 17 by the user, and the following process is executed.

  In step S31, the main control unit 41 determines whether or not the power is turned on based on an operation on the input unit 17 by the user. If the power is off, it is determined as NO in step S31, and the process returns to step S31. That is, until the power is turned on, the process of step S31 is repeatedly executed, and the application display process enters a standby state. On the other hand, when the power is turned on, it is determined as YES in Step S31, and the process proceeds to Step S32.

In step S <b> 32, the position specifying unit 43 specifies the position of the user based on the position information calculated by the GPS unit 20.
In step S <b> 33, the date and time specifying unit 42 specifies the date and time when the application is used based on the count information from the main control unit 41.
In step S <b> 34, the situation specifying unit 44 generates situation information indicating a user situation when the application is used based on the triaxial geomagnetic data output from the sensor unit 18 and the acceleration data for each triaxial component. Based on the status information of the user, the status of the user who uses the application is specified.

  In step S35, the situation specifying unit 44 determines the current location of the information processing apparatus 1 based on the position of the user specified in step S32. If the current location of the information processing apparatus 1 is a company (work location), the process proceeds to step S36.

In step S36, the situation specifying unit 44 determines whether the current day is a weekday based on the date and time specified in step S33. If the current day is a weekday, it is determined as YES in step S36, and the process proceeds to step S37.
In step S37, the situation specifying unit 44 specifies the current state information as L1. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S49. The processing after step S48 will be described later.

On the other hand, if it is not a weekday at present, it is determined as NO in Step S36, and the process proceeds to Step S38.
In step S38, the situation specifying unit 44 specifies the current state information as L5. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S49. The processing after step S49 will be described later.
If the current location of the information processing apparatus 1 is home, the process proceeds to step S39.

In step S39, the attribute selection unit 45 determines whether the current day is a weekday based on the date and time specified in step S33. If it is currently a weekday, it is determined as YES in Step S39, and the process proceeds to Step S40.
In step S40, the situation specifying unit 44 specifies the current state information as L2. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S49. The processing after step S49 will be described later.

On the other hand, if it is not a weekday, it is determined as NO in step S39, and the process proceeds to step S41.
In step S41, the situation specifying unit 44 specifies the current state information as L6. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S49. The processing after step S49 will be described later.

  If the current location of the information processing apparatus 1 is other than the company (work location) or home, the process proceeds to step S42.

  In step S <b> 42, the situation specifying unit 44 determines whether or not the user situation information is “move by train”. If it is “move by train”, it is determined as YES in step S42, and the process proceeds to step S43.

In step S43, the attribute selection unit 45 determines whether the current day is a weekday based on the date and time specified in step S33. If it is currently a weekday, it is determined as YES in step S43, and the process proceeds to step S44.
In step S44, the situation specifying unit 44 specifies the current state information as L3. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S49. The processing after step S49 will be described later.

On the other hand, if it is not a weekday, it is determined as NO in step S43, and the process proceeds to step S45.
In step S45, the situation specifying unit 44 specifies the current state information as L7. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S49. The processing after step S49 will be described later.

  If it is not “move by train”, it is determined as NO in step S42, and the process proceeds to step S46.

In step S46, the attribute selection unit 45 determines whether the current day is a weekday based on the date and time acquired in step S33. If the current day is a weekday, it is determined as YES in step S46, and the process proceeds to step S47.
In step S47, the situation specifying unit 44 specifies the current state information as L4. When this process ends, the process proceeds to step S49. The processing after step S49 will be described later.

On the other hand, if it is not a weekday, it is determined as NO in step S46, and the process proceeds to step S48.
In step S48, the situation specifying unit 44 specifies the current state information as L8.

In step S49, the attribute selection unit 45 determines an application group based on the state information specified in step S37, S38, S40, S41, S44, S45, S47, or S48 and the date and time specified in step S32. .
In this process, the attribute selection unit 45 refers to the selection tables of FIGS. 3 and 4 and uses the specified state information L1 to L8 and the date and time information T1 to T5 indicating the specified date and time information. Groups M1 to M6 and H1 to H3 are determined.

  In step S50, the attribute selection unit 45 selects an application attribute based on the determined application groups M1 to M6 and H1 to H3. In this process, the attribute selection unit 45 refers to the definition table in FIG. 5 and selects an attribute included in the determined application group.

  In step S51, the application selection unit 47 recommends at least one or more applications among the applications belonging to the respective attributes selected in step S50 based on the activation record stored in the activation record storage unit 61. Choose as. In this process, the application selection unit 47 refers to the activation record stored in the activation record storage unit 61 and selects, as the recommended application, an application whose activation record is highly evaluated in each selected attribute. To do.

  In step S52, the display control unit 48 arranges and displays the shortcut icon of the recommended application selected in step S50 on the alias screen of the output unit 16.

As described above, the information processing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment includes the date and time specifying unit 42, the position specifying unit 43, the situation specifying unit 44, and the attribute selecting unit 45. The date and time specifying unit 42 specifies the date and time when the application is used by the user. The position specifying unit 43 specifies the position of the user when the application is used. The situation specifying unit 44 specifies a user situation when the application is used. The attribute selecting unit 45 is an application that can be used by the user who exists at the position specified by the position specifying unit 43 at the date specified by the date specifying unit 42 in the situation of the user specified by the situation specifying unit 44. Select an attribute from a plurality of attributes.
Thereby, the attribute of the application according to the date and time, the position, and the situation in which the user uses the application is selected. Therefore, since the application attribute corresponding to the TPO is selected, the user can easily use the desired application.

  In addition, the situation specifying unit 44 of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment specifies the user's situation based on the sensor information acquired from the sensor unit 18 that measures a change in state accompanying the movement of the information processing apparatus 1. Thereby, for example, when the user who owns the apparatus main body of the information processing apparatus 1 is moving on a train, an application for presenting train transfer guidance information is selected. On the other hand, when the user who owns the apparatus main body of the information processing apparatus 1 is relaxed and stopped at a cafe or the like, an application that presents an electronic book or movie application is selected. Therefore, an application required by the user is accurately selected according to the user's state.

The information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment further includes a display control unit 48.
The display control unit 48 performs control for causing the output unit 16 to display at least one shortcut icon among the applications selected by the attribute selection unit 45.
As a result, an application having an attribute selected in accordance with the TPO is displayed, so that an application required by the user can be easily used.

Further, the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a startup record storage control unit 46 and an application selection unit 47. The activation record storage control unit 46 executes control for causing the storage unit 19 to store the activation record of the application activated by the user. The application selection unit 47 selects at least one or more applications among the applications belonging to the attribute selected by the attribute selection unit 45 based on the activation results stored in the storage unit 19 under the control of the activation result storage control unit 46. To do. Then, the display control unit 48 executes control for displaying the shortcut icon of the application selected by the application selection unit 47 on the output unit 16.
Thereby, since the application which a user uses frequently can be displayed in the form which a user tends to start, a user can use a desired application easily.

Further, the date and time information specified by the date and time specifying unit 42 of the information processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes information on the day of the week on which the application is used by the user.
Thus, by setting the application that the user needs for each day of the week, for example, the application can be displayed finely according to whether the user is in a work state or a play state. A desired application can be easily used.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, The deformation | transformation in the range which can achieve the objective of this invention, improvement, etc. are included in this invention.

  In the above-described embodiment, the display control unit 48 performs control to display the shortcut icon of the application selected by the application selection unit 47 on the output unit 16, but is not limited thereto. For example, the display control unit 48 can execute control for prohibiting display of at least one or more shortcut icons among the applications selected by the attribute selection unit 45 on the output unit 16. Thereby, since the application of the attribute selected according to TPO can be hidden, only the application that the user needs can be easily used.

In the above-described embodiment, the state information indicating the stop state or the train ride state can be acquired by the state information generation process, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, state information indicating a walking state or a running state may be acquired by the state information generation process. In this case, when the vertical vibration period obtained from the X component of the three-axis acceleration data output from the sensor unit 18 is approximately 2 Hz, the three-axis acceleration sensor detects that the vertical vibration period is 2 Hz. The condition information is satisfied, and the state information indicating that the movement state of the user is the “walking state” is acquired.
Similarly, when the vertical vibration period obtained from the X component of the triaxial acceleration data output from the sensor unit 18 is 2 Hz or more, the vertical vibration period exceeds 2 Hz by the triaxial acceleration sensor. The condition information indicating that the detection condition is satisfied and the movement state of the user is the “running state” is acquired.

Moreover, in the above-mentioned embodiment, although the sensor part 18 is comprised by the triaxial geomagnetic sensor and the triaxial acceleration sensor, it is not restricted to this. For example, the sensor unit 18 can be configured by various sensors such as a temperature sensor, an optical sensor, an ultraviolet sensor, and an electroencephalogram sensor.
Furthermore, the sensor unit 18 can be configured by an imaging unit (not shown). In this case, it is possible to specify the location of the captured landscape by performing image processing on the landscape image captured by the imaging unit.

  In the above-described embodiment, the time zones of the date / time information T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5 are shown as described above. However, the time zone is not limited to this. Information T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 can be changed.

  In addition, the date and time information of the selection table stored in the storage unit 19 of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is the date and time information of the selection table according to the actual time when the application was actually started according to the user's operation. To change. For example, when the user falls asleep and the wake-up time is shifted by 30 minutes, the time when the user activates the application of the information processing apparatus 1 (for example, the mail application) first is delayed by 30 minutes from the usual time. It becomes. In this case, the time when the user activates the application of the mail application is set as the wake-up time, and the date / time information in FIGS. 3 and 4 is changed by 30 minutes. As a result, the application is displayed in a state where it deviates from the usual life cycle by 30 minutes, so that the user can use the necessary application without being aware of the deviation of the life cycle.

  The attribute of the application shown in FIG. 5 of the above-described embodiment is an example and is not limited to this, and can be arbitrarily set by the user. Further, the attributes of each application included in each application group are not limited to those shown in FIG. 5, and can be arbitrarily set based on user operations.

Moreover, in the above-described embodiment, the information processing apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied has been described using a smartphone or a tablet as an example, but is not particularly limited thereto.
For example, the present invention can be applied to general electronic devices having a display function. Specifically, for example, the present invention can be applied to a notebook personal computer, a television receiver, a video camera, a portable navigation device, a mobile phone, a portable game machine, and the like.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software.
In other words, the functional configuration of FIG. 2 is merely an example and is not particularly limited. That is, it is sufficient that the information processing apparatus 1 has a function capable of executing the above-described series of processing as a whole, and what functional block is used to realize this function is not particularly limited to the example of FIG. .
In addition, one functional block may be constituted by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed on a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware. The computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, for example, a general-purpose personal computer.

  The recording medium including such a program is not only constituted by the removable medium 31 of FIG. 1 distributed separately from the apparatus main body in order to provide the program to the user, but also in a state of being incorporated in the apparatus main body in advance. It is comprised with the recording medium etc. which are provided in this. The removable medium 31 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like. The optical disk is composed of, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), a Blu-ray disc (registered trademark), and the like. The magneto-optical disk is configured by an MD (Mini-Disk) or the like. In addition, the recording medium provided to the user in a state of being preliminarily incorporated in the apparatus main body includes, for example, the ROM 12 in FIG. 1 in which a program is recorded, the hard disk included in the storage unit 19 in FIG.

In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in time series along the order, but is not necessarily performed in time series, either in parallel or individually. The process to be executed is also included.
Further, in the present specification, the term “system” means an overall apparatus configured by a plurality of devices, a plurality of means, and the like.

  As mentioned above, although several embodiment of this invention was described, these embodiment is only an illustration and does not limit the technical scope of this invention. The present invention can take other various embodiments, and various modifications such as omission and replacement can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention described in this specification and the like, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

The invention described in the scope of claims at the beginning of the filing of the present application will be appended.
[Appendix 1]
A date and time specifying means for specifying the date and time when the application is used by the user;
A location specifying means for specifying the location of the user when an application is used;
A situation identifying means for identifying the situation of the user when the application is used;
At the date and time specified by the date and time specifying means, the attributes of applications that can be used by the user existing at the position specified by the position specifying means in the situation of the user specified by the situation specifying means. , An attribute selection means for selecting from a plurality of attributes;
An information processing apparatus comprising:
[Appendix 2]
The information processing apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein the situation specifying unit specifies the situation of the user based on sensor information acquired from a sensor that measures a change in state accompanying movement of the information processing apparatus.
[Appendix 3]
The additional control according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising display control means for executing control for displaying at least one or more icons among applications belonging to the attribute selected by the attribute selection means on a predetermined display device. Information processing device.
[Appendix 4]
An activation record storage control means for executing control for storing an activation record of an application activated by a user in a predetermined storage medium;
Application selection for selecting at least one or more applications among the applications belonging to the attribute selected by the attribute selection unit based on the activation record stored in the predetermined storage medium under the control of the activation record storage control unit Means,
Further comprising
The information processing apparatus according to appendix 3, wherein the display control unit executes control to display an icon of an application selected by the application selection unit on the display device.
[Appendix 5]
The information processing apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 4, wherein the date and time information specified by the date and time specifying means includes information on a day of the week on which an application is used by the user.
[Appendix 6]
The display control means executes control for prohibiting display of at least one or more icons among the applications belonging to the attribute selected by the attribute selection means on a predetermined display device. The information processing apparatus described in 1.
[Appendix 7]
An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus that selects an attribute of an application,
A date and time identification step for identifying the date and time when the application is used by the user;
A location step for identifying the location of the user when an application is used;
A situation identifying step for identifying the situation of the user when the application is used;
At the date and time specified by the date and time specifying step, the attributes of applications that can be used by the user existing at the position specified by the position specifying step and the user status specified by the status specifying step are used. An attribute selection step of selecting from a plurality of attributes;
An information processing method comprising:
[Appendix 8]
A computer that performs control to select application attributes,
Date and time specifying means for specifying the date and time when the application is used by the user,
Position specifying means for specifying the position of the user when an application is used;
A situation specifying means for specifying the situation of the user when the application is used;
At the date and time specified by the date and time specifying means, the attributes of applications that can be used by the user existing at the position specified by the position specifying means in the situation of the user specified by the situation specifying means. , Attribute selection means for selecting from a plurality of attributes,
A program characterized by functioning as

  11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 13 ... RAM, 14 ... bus, 15 ... input / output interface, 16 ... output unit, 17 ... input unit, 18 ... Sensor unit, 19 ... storage unit, 20 ... GPS unit, 21 ... communication unit, 22 ... drive, 31 ... removable media, 41 ... main control unit, 42 ... date and time Identification unit, 43 ... Position identification unit, 44 ... Situation identification unit, 45 ... Attribute selection unit, 46 ... Startup record storage control unit, 47 ... Application selection unit, 48 ... Display Control unit 61... Start result storage unit 62... Selection table storage unit 63.

Claims (6)

First display control means for displaying each icon in a predetermined arrangement order when displaying a first icon screen on which icons for starting applications are arranged;
A second icon in which predetermined icons among the icons arranged on the first icon screen are selected and arranged redundantly with the first icon screen, and the display priority is set higher than that of the first icon screen. Second display control means for displaying a screen;
A selection means for selecting an application corresponding to the current date and time and the current position based on the use history in which the use date and time and the usage position are registered for each application;
The information processing apparatus, wherein the second display control means displays an icon corresponding to the application selected by the selection means on the second icon screen . Applications corresponding to the icons arranged on the second icon screen belong to any group that classifies each application,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects an application corresponding to the current date and time and the current position for each group based on the use history for each group. First display control means for displaying each icon in a predetermined arrangement order when displaying a first icon screen on which icons for starting applications are arranged;
A second icon in which predetermined icons among the icons arranged on the first icon screen are selected and arranged redundantly with the first icon screen, and the display priority is set higher than that of the first icon screen. Second display control means for displaying a screen;
Selection means for selecting an application corresponding to the current date and time and the current position based on the activation history in which the activation date and time and the activation position are registered for each application;
The information processing apparatus, wherein the second display control means displays an icon corresponding to the application selected by the selection means on the second icon screen . Applications corresponding to the icons arranged on the second icon screen belong to any group that classifies each application,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the selection unit selects an application corresponding to the activation date and time and the activation position for each group based on the activation history for each group. Computer
First display control means for displaying each icon in a predetermined arrangement order when displaying a first icon screen on which icons for starting applications are arranged;
A second icon in which predetermined icons among the icons arranged on the first icon screen are selected and arranged redundantly with the first icon screen, and the display priority is set higher than that of the first icon screen. Second display control means for displaying a screen;
A selection means for selecting an application corresponding to the current date and time and the current position based on the use history in which the use date and time and the usage position are registered for each application
Is a program for functioning as
The second display control means causes an icon corresponding to the application selected by the selection means to be displayed on the second icon screen. Computer
First display control means for displaying each icon in a predetermined arrangement order when displaying a first icon screen on which icons for starting applications are arranged;
A second icon in which predetermined icons among the icons arranged on the first icon screen are selected and arranged redundantly with the first icon screen, and the display priority is set higher than that of the first icon screen. Second display control means for displaying a screen;
Selection means for selecting an application corresponding to the current date and time and the current position based on the activation history in which the activation date and time and the activation position are registered for each application,
Is a program for functioning as
The second display control means causes an icon corresponding to the application selected by the selection means to be displayed on the second icon screen.

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