JP2007025854A - Automatic support system and automatic support method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic support system and an automatic support method, capable of performing support processing suitable for the situation of one individual by determining whether or not to support according to the situation of another individual. <P>SOLUTION: This automatic support system 1 has a first information acquisition means 15 which acquires first relevant information between a first individual 40 and second individuals 43, 60, a support information database which records support information, a first situation determination means 15 which determines first situation regarding the first individual 40 from the first relevant information and determines whether or not the first situation fulfills a condition for supporting a third individual 72, and a support execution means 15a which supports the third individual 72 according to the support information when fulfilling the condition for supporting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic support system that acquires information about an individual and supports the individual based on the acquired information, and an automatic support method of the automatic support system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system has been developed in which a sensor for detecting a person or an object is installed at a specific location and a specific support is provided when a human or the like is detected by the sensor. For example, an automatic door system that detects a person approaching a door with a sensor and opens and closes the door corresponds to this.

  Further, in recent years, a system has been developed that not only detects the presence of a person or an object with a sensor but also detects information specific to the person or the object and performs specific support. For example, an automatic ticket gate system (see, for example, Patent Document 1) that obtains information on a station where a human has entered and information on a station where a person has entered using a non-contact type IC card, and calculates and charges a boarding fee, or contactless A vending machine system (for example, refer to Patent Document 2) that can purchase commodities without using cash by using a type IC card corresponds to this. These systems, for example, obtain information related to a person (individual) such as entry station information, entry station information, balance information, etc., and provide support such as passing a ticket gate and providing goods.

An RFID tag (Radio Frequency ID: wireless IC tag) is often used as an information recording medium capable of acquiring individual information by non-contact communication as described above. The RFID tag has a size of several millimeters to several centimeters, and can record and read data using radio waves and electromagnetic waves.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-150993 (page 4-6, FIG. 1) JP 10-105803 A (second page)

  By the way, even in a system that reads information recorded on an information recording medium such as an RFID tag and provides support specific to an individual such as a person or an object, a human or object is detected by a sensor such as an automatic door. Even in a system that determines and supports the existence of an individual such as an individual, basically, an individual to be read by an RFID tag or an individual to be detected by a sensor and its information and detection result Accordingly, the system is often a system in which the individual to be supported is the same and the detection target matches the support target.

  For this reason, there are an individual (a person or an object) that is a target for acquiring information necessary for support by a sensor or an RFID tag, and an object and an individual (a person or an object) for which support is performed based on the acquired information. If they are different, there is a problem that it is difficult to use the conventional support system.

  In particular, it is determined whether or not to support based on the status of one individual (first individual), and based on the determined information, support suitable for the status of another individual (second individual) is performed. In such a case, it is necessary to provide support in consideration of the situation related to one individual and the situation related to another individual, and thus there is a problem that it is difficult to realize support control with a conventional system. It was.

  In addition, with the development of network environments such as the Internet today, not only individuals in a real space are detected, but also individuals such as virtual persons and virtual objects are detected in a virtual space (virtual space), and predetermined support processing is performed. A system to do is desired. For this reason, there is a demand for the construction of a general-purpose support system that is not constrained by real-world locations, virtual spaces, etc., and either one individual or another individual is an individual in the real world. There is a need for a support system that can provide support even when one of the individuals is a virtual world.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and when assisting one individual, obtains and acquires information used to determine whether to assist according to the situation of another individual It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic support system and an automatic support method capable of performing a support process suitable for the situation of one individual based on the information obtained.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the automatic support system according to the present invention uses the first relationship information indicating the relationship between the first individual and the second individual related to the first individual as the first relationship information. First information acquisition means for acquiring from any of a database for recording the information, an information recording medium possessed by the first individual or the second individual, a sensor for detecting the first individual and the second individual, Support execution means for supporting three individuals, a support information database for recording information necessary for performing the support as support information, and first relation information acquired by the first information acquisition means A first situation determination means for judging a first situation relating to the first individual and judging whether or not the first situation satisfies a condition for providing support to the third individual; The support real The means obtains support information suitable for the first situation from the assistance information database when the first situation judgment means judges that the conditions for performing the support are satisfied, and has been obtained. Support is provided for the third individual based on support information.

  The automatic support system according to the present invention includes a first environment information indicating an environment related to a first individual, a database that records the first environment information, an information recording medium included in the first individual, the first Second information acquisition means for acquiring from any of the sensors for detecting the environmental state of the individual, support execution means for supporting the third individual, and information required for performing the support as support information A first situation relating to the first individual is determined from the support information database to be recorded and the first environment information obtained by the second information obtaining means, and the first situation is determined for the third individual. First status determining means for determining whether or not a condition for performing support is satisfied, wherein the support execution means satisfies the condition for performing support in the first status determining means. If it is determined that there obtains support information appropriate for the more the support information database first situation, and performs support for the third individual based on the obtained support information.

  Further, a database for recording the second relationship information indicating the relationship with the fourth individual related to the third individual, the information recording medium possessed by the third individual or the fourth individual , A third information acquisition unit that acquires from either the third individual or the sensor that detects the fourth individual, and the second environment information acquired by the third information acquisition unit. A second situation judging means for judging a second situation and judging whether or not the second situation satisfies a condition for providing support to the third individual; The means is determined that the condition for performing the support is satisfied by the second situation determination means, and further, the condition for performing the support is determined by the first situation determination means And the support information Support information suitable for support for the third individual is acquired from the database based on the first situation and the second situation, and support for the third individual is performed based on the acquired support information You may do it.

  Furthermore, the second environment information indicating the environment related to the third individual is stored in a database that records the second environment information, an information recording medium that the third individual has, and a sensor that detects an environmental state in the third individual. The second situation relating to the third individual is determined from the fourth information obtaining means obtained from any one of the above and the environment information obtained by the fourth information obtaining means, and the second situation is the third individual. Second condition determining means for determining whether or not a condition for providing support is satisfied, wherein the support executing means satisfies the condition for performing the support in the second condition determining means And when the first situation judging means judges that the conditions for performing the support are satisfied, the first situation and the second situation are obtained from the assistance information database. Obtains support information suitable for support for the third individual based on the situation, it may be performed support for the third individual based on the obtained support information.

  In the automatic support method of the automatic support system according to the present invention, the first relationship information indicating the relationship between the first individual and the second individual related to the first individual records the first relationship information. Information acquired by the first information acquisition means from any of a database to be detected, an information recording medium possessed by the first individual or the second individual, and a sensor for detecting the first individual and the second individual. Based on the acquisition step and the first relation information acquired in the first information acquisition step, the first situation relating to the first individual is determined by the first situation determination means, and the first situation determination means A first situation determination step in which it is determined whether or not the first situation satisfies a condition for providing support to the third individual, and the support is performed in the first situation determination step. Support information suitable for the first situation is obtained from the support information database in which information necessary for performing the support is recorded as support information when it is determined that the conditions for the support are satisfied. And a support execution step in which support for the third individual is performed by the support execution unit based on the acquired support information.

  Furthermore, in the automatic support method of the automatic support system according to the present invention, the first environment information indicating the environment related to the first individual is a database that records the first environment information, the information recording medium included in the first individual, Based on the second information acquisition step acquired by the second information acquisition means from any of the sensors that detect the environmental state of the first individual, and the first environment information acquired in the second information acquisition step The first situation relating to the first individual is judged by the first situation judging means, and the first situation judging means sets conditions for the first situation to support the third individual. A first situation determination step in which it is determined whether or not the condition is satisfied, and when it is determined that the condition for performing the support is satisfied in the first situation determination step, Support information suitable for the first situation is acquired by the support execution unit from the support information database in which information necessary for providing support is recorded as support information, and the support execution unit acquires the support information based on the acquired support information. A support execution step in which support is provided to the third individual by the support execution means.

  In addition, the second relationship information indicating the relationship with the fourth individual related to the third individual is a database that records the second relationship information, the information recording medium that the third individual or the fourth individual has A third information acquisition step acquired by a third information acquisition means from any of the third individual and the sensor for detecting the fourth individual, and the second environment information acquired in the third information acquisition step Further, the second situation regarding the third individual is determined by the second situation determination means, and the second condition determination means is a condition for the second situation to support the third individual. A second situation determination step in which it is determined whether or not the condition is satisfied, and in the support execution step, the condition for performing the support in the second situation determination step is satisfied If it is determined by the support execution means and it is further determined that the conditions for performing the support are satisfied in the first situation determination step, the first situation and the second situation are determined from the support information database. Support information suitable for support for the third individual is acquired by the support execution unit based on the situation, and support for the third individual is performed by the support execution unit based on the acquired support information. It may be.

  Further, the second environment information indicating the environment related to the third individual includes a database that records the second environment information, an information recording medium that the third individual has, and a sensor that detects an environmental state of the third individual. The second situation determination means determines the second situation regarding the third individual from the fourth information acquisition step acquired by the fourth information acquisition means and the environmental information acquired in the fourth information acquisition step. And a second situation determination step in which the second situation judgment means judges whether or not the second situation satisfies a condition for providing support to the third individual. In the support execution step, the support execution unit determines that the condition for performing the support in the second situation determination step unit is satisfied, and When it is determined in the first situation determination step that the condition for performing the support is satisfied, the third individual is determined based on the first situation and the second situation from the support information database. Support information suitable for support for the third individual may be acquired by the support execution means, and the support execution means may support the third individual based on the acquired support information.

  According to the automatic support system and the automatic support method of the present invention, the first information acquisition unit acquires the first relationship information indicating the relationship between one individual and the second individual, and the second information acquisition unit includes the first information acquisition unit. The first environment information about one individual is acquired, and the first situation determination unit judges whether or not the situation of the first individual satisfies the situation for providing support. It is possible to determine whether or not to provide support for the third individual according to the situation of the first individual, instead of only based on the information (individual information).

  Furthermore, even when providing support to the third individual, the third information acquisition unit acquires the second relationship information support indicating the relationship between the third individual and the fourth individual, and the fourth information acquisition unit Obtains the second environment information about the third individual, and the second situation determination unit judges whether or not the situation of the third individual satisfies the situation for providing support. It becomes possible to perform support processing suitable for the situation of each individual.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of an automatic support system 1 according to the present invention. The automatic support system 1 includes a determination criterion creation system unit 2 and a support execution system unit 3. The determination criterion creation system unit 2 is a system that generates highly versatile type data (information item type data) that is a criterion for determining whether or not to provide support. Further, the support execution system unit 3 is a system that provides support to the support target based on the information item type data created by the determination criterion creation system unit 2. The determination criterion creation system unit 2 and the support execution system unit 3 are connected via a network 4.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration and the relationship between the determination criterion creation system unit 2 and the support execution system unit 3.

  The judgment criterion creation system unit 2 includes a situation type database 6, a situation identification unit 7, an action database 8, an action attachment unit 9, a projection relation database 10, a situation projection unit 11, and a mapping situation database 12. is doing. Furthermore, a situation database 13 and an attachment relation database 14 for recording data generated in the processing described later are provided.

  The support execution system unit 3 includes a monitoring / support unit (first information acquisition unit, second information acquisition unit, first situation determination unit) 15, a support database (support information database) 16, a history analysis unit 17, a history And a database 18. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the support execution system unit 3 can freely acquire the information item type data 36 by accessing the mapping situation database 12 via the network 4.

  The automatic support system 1 thus formed will be described individually in the first to third embodiments. Specifically, in the first embodiment, the determination criterion creation system unit 2 will be described. In the second embodiment, the support execution system unit 3 will be described. In the third embodiment, one support execution system unit 3 may be the other. A case where support processing is performed in cooperation with the support execution system unit 3 will be described.

  In addition, regarding the contents described in the first to third embodiments and the drawings used for the description, components having substantially the same functions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted. And

  As shown in FIG. 2, the determination criterion creation system unit 2 includes a situation type database 6, a situation identification unit 7, an action database 8, an action attachment unit 9, a projection relation database 10, a situation projection unit 11, a mapping situation database 12, a situation A database 13 and an attachment relation database 14 are provided.

  The situation specifying unit 7 has a role of acquiring and specifying various information related to an individual to be supported (hereinafter referred to as an individual A) and another individual related to the individual A (hereinafter referred to as an individual B). is doing. The term “individual” here is not necessarily limited to individuals (humans, objects, etc.) existing in the real world, but includes individuals (individual information) existing in a virtual world such as a network space. . For this reason, the automatic support system 1 according to the present invention can be used not only for determining the propriety of support in the real world but also for determining the propriety of support in a virtual world.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of information specified by the situation specifying unit 7. In the situation specifying unit 7, as shown in FIG. 3, information “individual information” 20 unique to the individual A or B, information “attribute information” 21 regarding the attribute of the individual, and the relationship between the individual A and the individual B Information “relation information” 22 and information “environment information” 23 related to the environment of the individual are acquired.

  Each piece of information includes at least one or more information items 25 to be determined as to whether or not to provide support. In addition, in the various information items 25, setting contents 26 that are criteria for determining whether or not to support are set in association with each information item 25.

  For example, the individual information 20 includes “name (human)”, “name (animal)” for determining and specifying whether an individual to be supported is a human, an animal, or an object, An information item 25 such as “identification number (thing)” is included, and “Taro Takahashi”, which is a name for specifying a person as setting contents corresponding to the information item 25, or for specifying an object The name “stairs”, a specific number “101010” corresponding to the identification number, and the like are set.

  Similarly, when the individual is a person, the attribute information 21 includes information items 25 related to the individual such as “age”, “sex”, “family”, “health state”, and the like. Information such as “20 years old”, “male”, “5 people”, “low back” is set as the setting content 26 associated with the item 25. When the individual is an object, an information item 25 related to the individual such as “step” is included, and information such as “15 cm” is set as the setting content 26 associated with the information item 25.

  In the relationship information 22, the relationship between the individual A and the individual B, for example, when the individual A and the individual B are humans, the relationship that the humans are “conversing” with each other, or the individual A is a human being. In the case where the individual B is a staircase, the setting content 26 indicating the relationship that the person “rises” the staircase is set in association with the information item related to the “operation state”. Further, for example, when the individual A and the individual B are parent and child, information of “parent and child” is set as the setting content 26 corresponding to the information item 25 “relationship”.

  The environment information 23 includes, for example, information items 25 related to the environment such as “time”, “temperature”, “weather”, and the setting contents 26 are “8:00 am”, “23 degrees”, “sunny weather”. "Is set.

  The situation specifying unit 7 specifies a target to be supported, specifies a situation of the target, and the like based on “individual information” 20, “attribute information” 21, “related information” 22, and “environment information” 23. First situation basic data 30 is created. The first situation basic data 30 need not always include all four types of information, and may acquire only specific information in accordance with the situation and target for support.

  The situation specifying unit 7 sets the setting contents of “individual information” 20, “attribute information” 21, “related information” 22, and “environment information” 23 to the RFID tag, the individual A, or the individual B provided in clothing / packaging. An information recording medium 27 provided in a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) possessed, a sensor (human sensor, temperature sensor, etc.) 28 capable of observing the presence / absence of the individual A or B, the temperature of the support location, etc. from the outside, Detection is performed using the database 29 or the like that can acquire information on the individual A or B via a network or the like.

  In particular, the RFID tag can read and write information in a non-contact state, and it is not always necessary to provide a driving power source in the RFID tag. Therefore, the information recording medium suitable for the automatic support system 1 according to the present invention. 27.

  In addition, since the behavior of the individual A can be determined by using a motion capture technique, an image analysis technique, or the like, it is possible to detect the relationship information regarding the operation state of the individual A, or the positional relationship between the individual A and the individual B, From the direction in which the individual A faces the individual B or the like, it is possible to detect the relationship information regarding the relative position and direction of the individual A with respect to the individual B. In addition, by using a temperature sensor, a rain sensor, or the like, it is possible to specifically detect the environmental situation related to the individual A.

  The four types of information (individual information 20, attribute information 21, relationship information 22, and environment information 23) do not necessarily have to be recorded in one database 29. For example, the attribute information of the first individual A first attribute database to be recorded; a second attribute database to which attribute information of the second individual is recorded; an environment database in which environmental information relating to the environment of the first individual is recorded; and relationship information between the individual A and the individual B It is good also as a structure which records each information in a respectively separate database, such as the relationship information database recorded.

  In the situation type database 6, information items to be determined whether or not to provide support, and setting conditions associated with the information items and used as criteria for determining whether or not to provide support are provided. The information items and setting conditions classified for each situation for which support is provided are collected as situation type data 31 according to the situation. The situation specifying unit 7 extracts the situation type data 31 suitable for the support situation and the support target from the situation type database 6, and based on the information items and setting conditions of the extracted situation type data 31, from the individual A and the individual B The information items to be acquired and the setting contents are specified, and the first situation basic data 30 is created.

  The first situation basic data 30 created by the situation specifying unit 7 is recorded in the situation database 13. The first situation basic data 30 is not necessarily recorded in the situation database 13 and is temporarily stored in a general recording medium such as a RAM or a hard disk until processing by the action attaching unit 9 is performed. The configuration may be recorded.

  In the action database 8, a plurality of pieces of information necessary for providing support are recorded. Specifically, in the action database 8, in addition to the support information 32 regarding the support content, a plurality of adhesive degree information 33 for setting the adhesive degree indicating the importance level of whether or not to provide support for each information item is recorded. .

  The action attachment unit 9 extracts the support information 32 required when supporting the individual A from the action database 8 according to the first situation basic data 30, and the first situation created by the situation identification unit 7 It is added to the basic data 30. Furthermore, the action attachment unit 9 extracts the degree-of-adhesion information 33 indicating the importance of whether or not to provide support from the action database 8 according to the first situation basic data 30, and the information item of the first situation basic data 30 The degree of adhesion is set for each, and the second situation basic data 34 is created.

  The second basic situation data 34 created by the action attachment unit 9 is recorded in the attachment relation database 14. Similarly to the first situation basic data 30, the second situation basic data 34 is not necessarily recorded in the attachment relation database 14, and is temporarily recorded in a general recording medium such as a RAM or a hard disk. It may be a configuration.

  In the projection database 10, conversion information 35 for changing the setting contents of the information items of the second situation basic data 34 created by the action attaching unit 9 to highly versatile setting conditions is recorded.

Expressions 1 to 7 show, as an example, conversion information 35 applied when setting contents are converted using a function expression.
Fself (i) = i (1)
Fany (i) = any ... Formula 2
Fnull (i) = null (3)
Fsim (i) = j Similarity (i, j)> X%
.... Formula 4
Fv-r (i) = i1... Formula 5
Fr-v (i) = i2 (6)
Frev (i) = i3...

  “I” of the function F (i) indicates the setting content, and by applying each function F (i) described above to the setting content i, each function F (i) of Equations 1 to 7 is applied. Corresponding versatile setting conditions can be obtained.

  When the function F (i) shown in Equation 1 is used, the setting content i becomes the setting condition i, and the setting condition is determined without substantially changing the setting content. When F (i) shown in Equation 2 is used, the setting content i changes to the setting condition any, and the content that has nothing to do with the setting content i (the content may be the same or different). Is determined as a setting condition.

  When the function F (i) shown in Expression 3 is used, the setting content i changes to the setting condition null, and the setting condition is determined to be empty regardless of the setting content i. When the function F (i) shown in Expression 4 is used, the setting content i changes to a setting condition j that is similar. However, the similarity degree between i and j varies depending on the set value of X%.

  When the function F (i) shown in Equation 5 is used, the setting content i set on the assumption of the virtual environment changes to the setting condition i1 suitable for the real world, from the virtual one to the real one. And the state transitions. On the other hand, when the function F (i) shown in Expression 6 is used, the setting content i set on the assumption of the real world changes to the setting condition i2 suitable for the virtual environment, and the virtual one is changed from the real one. Transition state to things.

  In Expression 7, the setting content i changes to the setting condition i3 indicating the content opposite to i. The setting content i and the setting condition i3 indicate opposite concepts and contents on the basis of a certain axis or on the basis of a predetermined point.

  The situation projection unit 11 reads the second situation basic data 34 from the attachment relation database 14, extracts information items and setting contents related to the individual A or B to be supported, and converts conversion information 35 ( For example, highly versatile setting conditions are determined for each information item by applying the function F (i)). Data for which setting conditions are determined for each setting item by the situation projection unit 11 is recorded in the mapping situation database 12 as information item type data 36. Note that the degree of adhesion set in each information item of the second situation basic data 34 is applied to each information item of the information item type data 36 as it is.

  The mapping situation database 12 records information item type data 36 generated by the situation projection unit 11. The information item type data 36 recorded in the mapping situation database 12 can be freely accessed by the monitoring / supporting unit 15 that determines whether or not to provide support. The mapping status database 12 provides information item type data 36 that is optimal for the support status of each monitoring / supporting section 15 in response to access from each monitoring / supporting section 15.

  Next, a method for the determination criterion creation system unit 2 to form the information item type data 36 according to a specific example will be described. In this embodiment, when an elderly person corresponding to the individual A goes down the stairs corresponding to the individual B, an example of performing a support process for prompting the elderly person to be careful with “Please watch out for the stairs” is given. And will be described along the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, as shown in FIG. 5, a suitable elderly person 40 is prepared as a support target, and individual information, attribute information, relational information, and environment information that satisfy the support condition are set and support should be provided. Ask the elderly person 40 to perform the prescribed action.

  Information about the elderly person 40 is stored in an RFID tag 42 installed on a shoe 41 of the elderly person 40. The RFID tag 42 has an information item “name (human)” as individual information and a setting content “Ichiro Yamada” set in association with this information item (hereinafter referred to as “information Item ”: described as“ setting content ”) and attribute information“ age ”:“ 65 years old ”,“ sex ”:“ male ”,“ family ”:“ 5 people ”,“ health state ”:“ Record "knee weakness".

  In addition, regarding the stairs 43 where the elderly person 40 goes down, “name (thing)”: “stairs” as individual information and “step”: “25 cm” as attribute information are recorded in the database 45 readable by the situation specifying unit 7. .

  In addition, on the stairs 43, a reader 44 capable of reading the RFID tag 42 of the elderly person 40 is installed in advance on the lower floor portion of the stairs, predetermined step portions (multiple locations) of the stairs, the upper floor portion of the stairs, and the like. .

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the situation specifying unit 7 extracts situation-type data 31 suitable for support control for alerting the elderly person 40 going down the stairs 43 from the situation-type database 6 (step S <b> 10). At this time, the situation specifying unit 7 determines the relationship between the individual information of the individual A (human), the individual information of the individual B (thing), the respective attribute information, depending on the situation of support and the support target. The situation type data 31 including information items with information is extracted.

  The situation specifying unit 7 acquires various information (reference numeral 47 in FIGS. 5 and 6) recorded on the RFID tag 42 of the elderly person 40 via the reader 44 (step S11), and the situation is determined from the acquired information. Information items and setting contents (reference numeral 47a in FIG. 6) corresponding to (necessary) information items and setting conditions of the type data 31 are extracted (step S12). Specifically, the situation identifying unit 7 selects “name (human)”: “Ichiro Yamada” as individual information from the information acquired from the RFID tag 42 provided on the shoe 41 of the elderly person 40, as attribute information of the elderly person. Information on “age”: “65 years old”, “sex”: “male”, “health state”: “knee weakness” is extracted.

  In addition, the situation specifying unit 7 acquires various information about the stairs 43 (reference numeral 48 in FIGS. 5 and 6) from the database 45 in which information about the stairs 43 is recorded, and the situation type data from the acquired information. Information items and setting contents corresponding to the 31 information items and setting conditions are extracted (reference numeral 48a in FIG. 6). Specifically, the situation specifying unit 7 extracts “name (thing)”: “stairs” as individual information of the stairs 43, and extracts “step”: “25 cm” as attribute information.

  When data that does not correspond to the information item of the situation type data 46 is acquired from the database 45 in which the information of the RFID tag 42 and the stairs 43 of the elderly person 40 is recorded (in this embodiment, the attribute information “family” of the elderly person 40). : The information “5 people” corresponds to this), and the situation specifying unit 7 discards these data and does not use them for the support determination described later (see reference numeral 47a in FIG. 6).

  Furthermore, the situation specifying unit 7 acquires the relationship information between the elderly person 40 and the stairs 43 based on the position information of the reader 44 that has read the individual information and attribute information from the RFID tag 42 of the elderly person 40 (FIGS. 5 and 6). 49). Specifically, the situation specifying unit 7 determines whether the elderly person 40 is going to go up or down the stairs 43 based on the temporal change of the position of the reader 44 that has read the information of the RFID tag 42. Judge the situation of whether you are resting at. In this embodiment, since support is provided when the elderly person 40 is going down the stairs 43, the information “walk down” is acquired and extracted as related information by having the elderly person 40 actually go down the stairs (see FIG. 6 at 49a).

  Individual information, attribute information, and relationship information (reference numerals 47 a, 48 a, 49 a) acquired by the situation specifying unit 7 are recorded in the situation database 13 as first situation basic data 30.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 7, the action attachment unit 9 reads out the first situation basic data 30 from the situation database 13, and supports information 32 necessary for providing assistance from the action database 8. The adhesion degree information 33 is extracted according to the first situation basic data 30 and added to the first situation basic data 30 (step S13).

  Specifically, the action attachment unit 9 reads out voice information “Please be careful about the stairs” from the action database as a support method (action) to perform support, and adds it to the first situation basic data 30. Moreover, the action attaching part 9 sets the adhesiveness shown by the numerical value of 0.0-1.0 with respect to each information item. Here, when the degree of adhesion is 1.0, it means that the degree of importance is high as an information item for determining whether or not to support, and when the degree of adhesion is 0.0, support is provided. This means that the importance is low as an information item for determining whether to perform or not.

  In the present embodiment, regarding the information “name (human)”: “Ichiro Yamada” which is individual information, the degree of importance of whether or not to provide support is low, so the degree of adhesion is set to 0.1. With regard to “age” of attribute information: “65 years old”, the older the person, the higher the tendency to fall on the stairs 43, so the degree of importance is slightly higher and the degree of adhesion is set to 0.3. Regarding the attribute information “health state”: “knee weakness”, a person with weak knees has a high risk of falling on the stairs 43, and thus the degree of adhesion is set to 0.7. Further, regarding “step”: “25 cm” which is the attribute information of the stairs 43, the degree of adhesion is set to 1.0 because there is a high risk that the elderly 40 will fall on the stairs 43 having a high step. Furthermore, regarding “walk down”, which is the relationship information between the elderly person 40 and the stairs 43, the risk of falling is higher when going down the stairs 43, so the degree of adhesion is set to 1.0. Is done. In addition, from the support status in Example 1, whether the elderly person 40 is male or female is not important as a condition for determining whether to support or not, and therefore, “sex”: “male” in the attribute information is 0. Is set to 0.0, and the individual information “name (object)” of the staircase 43: “staircase” is not important in determining whether or not to provide support. Is set.

  However, the degree of adhesion set for each information item is not limited to this value, and the history analysis unit 17 feeds back information on the setting criteria for the degree of adhesion to the action attaching unit 9 so as to respond to the actual situation. The standard for setting the degree of adhesion may be changed so that it can be supported.

  The first situation basic data 30 in which the support method and the degree of adhesion are set by the action attachment unit 9 is recorded in the attachment relation database 14 as the second situation basic data 34.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, the situation projection unit 11 reads the second situation basic data 34 from the attachment relation database 14 and applies the conversion information 35 recorded in the projection relation database 10 to apply the information. Item type data 36 is created (step S14).

  Specifically, the situation projection unit 11 applies Fany (Ichiro Yamada) (Formula 2) to the setting content “Ichiro Yamada” set in association with the information item “name (human)” of the individual information of the elderly person 40. Apply and convert the individual information of the individual to be supported into “anyone” which is a setting condition that does not depend on the specific name of the individual.

  Next, the situation projection unit 11 applies Fsim (65 years old) (Formula 4) to the setting content “65 years old” set in association with the information item “age” of the attribute information of the elderly person 40. The setting content “65 years old” is converted into a condition of “60 years old or older”, and the setting condition is determined.

  In addition, the situation projection unit 11 supports Fnull (male) (formula 3) by applying Fnull (male) to the setting content “male” set in association with the information item “gender” of the attribute information of the elderly person 40. The setting content is changed to information “null” which means that gender is not considered as a determination condition for determining whether or not to perform the setting, and the setting condition is determined.

  Furthermore, the situation projection unit 11 applies Fself (knee weakness) (formula 1) to the setting content “knee weakness” set in association with the information item “health state” of the attribute information of the elderly person 40. Thus, the setting condition is determined using “knee weakness” as it is as a determination condition for determining whether or not to provide support (without changing the setting content).

  In addition, the situation projection unit 11 applies Fself (step 1) to the setting content “stair” set in association with the information item “name (object)” of the individual information of the stair 43. Thus, the setting condition is determined using the setting content “stairs” as it is.

  Similarly, the situation projection unit 11 applies Fsim (25 cm) (Equation 4) to “step” of attribute information of the staircase 43: “25 cm” to determine whether or not to provide support. As a setting condition, the step of the stairs is “20 cm or more”.

  Each setting condition converted by the situation projection unit 11, the adhesion degree information 33 set in the action attaching unit 9 for each information item, and support information 32 indicating information related to support are mapped as information item type data 36. It is recorded in the database 12 (step S15). The information item type data 36 recorded in the mapping situation database 12 is used for support determination in the monitoring / supporting unit 15 described in the second embodiment.

  As described above, according to the automatic support system 1 according to the present invention, the determination criterion creation system unit 2 converts the setting contents of each information item of the second situation basic data 34 to be recorded in the projection relation database 10. By applying the information 35, it is possible to create information item type data 36 having a judgment object and a judgment criterion that are highly versatile and suitable for the support situation.

  In particular, by placing the individual A to be supported in a situation where it is actually supported, and reading various information from the individual A to be supported and the individual B related to the individual A by the situation specifying unit 7, Since the information item type data 36 suitable for the support situation and the support target to be supported can be created, the information item type data 36 can be created easily and quickly.

  Furthermore, since the automatic support system 1 according to the present invention can be applied not only to the real world but also to support processing in a virtual environment, for example, in the real world such as a support system at the time of a disaster. Even in a support situation where the support environment cannot be easily realized, it is suitable for the support situation by creating the situation virtually in the virtual world and applying the automatic support system 1 according to the present invention. The information item type data 36 having a highly versatile judgment criterion can be created, and the support judgment can be easily performed using the information item type data 36 even in the real world support judgment.

  In addition, the criteria creation system unit 2 of the automatic support system 1 according to the present invention is not limited to the above. For example, the conversion information 35 applied to the second situation basic data 34 by the situation projection unit 11 is not limited to the function F (i) described above. For example, a map is used instead of the function F (i). Alternatively, a method for converting the setting contents may be used. A map is a fixed type that identifies the main attributes of an information item and applies the function only to the necessary information items, while ensuring a certain direction for multiple information items in a single process. It is to convert all at once. This map generally becomes conversion information indicating a similar tendency in the field, situation, and industry in which the support is provided. For example, if the map is applied to convert the information “feature”: “straight staircase” as attribute information of the staircase, taking into account the situation where the elderly support “careful about the staircase” Other staircases that are not limited to "straight line" stairs, such as "stairs with handrails", "spiral stairs", etc. Can be changed.

  Furthermore, in the projection relation database 10, conversion information in which the information items and their setting conditions are related to each other is constructed in a tree structure with the related high-level concepts and low-level concepts, and the information items and setting contents are information items that become the high-level concepts or low-level concepts. It may be changed to a setting condition, or may be changed to an information item or a setting condition having a superordinate concept or a subordinate concept common to information items and setting contents.

  Further, the response of the organization A that has received the support is detected, statistical information such as the support result is obtained from the history analysis unit 17 that performs the analysis, and the action attaching unit 9 adds it to the first situation basic data 30. The setting standard of the degree of adhesion may be changed, or the situation projection unit 11 may change the conversion content of the change information and the conversion reference. In this way, by changing the degree of adhesion and the conversion information based on the support result, the setting conditions in the information item type data 36 can be changed to more suitable contents according to the support target and the support situation, The monitoring / support unit 15 can provide support that is more suited to the support situation.

  In the first embodiment, the situation specifying unit 7, the action attaching unit 9, and the situation projection unit 11 have been described as separate processing units. However, two or three processing units may be combined into one processing unit. Thus, the determination criterion creation system unit 2 may be configured.

  Next, a case where the support execution system unit 3 supports an individual using the information item type data 36 created by the above-described determination criterion creation system unit 2 will be described.

  As described above, the support execution system unit 3 includes the monitoring / support unit (information acquisition unit, item extraction unit, support determination unit, support execution unit) 15, support database (support information database) 16, and history analysis unit ( Information item changing means, correspondence detecting means) 17 and a history database 18.

  As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9, the monitoring / supporting unit first accesses the mapping status database 12 and extracts the information item type data 36 optimum for the status to be supported (step S20). As described in the first embodiment, the extracted information item type data 36 is an information item that is a general determination target whether or not the monitoring / support unit 15 provides support, a setting condition that is a determination criterion, and support. Is formed based on the degree of adhesion indicating the importance of whether or not to perform, and the support information used when providing support, and the monitoring / support unit 15 is targeted in consideration of this information item and setting conditions Judge whether or not to provide support for the individual.

  Next, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 includes an information recording medium (first information recording medium) such as an RFID tag included in an individual to be supported (hereinafter referred to as an individual C), a database for recording information on the individual C, Alternatively, individual information and attribute information about the individual C are acquired as necessary using image analysis by a sensor (step S21).

  Thereafter, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 records the information of the information recording medium (second information recording medium), such as an RFID tag, and the information of the individual D possessed by another individual related to the individual C (hereinafter referred to as the individual D). Individual information and attribute information about the individual D are acquired as necessary using a database or an image analysis technique using a sensor (step S22). Note that the number of individuals D is not limited to one, and when there are a plurality of other individuals related to the individual C, there are also a plurality of individuals D, and the monitoring / support unit 15 needs each individual information and attribute information. Get according to.

  Furthermore, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 acquires relation information indicating information relating to the relation between the individual C and the individual D from an information recording medium such as an RFID tag possessed by the individual C or the individual D, or a database recording the relation information ( Step S23). In addition, the monitoring / support unit 15 detects the position and direction of the individual C and the individual D using a motion capture technique or an image analysis technique as necessary, and observes the movement of the individual C and the individual D. To obtain related information.

  In addition, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 acquires environmental information such as the temperature and weather around the individual C from the information recording medium, the sensor, the database that records the environmental information, and the like (step S24).

  The monitoring / supporting unit 15 includes information items corresponding to the information items and setting conditions of the information item type data 36 extracted from the individual information, the attribute information, the relationship information, and the environment information regarding the acquired individual C and individual D. The setting contents are extracted (step S25), and it is determined whether or not the support is performed in consideration of the corresponding setting contents and the degree of adhesion corresponding to the information item of the setting contents (step S26).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the support database 16 records specific support information 50 necessary for the monitoring / support unit 15 to support the individual C. The monitoring / support unit 15 selects specific support information 50 from the support database 16 in consideration of the support information recorded in the information item type data 36 when supporting the individual C (step S27). Then, support according to the support status is executed (step S28).

  The history database 18 records the information item type data 36 used to determine whether or not to provide support by the monitoring / support unit 15, as well as various information related to the individual C and the individual D that provided support, and each support process. Record specific support status, support results, etc.

  The history analysis unit 17 obtains support status, support result, various information about the individual C and the individual D, etc. from the history database 18, and changes the setting criteria for the degree of adhesion to the action attaching unit 9 as necessary. The information is output, and the information regarding the change contents of the conversion information in the situation projection unit 11 and the change criteria is output. Further, the history analysis unit 17 can change information items, setting conditions, adhesiveness, and the like of the information item type data 36 recorded in the history database 18.

  Next, in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the support processing of the support execution system unit 3 is used as an example of a case where the elderly person 40 going down the stairs 43 is urged to be alerted by voice. Will be explained. Also in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, an RFID tag 42 is set on the shoe 41 of the elderly person 40, and the lower floor part of the stairs 43, predetermined step parts (multiple places) of the stairs, the upper floor of the stairs. It is assumed that a reader 44 that reads information of the RFID tag 42 is installed in a part or the like.

  The RFIF tag 42 installed on the shoe 41 of the old man 40 records the old man's “name (human)”: “Jiro Yamamoto” as personal information of the old man 40, and the attribute information includes “age”: “63”. It is assumed that information such as “age”, “sex”: “male”, “family”: “two people”, “health state”: “knee weakness” is recorded. Further, it is assumed that “name (thing)”: “stairs” as individual information regarding the stairs and “step”: “23 cm” as attribute information are recorded in the database 45 readable by the monitoring / supporting unit 15. .

  Further, it is assumed that the monitoring / supporting unit 15 is set in the vicinity of the stairs 43 that performs support.

  First, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 extracts the information item type data 36 suitable for support for the elderly person 40 going down the stairs from the mapping situation database 12. In this embodiment, the information item type data 36 created by the processing described in the first embodiment is used. As described in the first embodiment, the information item type data 36 includes “name”: “anyone” (adhesion degree 0.1) as individual information of the individual C, and “age”: “60” as attribute information. Older than "(adhesion level 0.3)," gender ":" null "(adhesion level 0.0)," health condition ":" knee weakness "(adhesion level 0.7), As individual information of the individual D, “name”: “stairs” (adhesion degree 0.0), as attribute information “step”: “20 cm or more” (adhesion degree 1.0), as relation information between the individual C and the individual D Information “walk down” (adhesion degree 1.0) and “careful about stairs (voice information)” are recorded as support information. The monitoring / supporting unit 15 records the information item type data 36 acquired from the mapping situation database 12 in the history database 18 (see reference numeral 36 in FIG. 10).

  Next, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 reads and acquires the personal information and attribute information of the elderly person 40 recorded on the RFID tag 42 of the elderly person 40 with the reader 44 set on the stairs 43 (see reference numeral 54 in FIG. 10). . In addition, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 acquires individual information and attribute information of the stairs 43 from the database 45 in which information about the stairs 43 is recorded (see reference numeral 55 in FIG. 10).

  Further, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines whether the old man 40 is going up (or has climbed) the stairs 43 based on the time-dependent change of the position of the reader 44 that has read the information of the RFID tag 42 of the old man 40. A situation such as whether it is going (or going down) or resting in front of the stairs 43 is determined, and this situation is acquired as related information (see reference numeral 56 in FIG. 10).

  Thereafter, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 acquires the individual information and attribute information (reference numeral 54 in FIG. 10) of the acquired elderly person 40, the individual information and attribute information of the staircase 43 (reference numeral 55 in FIG. 10), the old person 40 and the staircase 43. The information item and the setting content (reference numeral 56 in FIG. 10) with the relation information are compared with the information item and setting condition of the information item type data 36 acquired from the mapping situation database 12, and the corresponding information item and setting Extract only the content. It should be noted that information items recorded in the RFID tag 42 of the elderly person 40 and are not used for determining whether or not to support, for example, “family” described in the RFID tag 42: “two people” The information regarding is determined to be information that is not necessary for support determination and is discarded.

  Then, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 compares the setting contents of the extracted information item with the setting conditions of the information item of the information item type data 36. Specifically, since the name of the target to be supported may be any name (since the setting condition of the individual information of the information item type data 36 is “anyone”), the monitoring / supporting unit 15 Regardless of what the name of the old man 40 is when the name is specified, the setting information “Jiro Yamamoto” of the individual information “name” of the old man 40 is determined as an object to be determined whether or not to provide support. adopt. The monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines the importance of support determination for the setting content “Jiro Yamamoto” as 0.1 set as the adhesiveness (see reference numeral 51 in FIG. 10).

  Next, since the setting content of the age “63 years old” of the elderly person 40 satisfies the setting condition “60 years old or more” in the attribute information of the information item type data 36, the criterion for determining whether or not to support is set. The monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines that the importance related to this age is 0.3 set as the degree of adhesion (see reference numeral 51 in FIG. 10).

  In addition, since the setting content “health weakness” of the elderly person 40 satisfies the setting condition “low back” in the attribute information of the information item type data 36, a criterion for determining whether or not to support is set. When it is determined that the condition is satisfied, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines the importance of the health-related information as 0.7 set as the degree of adhesion (see reference numeral 51 in FIG. 10).

  Further, the setting content of the step “23 cm” of the stairs 43 satisfies the setting condition “20 cm or more” in the attribute information of the information item type data 36, and therefore satisfies the criteria for determining whether or not to provide support. The monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines the importance of the information regarding the step as 1.0 set as the degree of adhesion (see reference numeral 51 in FIG. 10).

  Further, when the monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines that the elderly person 40 is going down the stairs 43 based on the change over time in the reading position of the reader 44, the relationship information “down the stairs” is an information item. Since the setting condition “walk down” in the relationship information of the type data 36 is satisfied, it is determined that the criterion for determining whether to perform support is satisfied, and the monitoring / support unit 15 determines whether the relationship information is important. The degree is determined as 1.0 set as the degree of adhesion (see reference numeral 51 in FIG. 10).

  The setting content “stair” in the individual information of the stairs 43 corresponds to the setting condition “stair” in the attribute information of the information item type data 36, and therefore satisfies the criteria for determining whether or not to provide support. However, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines the importance of the information regarding the step as 0.0 set as the degree of adhesion (see reference numeral 51 in FIG. 10).

  The gender “male” in the attribute information of the elderly person 40 is adopted as a criterion for determining whether or not to support because the setting condition of the information item type data 36 is null. It is determined as 0.0 set as the degree of adhesion (see reference numeral 51 in FIG. 10).

  The monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines whether to support based on the setting contents of the information item to be determined whether or not to support and the value of the degree of adhesion (importance). Further, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines what kind of support is to be performed when providing support based on the support information recorded in the information item type data 36.

  For example, it is possible to add all the adhesiveness of the setting contents satisfying the setting condition of the information item type data 36, and when the obtained value is equal to or greater than a certain value, it may be determined to provide uniform support. In this embodiment, the adhesion degree 0.1 of the individual information, the age adhesion degree 0.3 of the attribute information, the health state adhesion degree 0.7, the step adhesion degree 1.0, and the relationship information “ The sum of the "walk down" and the degree of adhesion of 1.0 is 3.1. For this reason, when the constant reference value is set to 2.5, for example, since the sum of the adhesion levels exceeds 2.5, it is determined that voice support is provided, and voice support is provided from the support database 16. It is also possible to obtain the necessary voice data and perform the support. Further, the support method may be changed according to the value of the sum of the adhesion levels. For example, when the sum of the adhesion levels is 3.5 or more, the monitoring / support unit 15 automatically calls (reports) the attendant, thereby causing the attendant to care for the elderly person 40 descending the stairs 43. You may do it.

  As another example, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 may compare and examine the degree of adhesion for each setting content of each information item, and select and execute a support method according to the setting content having a high degree of adhesion. In this example, the adhesiveness of the relationship information “walk down” of the elderly 40 is 1.0, and the adhesiveness of the health condition “knee weak” is 0.7. Judgment of support method with emphasis on information rather than health status, and based on the situation that elderly person 40 is going down stairs 43 regardless of health status (knee strength) If the degree of adhesion of the health condition “knee weakness” is 1.0 and the degree of adhesion of the related information “walk down” is less than 1.0, the elderly person 40 is asked whether he / she is going down the stairs 43 or is going up. Regardless of the situation, emphasis may be placed on the situation where an elderly person with weak knees is going to use the stairs, and a staff member may be called to care for the elderly person 40 who uses the stairs 43.

  In addition, when the degree of adhesion between the relationship information “walk down” and the health condition “low back” is 1.0, the user is alerted by voice and is supported by calling two or more staff members for care. It is also possible to perform.

  As described above, the monitoring / support unit 15 determines whether to provide support based on the information item and the setting condition. When the support is performed, specific support information suitable for the support is obtained from the support database 16. Obtain and perform assistance. The support method executed by the monitoring / support unit 15, its judgment criteria, the support information used when providing support, the response / response of the individual caused by the support, etc. are all recorded in the history database 18. . Information item type data 36 read from the mapping situation database 12 is recorded in the history database 18, and the monitoring / supporting unit 15 makes the network 4 from the mapping situation database 12 when the same processing is repeated. Thus, it is possible to determine whether or not to support using the information item type data 36 recorded in the history database 18 without acquiring the information item type data 36 again.

  Further, the history analysis unit 17 analyzes the history information recorded in the history database 18 and information items of the information item type data 36 recorded in the history database 18 and its setting conditions in order to execute the support more accurately. It is possible to change the degree of adhesion (including addition and deletion). For example, if an elderly person between the ages of 55 and 60 often falls on the stairs 43, the “age” setting condition of the information item type data 36 is changed from “60 years or older” to “55 years or older”. It's okay. Further, when the number of people who fall on the stairs 43 increases in the case of rainy weather compared with fine weather, an information item “environment information” is added to the information item type data 36, and the setting condition “rainy weather”, By adding information such as the degree of adhesion (1.0), it is possible to change the support judgment so as to increase the necessity of providing support when the support situation corresponds to rainy weather. In addition, if the number of people who fall in the time zone where there are many passengers in the early morning or evening, such as stairs at the station, is greater than the number of people who fall during the daytime hours, as a setting item for environmental information It is also possible to add items related to time and change the information item type data 36 so as to change the importance of performing support according to the time.

  As described above, the monitoring / support unit 15 does not determine whether or not to provide support by acquiring only specific information (individual information) of the individual C to be supported, but does not determine whether the support is performed. Information (attribute information), information on other individuals D related to the support target individual C (individual information, attribute information), information related to the individual C and the individual D (relation information), etc. Since it is determined whether or not to provide support, it is possible to provide support suitable for the support situation and to provide optimal support for the support target. Furthermore, the monitoring / support unit 15 can determine whether to provide support according to the degree of adhesion, and can select a support method and priority of support according to the degree of adhesion. It is possible to provide finely tuned support appropriately according to the state of the target individual, the situation where support is desired, and the like.

  Furthermore, the history analysis unit 17 changes the information items, setting conditions, and adhesiveness of the information item type data 36 to be determined whether or not to support based on various history information recorded in the history database 18. (Including addition and deletion), it is possible to construct a more flexible system according to the situation, place, and target of support, and to perform more appropriate support.

  As described above, the case where the monitoring / support unit 15 supports the elderly person 40 who goes down the stairs 43 has been described. However, the support execution system unit 3 of the automatic support system 1 according to the present invention has the above-described contents. It is not limited. For example, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 does not necessarily have to be set near the staircase 43, and even if it is installed far away from the staircase 43, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 is connected via the reader 44 or the database 45. Thus, the function of the present invention can be realized if it is possible to acquire information necessary for support determination.

  In addition, the monitoring / support unit 15 may be installed in the PDA owned by the elderly person 40. For example, when the monitoring / supporting unit 15 is set in the PDA of the elderly person 40, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 uses the RFID tag 42 of the elderly person 40 or the individual information and attribute information of the elderly person 40 from information recorded in the PDA. , Further access to the database 45, or through the information recording medium such as an RFID tag set at a predetermined position of the stairs 43, the individual information of the stairs 43, the attribute information, the relationship information between the elderly 40 and the stairs 43 If it is determined that support is to be obtained, it is possible to alert the elderly person by voice through the speaker of the PDA, or to display a warning message on the display unit of the PDA.

  In addition, a monitoring / support section is installed on the PDA of the elderly person 40 and the stairs 43 respectively, and the monitoring / support section on the PDA side of the elderly person 40 obtains information on the stairs 43 and provides voice support. The monitoring / support unit on the stairs 43 side may acquire information related to the elderly person 40 and perform voice support.

  In addition, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 may determine whether to provide support using two or more types of information item type data. FIG. 11 shows whether or not the monitoring / support unit 15 uses the two information item type data 52 and 53 to provide support for prompting the elderly person 40 who goes down the stairs 43 by voice. This shows the case of making a judgment.

  First, from the mapping situation database 12 or the history database 18, the monitoring / support unit 15 selects “name (human)”: “anyone” as individual information about the elderly person, “age”: “60 years old or older”, “sex” as attribute information. ”:“ Null ”,“ health state ”:“ knee weakness ”, information item type data in which“ walk down ”is recorded as related information, and“ attention to people with bad knees ”is recorded as support information (this information item type data is The first information item type data) 52 is acquired. The monitoring / supporting unit 15 also includes “name (object)”: “stairs” as individual information related to the stairs 43, “step”: “20 cm or more” as attribute information, “walk down” as related information, and “stairs” as support information. Information item type data 53 (this information item type data is used as second information item type data) 53 in which “attention to the level difference” is recorded is acquired.

  Next, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 uses the RFID tag 42 installed on the shoe 41 of the elderly person 40 as “name”: “Jiro Yamamoto” as the individual information of the elderly person 40, and “age”: “63 years old” as the attribute information. Information of “sex”: “male”, “family”: “two people”, “health state”: “knee weakness” is acquired (see reference numeral 54 in FIG. 11).

  In addition, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 acquires information “name”: “stairs” as individual information of the stairs 43 and “step”: “23 cm” as attribute information from the database 45 or the like in which information about the stairs 43 is recorded. (See reference numeral 55 in FIG. 11).

  Furthermore, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 acquires information “walk down” as the relationship information between the elderly person 40 and the stairs 43 based on the temporal change of the position of the reader 44 that has read the information of the RFID tag 42 of the elderly person 40. (See reference numeral 56 in FIG. 11).

  Then, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 compares the acquired information items and setting contents (reference numerals 54 and 56 in FIG. 11) with the information items and setting conditions of the first information item type data 52, and determines the corresponding information items and The setting contents are extracted (reference numeral 52a in FIG. 11). The monitoring / supporting unit 15 compares the acquired information item and setting contents (reference numerals 55 and 56 in FIG. 11) with the information item and setting condition of the second information item type data, The setting contents are extracted (reference numeral 53a in FIG. 11).

  As described above, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 extracts the information item and the setting content (symbol 52a) for specifying the situation for the elderly person 40 viewed from the stairs 43 based on the first information item type data 52. Based on the two information item type data 53, information items and setting contents (symbol 53a) for specifying the situation with respect to the stairs 43 seen from the elderly person 40 are extracted.

  Thereafter, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines whether or not to provide support in consideration of the degree of adhesion corresponding to each situation, and performs support in consideration of each support determination.

  In this way, the monitoring / support unit 15 determines the elderly 40 and the stairs 43 as separate individuals, and the situation seen from the elderly 40 and the situation seen from the stairs 43 as the situation centered on each individual. Whether or not to provide support in consideration of the setting contents and adhesion degree of the elderly person 40, the setting contents and adhesion degree of the stairs 43, and the contents of the relationship information between the elderly person 40 and the stairs 43. The determination and support method may be determined.

  Further, when there are two or more other individuals related to the individual C to be supported, for example, the individual D and the individual E exist, the monitoring / support unit 15 sets each piece of information about the individual C and the individual D to be supported. The setting information of the item and the relationship information between the individual C and the individual D are obtained, and the setting content of each information item between the individual C and the individual E to be supported and the relationship information between the individual C and the individual E are obtained. Thus, after determining the situation between the individual C and the individual D and the situation between the individual C and the individual E, support may be provided according to each situation.

  FIG. 12 shows a method in which the monitoring / support unit 15 provides support when the elderly person 40 corresponding to the individual C to be supported gets off the train 60 corresponding to the individual E and goes up the stairs 43 corresponding to the individual D. FIG.

  First, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 obtains information item type data (hereinafter referred to as “information item type data”) suitable for support processing for supporting the elderly person 40 on the train 60 from the mapping situation database 12 or the history database 18. , The third information item type data.) 61 is obtained, and the monitoring / supporting unit 15 similarly performs the information item suitable for the support process for supporting the elderly person 40 who is going up the stairs 43. Type data 62 (hereinafter, this information item type data is referred to as fourth information item type data) is acquired.

  Next, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 acquires information items and setting contents related to the elderly person 40 from the RFID tag 42 or the like of the elderly person 40, acquires information items and setting contents related to the train 60 from a database or the like, and the elderly person 40 As the relation information indicating the train 60 and the situation, the information “riding” on the train is extracted by a database, a sensor or the like (see reference numeral 63 in FIG. 12).

  Similarly, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 acquires information items and setting contents related to the elderly person 40, acquires information items and setting contents related to the stairs 43 from a database or the like, and determines the status of the elderly person 40 and the stairs 43. As the relation information to be shown, information “going up the stairs” is acquired by a database, a sensor or the like (see reference numeral 64 in FIG. 12).

  Thereafter, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 uses the extracted information items and setting contents related to the elderly person 40 and the train 60 (reference numeral 63) as information items and setting contents corresponding to the third information item type data 61. Individual information of the elderly 40 “name”: “Jiro Yamamoto”, attribute information “age”: “65 years old”, “health state”: “heart weakness”, individual information of the train 60 “name (thing)”: “train ”, Attribute information“ boarding rate ”:“ 120% ”, and related information“ boarding ”are extracted (see reference numeral 61a in FIG. 12).

  Similarly, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines the information items and settings corresponding to the fourth information item type data 62 based on the information items and setting contents of the information related to the extracted elderly person 40 and the stairs 43 (reference numeral 64). The contents include individual information “name” of the elderly person 40: “Jiro Yamamoto”, attribute information “age”: “65 years old”, “health condition”: “heart weakness”, individual information of the stairs 43 “name”: “stairs” , Attribute information “step”: “25 cm” and related information “up the stairs” are extracted (reference numeral 62a in FIG. 12).

  The monitoring / support unit 15 considers the extracted setting contents of the elderly person 40, the setting contents of the train 60, the setting contents of the relationship information of the elderly person 40 and the train 60, and the degree of adhesion corresponding to each setting condition. A determination is made as to whether or not to support the elderly person 40 and a support method for providing support. In addition, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 considers the setting contents of the elderly person 40, the setting contents of the stairs 43, the setting contents of the relationship information of the elderly person 40 and the stairs 43, and the adhesiveness corresponding to each setting condition. It is determined whether or not to provide support for 40 and a support method in the case of providing support.

  Furthermore, the monitoring / support unit 15 determines the situation caused by the relationship between the elderly person 40 and the train 60 and the situation caused by the relation between the elderly person 40 and the stairs 43, and provides support in consideration of the relationship with each situation. Judge whether or not to do so and how to support it. Specifically, in the situation shown in FIG. 12, the monitoring / support unit 15 states that “an elderly person with a weak heart rides on a train with a boarding rate of 120%” and “an elderly person with a weak heart goes up the stairs”. From the two situations, it is judged that there is a relation that “an elderly person with a weak heart goes up the stairs after getting out of a train with a boarding rate of 120%” (see reference numeral 66 in FIG. 12). ). When the monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines such a situation, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 searches the support database 16 to determine whether there is optimal support information related to this situation, and detects the optimal support information. In some cases, support for the elderly is performed based on the support information.

  In the above-described case, if the elderly person 40 with a weak heart starts getting up the stairs 43 immediately after getting off the complicated train 60 with a boarding rate of 120%, the heart is burdened and dangerous. Performs a voice alert to the elderly person “Please take a break” after the elderly person 40 gets off the train 60 and before going up the stairs (see reference numeral 66).

  Thus, based on the relationship between the individual C to be monitored by the monitoring / support unit 15 and the other individuals D and E related to the individual, the relationship between each individual (the relationship between the individual C and the individual D). By determining the situation caused by the individual C and the individual E) and providing support according to this situation, it becomes possible to provide accurate and optimal support for the individual C that is supporting, It becomes possible to perform flexible support according to the situation of each individual to be supported. It should be noted that the support performed by judging the situation and situation regarding the individual C is not necessarily limited to being executed between two situations (while moving from one situation to another situation). Support may be performed before or after two situations occur, or may be supported continuously (continuously) while two situations occur.

  Furthermore, support is provided when the second situation occurs on condition that the first situation has occurred (determination is made as to whether or not to support depending on the order of the situations that occur) It may be. For example, assistance is provided only when an elderly person with a weak heart gets up from the train with 120% occupancy rate and climbs the stairs, and when an elderly person gets on the train with 120% occupancy rate after going up the stairs. May not be performed.

  Further, in the explanation shown in FIG. 12, only two situations of the elderly 40 and the train 60, and the elderly 40 and the stairs 43 are taken into consideration. It is possible to determine whether or not to do so.

  Furthermore, as explained in FIG. 11, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines each of the elderly person 40, the train 60, and the stairs 43 as separate individuals, and uses the information item type data 36 corresponding to each individual, respectively. , Judgment on the situation of each individual, “situation seen from the elderly”, “situation seen from the train”, “situation seen from the stairs”, whether or not to provide support, and determine the support method You may make it do.

  Further, as described with reference to FIG. 10, the monitoring / support unit 15 detects each information item and setting contents of the elderly person 40, the train 60, and the stairs 43, and uses three pieces of information using one information item type data 36. Whether or not to provide support may be determined by determining each situation as one situation from the information items and setting contents.

  The monitoring / supporting unit 15 can also provide support specific to an individual in accordance with the setting contents of individual information that is information specific to the individual A. In the case of providing support for taking care of the stairs mentioned above, the monitoring / support unit 15 sets the information item “name”, which is individual information of the elderly, for example, the name “Saburo Oki”. If acquired, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 determines whether or not the old man is an old man who needs special support based on the setting information of the individual information “Saburo Oki”. Judgment is made through a database or the like in which information related to “Saburo Oki” is recorded. If the monitoring / supporting section 15 makes a determination such as “Saburo Oki needs special assistance because he / she is blind”, Oki falls under the category of support. As described above, the setting condition of the information item type data 36 is changed, the setting content acquired from “Saburo Oki” is extracted based on the changed setting condition, and the adhesiveness value is set to a high value. In this way, even if the acquired setting content does not satisfy the setting conditions that are originally targeted for support, by changing the setting conditions for a specific individual, flexible support according to each individual Can be performed.

  As mentioned above, although the assistance execution system part 3 of the automatic assistance system 1 which concerns on this invention was demonstrated using drawing, various assistance is respond | corresponded according to the assistance condition by using the assistance execution system part 3 applied. It becomes possible to carry out appropriately.

  For example, when providing nursing support to a bedridden patient, in addition to individual information and attribute information of the patient, bed and nurse, the relationship between the patient and the bed, whether the patient is sleeping or sitting in the bed Information related to the patient and the patient providing support, such as information about the relationship between the patient and the nurse, whether the nurse is near the patient, environmental information about the time, such as whether it is night or noon More appropriate support can be provided to the patient by judging the situation in consideration of the relationship with the caregiver, the bed, etc., and the environment. When caring for a patient who has difficulty in speaking, it is thirsty if the right hand is moved to the side, for example, using motion capture technology or image analysis technology. If the monitoring / support department calls the nurse to bring a drink or moves the left hand to the side, for example, the patient determines that he wants to go to the toilet and calls the nurse. It is possible to guide to the toilet.

  As another example, when performing support processing to call attention to pedestrians crossing an intersection, information such as the age of pedestrians who pass through the intersection, health status, time zone trying to cross the intersection, etc. is acquired. By providing support, it is possible to actively encourage attention when the pedestrian is an elderly person or when crossing an intersection at night. In addition, the frequency of traffic accidents at each intersection can be reduced. It is possible to provide support more frequently than other intersections for intersections where accidents occur frequently as analyzed by the history analysis unit.

  As another example, a monitoring / supporting unit can be provided in a PAD owned by the support target, and the monitoring / supporting unit can provide information such as a place where the support target is frequently visited or a frequently purchased item in the PDA. Monitoring and support of PDAs for information on frequently visited places and frequently purchased items by RFID tags installed nearby in situations where the support target is not aware of it, acquired from an RFID tag, etc. When the department obtains information about the place and thing to the support target person, and guide the support target person to the store or place where the information related to the information is provided Is also possible. Furthermore, if the frequency of the support target person going to the place becomes low or the frequency of purchasing the product decreases, the history analysis unit indicates that the support target person's interest in the place and the product has decreased. Judgment and guidance support for shops and places related to the information even if the information about the places where the support target people visited frequently or the things that were often purchased are obtained by RFID tags installed around It is possible to realize a support process that flexibly responds to a change in the preference of the support target person by reducing the frequency and importance of the support.

  In addition, when advertising / advertising products to passengers waiting for the train at the platform of the station, the monitoring / supporting section for advertising / advertising is built into the PDA or mobile phone of passengers at home. By acquiring the age and gender of the passenger from the RFID tag and the like, and extracting the age and gender passengers for which the product is to be advertised, it is possible to promote the product to the extracted passenger. Furthermore, when information related to a passenger's favorite item is recorded on the RFID tag possessed by the passenger, information related to the favorite item is acquired, and the product to be advertised and the passenger's favorite item acquired from the RFID tag It is also possible to extract only the passengers corresponding to, and send advertisement e-mail to the extracted passenger's mobile phone, or display the product information display for advertising, product description video, etc. on the passenger's PDA or mobile phone It is. In this way, by recording information on the interest and preference of the support target person in the PDA of the support target person, and the monitoring / support part actively acquiring information on the interest and preference of the target person and providing support It is possible to identify suitable individuals to be supported and provide appropriate support, and for individuals receiving support to prevent receiving unsupported support that does not conform to preferences. It is possible to obtain only the information desired by the support target person and receive support.

  Similarly, when a monitoring / supporting unit is provided in a car navigation system of a vehicle driven by a support target person and a support is given to issue a warning that a stop is made at a specific intersection, the support target person temporarily stops at the intersection. When the history analysis unit analyzes the status of whether or not it has been stopped, if the frequency of pauses is low, it issues a warning to actively pause, and the frequency of pauses increases It is also possible to reduce the frequency of warning.

  In the second embodiment, the monitoring / support unit 15 functions as an information acquisition unit that acquires individual information, attribute information, relationship information, and the like of the individual A or B, and information items and settings such as the acquired attribute information. A function as an information item extracting means for extracting information items and setting contents corresponding to the information items and setting conditions recorded in the information item type data 36 from the contents, and support according to the extracted setting contents and corresponding stickiness A function as support determination means for determining whether or not to perform support and a function as support execution means for supporting the individual C based on the support information 32 when it is determined that support is to be performed However, the monitoring / support unit 15 is not necessarily provided with all functions, and these functions are independent as separate processing units according to the functions. It may be configured to perform system section 3.

  Next, in the third embodiment, a case will be described in which one support execution system unit described above performs support processing in cooperation with another support execution system unit.

  As described in the second embodiment, in the support execution system unit 3, the monitoring / support unit obtains individual information, attribute information, relation information, and the like of the individual C to be supported and the other individual D, and the like. Support processing for the individual C is performed.

  However, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 may have a plurality of monitoring / supporting units 15, 15 a, 15 b... According to the environment / situation where the support is provided, and thus the monitoring / supporting unit 15 a (third information acquisition) When the means, the fourth information acquisition means, the support execution means, the second situation determination means) support the individual E, the monitoring / support section 15 (first information acquisition means, second information acquisition means, first The individual information, attribute information, relation information, etc. of the individual C and other individuals D to be supported by the monitoring / support unit 15 are acquired from the situation determination means), and the support suitable for the situation of the individual E according to the acquired information Can also be performed.

  The upper left part of FIG. 13 shows the situation where the elderly person 40 gets off the crowded train 60 and goes up the stairs 43. The upper right part of FIG. 13 shows the son 70 of the elderly person 40 in the library. Shows the situation of reading a book.

  The elderly person 40 carries a PDA 71 with a built-in monitoring / supporting unit 15 that makes a support decision for the elderly person 40. The PDA 71 uses the RFID tag installed on the stairs and the train, the database that records information about the train 60 and the stairs 43, the sensor, etc. as the attribute information of the train 60, and the information “ride rate”: “120%”. As the attribute information of the stairs, information such as “step”: “20 cm”, information on the relationship between the elderly person 40 and the train 60 and the stairs 43 that “the elderly person gets off the train and goes up the stairs”, a GPS antenna, etc. The related information on the position of the elderly person 40 is acquired.

  On the other hand, the son 70 who is reading a book in the library also has a mobile phone 72 with a built-in monitoring / support unit 15a for making a support decision for the son 70. The mobile phone 72 acquires information that “the son is in the library” as the relationship information between the son 70 and the library.

  Further, the PDA 71 and the mobile phone 72 can transmit and receive data to and from each other via a communication line or the like. The PDA 71 acquires information from the mobile phone 72, and the mobile phone 72 acquires information on the PDA 71. It is possible to do.

  The monitoring / support unit 15 of the PDA 71 transmits information on the situation of the elderly person 40 to the mobile phone 72 according to a predetermined situation such as when the elderly person 40 gets off the train 60 or goes up the stairs 43. . The monitoring / supporting unit 15 of the PDA 71 transmits information to that effect to the mobile phone 72 even when the elderly person 40 falls or feels bad.

  For example, when the PDA 71 transmits information indicating that “the elderly person has left the train” to the mobile phone 72, the monitoring / support unit 15a of the mobile phone 72 that has received the information responds to the information from the PDA 71, Assistance is provided to inform the son 70 that the old man has left the train. When performing this support, the monitoring / support unit 15a of the mobile phone 72 determines the status of the son 70 based on the relationship information between the son 70 and the library, and determines that “the son is in the library” based on the relationship information. The son 70 is informed of the situation of the elderly person 40 by the display and vibration of the liquid crystal display without ringing the cellular phone 72. In addition, when the monitoring / support unit 15a of the mobile phone 72 determines that “the son has left the library” based on the relationship information between the son 70 and the library, the state of the elderly person 40 is sounded by ringing a ringing tone. Inform.

  Furthermore, when the monitoring / supporting part 15a of the mobile phone 72 receives information from the monitoring / supporting part 15 of the PDA 71 that the elderly person 40 has fallen, it is called regardless of whether the son 70 is in the library or not. It is also possible to make a sound to convey the situation of the elderly person 40.

  In this way, by making it possible to transmit and receive information on the status of one individual and information on the status of other individuals between the monitoring and support units that detect the information of each individual, It is possible to appropriately and promptly provide support suitable for each individual by paying attention to the above.

  Further, the monitoring / support unit 15 of the PDA 71 determines whether or not it is raining as environmental information of the elderly person 40. If it is determined that it is raining, the monitoring / supporting of the mobile phone 72 of the son 70 is performed. Information to that effect is transmitted to the support unit 15a, and the monitoring / support unit 15a of the mobile phone 72 determines whether the son 70 is in the car based on the relationship information of the son 70. No sound is sent out to the elderly person via the car navigation system's voice guidance, etc., and if it is not in the car, a ringing sound is heard and it is raining. You may let your son know.

  Furthermore, when each of the child and mother carries a PDA equipped with a monitoring / support function, and the mother's PDA monitoring / support part determines that the distance to the child's PDA is more than a predetermined distance In addition, it is also possible to issue a warning to the mother to bring back the child by determining that “the child may get lost after a certain distance”. Furthermore, the monitoring / supporting part of the mother's PDA obtains the individual information, attribute information, relationship information, environmental information, etc. of the child detected by the monitoring / supporting part of the child's PDA, and judges the situation of the child, Even when the child has gone far beyond a certain distance, if it is determined that there is no need to issue a warning to the mother, a warning can be prevented. For example, when a child and father are playing together, the monitoring / support section of the child's PDA determines that the child and father are playing together using an RFID tag or the like possessed by the father, and provides the determination information. Send to the mother's PDA to the monitoring and support department. Based on the information received from the child PDA's PDA monitoring and support unit, the mother's PDA monitoring and support unit determines that the child is safe because the father and child are together. It is possible to prevent a warning from being issued to the mother even if the user is away.

  Even if the child is more than a predetermined distance away from the mother, the child's PDA monitoring / support department will determine the child's situation based on the relationship information with other individuals related to the child, and only the child Is on a roller coaster or a railway attraction that goes around the park, and if it can be determined that it will return to its original position after a predetermined time, the mother ’s PDA ’s monitoring and support department It is possible not to issue a warning to the mother.

  The automatic support system according to the present invention has been described in detail above based on the first to third embodiments. However, the automatic support system according to the present invention is limited to the contents shown in the first to third embodiments. It is not something. A person skilled in the art can create various changes or modifications based on the inventions shown in the first to third embodiments within the scope of the claims. Naturally, it belongs to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the first to third embodiments, the determination criterion creation system unit 2 and the support execution system unit 3 have been described as completely separate systems. However, common functional parts may have a common configuration. Is possible. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a different configuration example of the automatic support system according to the present invention shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, a part of the criterion creation system unit 2 and the support execution system unit 3 are integrated, and the monitoring / support unit 15 includes the situation specifying unit 7, the action attaching unit 9, and the situation projection unit 11. By including the function, the monitoring / supporting unit 15 collectively processes the creation process of the information item type data 36 based on the situation type data 31 and the support determination process using the created information item type data 36. It is good also as such a structure (refer code | symbol 75). Even in such a configuration, the mapping situation database 12 in which the created information item type data 36 is recorded and the situation type database 6 in which the situation type data 31 is recorded include a plurality of monitoring / supporting units. If it is installed in the database 76 that can be accessed from 75, it is possible to realize the processing method described in the first to third embodiments and the functions and effects peculiar to the present invention based on the processing method.

  Furthermore, the invention according to the present invention relates to a program for realizing the functions of the above-described automatic support system, an optical disk on which the program is recorded, a magneto-optical disk, and a magnetic disk, regardless of only the automatic support system and the automatic support method. An information recording medium such as a memory card is also included in the present invention.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an automatic support system according to the present invention. It is the schematic which showed the relationship between the criteria production system part and a support execution system part. It is the figure which showed an example of individual information which is information specified by a situation specific part, attribute information, relation information, and environment information. It is the flowchart which showed the process in the criteria creation system part. It is a figure for demonstrating the method in which a situation specific | specification part acquires the individual information, attribute information, and relationship information regarding an elderly person and a stairs. It is a figure for demonstrating the method to produce 1st condition basic data based on the information and condition type data which the condition specific | specification part acquired. It is a figure for demonstrating the method in which an action attachment part produces 2nd condition basic data based on 1st condition basic data, adhesion degree information, and support information. It is a figure for demonstrating the method in which a situation projection part produces information basic type data based on 2nd situation basic data and conversion information. It is the flowchart which showed the process in the monitoring and support part of a support execution system part. It is a figure for demonstrating the method in which the monitoring and support part judges whether to support based on the information regarding an elderly person, a staircase, and one information item type data. It is a figure for demonstrating the method in which a monitoring and assistance part judges whether to provide assistance based on the information regarding an elderly person, a staircase, and two information item type data. The figure for demonstrating the method in which the monitoring and support part judges whether the support corresponding to two situations is performed in consideration of the situation caused by the elderly and the train and the situation caused by the elderly and the stairs. It is. Based on the information obtained by the monitoring / support department on the mobile phone of the old son's mobile phone, obtaining information about the elderly through the monitoring / support department on the PDA of the elderly It is a figure for demonstrating the method to perform assistance. It is the schematic block diagram which showed the automatic assistance system which makes the structure different from the structure shown in FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic support system 2 ... Judgment criteria creation system part 3 ... Support execution system part 4 ... Network 6 ... Situation type database 7 ... Situation specific part 8 ... Action database 9 ... Action attachment part 10 ... Projection relation database 11 ... Situation projection part 12 ... Mapping situation database 13 ... Situation database 14 ... Attachment database 15, 15a ... Monitoring / support section 16 ... Support database 17 ... History analysis section 18 ... History database 20 ... Individual information 21 ... Attribute information 22 ... Relation information 23 ... Environment Information 25 ... Information item 26 ... Setting content 27 ... Information recording medium 28 ... Sensor 29 ... Database 30 ... First situation basic data 31 ... Situation type data 32 ... Support information 33 ... Adhesion degree information 34 ... Second situation basic data 35 ... Conversion information 36 ... information item type data 40 ... old man 41 ... shoes 42 ... RFID Grayed 43 ... stairs 44 ... leader 45 ... database 50 ... support information (specific support information)
52 ... 1st information item type data 53 ... 2nd information item type data 60 ... Train 61 ... 3rd information item type data 62 ... 4th information item type data 70 ... Son 71 ... PDA
72 ... Mobile phone

Claims (8)

The database for recording the first relationship information, the first individual, or the second individual has first relationship information indicating a relationship between the first individual and a second individual related to the first individual. An information recording medium, a first information acquisition means for acquiring from any one of sensors for detecting the first individual and the second individual;
Support execution means for supporting the third individual;
A support information database that records information required for providing the support as support information;
The first situation relating to the first individual is determined from the first relation information obtained by the first information obtaining means, and the first situation satisfies a condition for supporting the third individual A first situation determination means for determining whether or not
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The support execution unit acquires support information suitable for the first situation from the support information database when the first situation determination unit determines that the condition for performing the support is satisfied. An automatic support system that provides support to the third individual based on the acquired support information. Any one of a database that records the first environment information indicating the environment related to the first individual, a database that records the first environment information, an information recording medium that the first individual has, and a sensor that detects an environmental state of the first individual Second information acquisition means for acquiring from,
Support execution means for supporting the third individual;
A support information database that records information required for providing the support as support information;
A first condition regarding the first individual is determined from the first environment information acquired by the second information acquisition means, and a condition for the first condition to support the third individual is determined. A first situation determination means for determining whether or not the condition is satisfied,
The support execution unit acquires support information suitable for the first situation from the support information database when the first situation determination unit determines that the condition for performing the support is satisfied. An automatic support system, characterized in that support is provided for the third individual based on the acquired support information. A database that records the second relationship information indicating the relationship with the fourth individual related to the third individual, a database that records the second relationship information, an information recording medium that the third individual or the fourth individual has, Third information acquisition means for acquiring from either a third individual or a sensor for detecting the fourth individual;
A second condition related to the third individual is determined from the second relation information acquired by the third information acquisition means, and a condition for the second condition to support the third individual is determined. A second situation judging means for judging whether or not the condition is satisfied,
The support execution means determines that the condition for performing the support is satisfied in the second situation determination means, and further determines that the condition for performing the support is satisfied in the first situation determination means. When it is, the support information suitable for support for the third individual is acquired from the support information database based on the first situation and the second situation, and based on the acquired support information The automatic support system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein support for a third individual is performed. Any one of a database that records the second environment information indicating the environment related to the third individual, a database that records the second environment information, an information recording medium that the third individual has, and a sensor that detects an environmental state of the third individual 4th information acquisition means to acquire from,
A second condition relating to the third individual is determined from the second environment information acquired by the fourth information acquisition means, and conditions for the second condition to support the third individual are determined. A second situation judging means for judging whether or not the condition is satisfied,
The support execution means determines that the condition for performing the support is satisfied in the second situation determination means, and further determines that the condition for performing the support is satisfied in the first situation determination means. When it is, the support information suitable for support for the third individual is acquired from the support information database based on the first situation and the second situation, and based on the acquired support information The automatic support system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein support for a third individual is performed. The first relationship information indicating the relationship between the first individual and the second individual related to the first individual has the database that records the first relationship information, the first individual, or the second individual A first information acquisition step acquired by a first information acquisition means from any one of an information recording medium, a sensor for detecting the first individual and the second individual;
Based on the first relation information acquired in the first information acquisition step, a first situation relating to the first individual is determined by a first situation determination means, and the first situation determination means determines the first situation. A first situation determination step in which a determination is made as to whether or not the condition of the condition satisfies a condition for providing support to the third individual;
When it is determined in the first situation determination step that the condition for performing the support is satisfied, the information required for performing the support is recorded from the support information database in which the information is recorded as the support information. Support information suitable for the situation of 1 is acquired by the support execution means, and the support execution step in which support for the third individual is performed by the support execution means based on the acquired support information. Automatic support method of automatic support system to do. The first environment information indicating the environment related to the first individual is any one of a database that records the first environment information, an information recording medium that the first individual has, and a sensor that detects an environmental state of the first individual. A second information acquisition step acquired by the second information acquisition means;
Based on the first environment information acquired in the second information acquisition step, a first situation regarding the first individual is determined by a first situation determination means, and the first situation determination means determines the first situation. A first situation determination step in which it is determined whether or not the situation of 1 satisfies a condition for providing support to the third individual;
When it is determined in the first situation determination step that the condition for performing the support is satisfied, the information required for performing the support is recorded from the support information database in which the information is recorded as the support information. Support information suitable for the situation of 1 is acquired by the support execution means, and the support execution step is performed to support the third individual by the support execution means based on the acquired support information. An automatic support method of an automatic support system characterized by A database in which the second relationship information indicating the relationship with the fourth individual related to the third individual records the second relationship information, an information recording medium possessed by the third individual or the fourth individual, A third information acquisition step acquired by a third information acquisition means from either a third individual or a sensor that detects the fourth individual;
Based on the second relation information acquired in the third information acquisition step, the second situation relating to the third individual is determined by the second situation determination means, and the second situation is determined by the second situation determination means. A second situation determination step in which it is determined whether or not a condition for providing support for the third individual is satisfied,
In the support execution step, the support execution means determines that the condition for performing the support in the second situation determination step is satisfied, and further, the condition for performing the support in the first situation determination step If it is determined that the condition is satisfied, support information suitable for support for the third individual is acquired from the support information database based on the first situation and the second situation by the support execution unit. The automatic support method of the automatic support system according to claim 5, wherein the support execution unit performs support for the third individual based on the acquired support information. The second environment information indicating the environment related to the third individual is any one of a database that records the second environment information, an information recording medium that the third individual has, and a sensor that detects an environmental state of the third individual. A fourth information acquisition step acquired by the fourth information acquisition means;
Based on the second environment information acquired in the fourth information acquisition step, the second situation relating to the third individual is determined by the second situation determination means, and the second situation is determined by the second situation determination means. A second situation determination step in which it is determined whether or not a condition for providing support for the third individual is satisfied,
In the support execution step, it is determined by the support execution means that the condition for performing the support in the second situation determination step means is satisfied, and further, the support for performing the support in the first situation determination step When it is determined that the condition is satisfied, support information suitable for support for the third individual based on the first situation and the second situation is obtained from the support information database by the support execution unit. The automatic support method of the automatic support system according to claim 5 or 6, wherein support for the third individual is performed by the support execution unit based on the acquired support information.

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