JP2007323150A - Simulated human body organ system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simulated human body organ system smoothly transmitting information among users of the system so that the system is recognized as a personified object. <P>SOLUTION: The simulated human body organs system is prepared in an object to personify the object. An eye image is displayed on displays 3a and 3b so that irises 31a and 31b are aligned along a line connecting a center point of eyes specified by the eye image and a target 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a human body organ simulation apparatus that can attach a body part simulating a human body to an object.

  Recent studies have reported that humans tend to take the same kind of communication with humans as non-human objects, that is, people tend to be anthropomorphic and handle those objects. Patent Document 1 discloses an apparatus that has a structure that makes it easy for humans to be anthropomorphic using such human tendencies, and that promotes information transmission with humans by the shape and movement of the structure. 1 is disclosed.

The anthropomorphic interface device of Patent Document 1 is realized in person-to-person communication by displaying an anthropomorphic character simulating a human on a display provided on an object and changing the movement of the line of sight of the anthropomorphic character Exchange of information such as impression and personality that can be made is realized through anthropomorphic characters in communication between objects and people.
JP 2002-222437 A Atsushi Fukayama, VincentBao Pham, Takehiko Ohno: Examination of usability evaluation of anthropomorphic agent based on eye-gaze analysis, IEICE technical report, HIP2003-136, 2004.

  However, in the anthropomorphic interface device disclosed in Patent Document 1, the device user does not recognize an object as an anthropomorphic target, and without communicating with the object, Communication is performed with anthropomorphic characters that are objects different from the object. For this reason, when a device user uses an object provided with the device, the user must also recognize an anthropomorphic character in addition to the object as a communication target, which imposes a cognitive load. become. Further, it has been reported that the place where the device user gazes tends to move a plurality of places of the anthropomorphic character, and the attention to the anthropomorphic character by the device user is distracted (Non-Patent Document 1).

  Therefore, the anthropomorphic interface device of Patent Document 1 is an environment in which information transmission between an object and a person is difficult to proceed smoothly. For example, even if an anthropomorphic character points to a certain point due to the behavior of the character itself, The accuracy of accurately transmitting that point to humans tends to be low.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a human organ mimic device capable of facilitating information transmission with a device user by being recognized as an anthropomorphic target. The purpose is to do.

  A human body organ simulation apparatus according to the present invention is a human body organ simulation apparatus provided on an object for anthropomorphizing an object, wherein an organ part simulating at least a part of an organ of the body, and a first part inside the organ part. A third point inside the organ part that uniquely identifies the direction indicated by the organ part by a line segment connecting the first point on a line connecting the point and the second point outside the organ part And an organ drive control unit for driving the organ unit.

  According to this configuration, a user who uses an object in which the human body organ simulation device of the present invention is installed only needs to recognize the person who is anthropomorphic as a communication target, so that the cognitive load is reduced. In addition, it is only necessary to pay attention to only two points (corresponding to the first point and the third point) that specify a certain direction in the organ part provided on the object. Can be suppressed. As the first point and the third point, for example, if the organ part simulates an eye, the center of the eyeball is the first point, the center of the iris described later is the third point, and the organ part is If the arm and hand are simulated, one end of the arm opposite to the hand is the first point and the tip of the finger of the hand is the third point.

  In addition, the human body organ simulation apparatus of the present invention includes a device including a first position information acquisition unit that acquires position information about the first point.

  According to this configuration, even if the object provided with the human body mimic device of the present invention is not fixed in one place and moves, the position indicated by the device is the target that exists outside the device. Can be matched.

  In addition, the human body organ simulation device of the present invention includes a device including a second position information acquisition unit that acquires position information about the second point.

  According to this configuration, even when an object existing outside the human body organ simulation apparatus of the present invention moves, the position indicated by the apparatus can be aligned with the object.

  Further, in the human body organ simulation apparatus according to the present invention, the organ unit is configured by a display unit that displays various information, and the display unit displays an organ simulating at least a part of the body, and the organ drive control unit Which controls the display mode of the organ by the display unit.

  According to this configuration, a body organ can be easily simulated.

  Further, in the human body organ simulation apparatus of the present invention, the display unit displays an eye image simulating the eyes of the body, and the organ drive control unit includes an eye center point specified by the eye image and the organ unit. The eye image by the display unit is such that a feature point in the eye image that uniquely identifies the direction indicated by the eye image by a line segment connecting the center point is along a line connecting the second external point. Including the one that controls the display form.

  According to this configuration, by using the feature point in the eye image as an iris, a user who uses the object on which the human body pseudo device of the present invention is installed is present outside the device by the line of sight of the eye image. The position of the target object can be easily estimated.

  Further, in the human body organ simulation apparatus of the present invention, the display unit displays a plurality of eye images simulating the eyes of the body, and the organ drive control unit changes the display form of the eye image by the display unit to the eye. The thing controlled for every image is included.

  According to this configuration, a user who uses an object in which the human organ simulation apparatus according to the present invention is installed can more accurately infer the position of the object by the line of sight of a plurality of eye images.

  Further, in the human body organ simulating apparatus of the present invention, the organ part is constituted by a member that is formed at least partially in a straight line, and the organ drive control unit includes one point of the straight part in the member and the point Differentiating the linear part in the member, which uniquely identifies the direction indicated by the member on a line connecting the second point outside the organ part by a line segment connecting one point of the linear part in the member Including one that controls the orientation of the member so that one point of the

  According to this configuration, the user who uses the object in which the human body organ simulation device of the present invention is installed exists outside the device from the direction indicated by the member simulating a linear organ such as a finger or an arm. The position of the object can be easily inferred.

  Moreover, the human body organ simulation apparatus of the present invention includes a device in which the organ part is constituted by a plurality of the members, and the organ drive control unit controls the orientation of the members for each member.

  According to this configuration, the user who uses the object in which the human organ simulation device of the present invention is installed can more accurately depend on the directions indicated by the plurality of members simulating the linear organs such as fingers and arms. The position of the object can be inferred.

  According to the human body organ simulation apparatus of the present invention, a user who uses an object on which the apparatus is installed needs to recognize only the object that is anthropomorphic as a communication target, thereby reducing the cognitive load. Furthermore, since it is only necessary to pay attention to only two points that specify a certain direction in the organ part provided on the object, it is possible to suppress distraction of the human body organ simulation device. As a result, information transmission between the object and the person can be facilitated.

Hereinafter, a human body organ simulation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
First, an outline of the processing of the human organ simulator when the human organ simulator according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided in a refrigerator will be described. FIG. 1 shows a side view of a refrigerator provided with a human body organ simulation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1A is a side view of a refrigerator that is not provided with a device that promotes anthropomorphism for the refrigerator user, and FIG. 1B is provided with an anthropomorphic interface device disclosed in Patent Document 1. 1 (c) shows a side view of the refrigerator provided with the human body organ simulation device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The refrigerator 1 described in FIG. 1 is provided with a sound output device, and it is possible to transmit a request to the refrigerator user by outputting voice guidance from the sound output device. For example, the refrigerator 1 outputs a voice guidance such as “want some fruit.” (Desired fruit) and prompts the refrigerator user to store the fruit in the refrigerator 1.

  The refrigerator 11 shown in FIG. 1 (a), which is not provided with a device that urges the refrigerator user to be anthropomorphic, must give fruit to the refrigerator user only by voice guidance. For this reason, voice guidance is long, such as “want some fruit that is on the sink.” And the content of the guidance tends to be complicated, and such voice guidance is often used for refrigerator users. Cannot be intuitively understood, and therefore, the refrigerator 11 having such a voice guidance function is not easy to use.

  The refrigerator 12 provided with the anthropomorphic interface device disclosed in Patent Document 1 shown in FIG. 1B displays an anthropomorphic character on the display 121 provided on the open / close door above the refrigerator, and the anthropomorphization is performed. A character's line of sight refers to a place where an object (in FIG. 1, fruit becomes an object) is located. The refrigerator 12 outputs “want the fruit” voice guidance and voice guidance and the like, and displays an anthropomorphic character whose line of sight matches the target on the display 121. Since the user of the refrigerator 12 can determine that the object is present at the place indicated by the line of sight of the anthropomorphic character, the voice guidance is short and the content of the guidance may be simple. The object to which 12 points can be specified intuitively. However, the user of the refrigerator 12 must recognize an anthropomorphic character in addition to the refrigerator 12 as an object of communication, which imposes a cognitive load. Therefore, even if the anthropomorphic character points to a certain place by line of sight, the accuracy of accurately telling that place to the user tends to be low.

  The refrigerator 13 provided with the human organ simulation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 (c) simulates both eyes of the display 131a and 131b provided on the open / close door 132 above the refrigerator. The image is displayed separately, and the point where the object is located is indicated by the line of sight estimated from the image of the eye. The refrigerator 13 outputs “want it” voice guidance and the like and voice guidance, and displays the eye images with the line of sight on the object on the displays 131a and 131b. The user of the refrigerator 13 recognizes that the vicinity of the open / close door 132 provided with the displays 131a and 131b simulates the head of the body, and the vicinity of the open / close door 133 below the refrigerator simulates the abdomen and legs of the body. In addition, the portion that the user of the refrigerator 13 should watch is limited to images simulating the eyes displayed on the displays 131a and 131b. For this reason, since the user of the refrigerator 13 only needs to recognize the refrigerator 13 as an object of communication, the user can reduce the cognitive load. Further, the point to be watched is in the eyes displayed on the displays 131a and 131b. Since it is limited, it can suppress that the attention to a human body organ simulation apparatus becomes distracted. As a result, information transmission between the refrigerator and the person can be facilitated, the voice guidance is further shorter, and the content of the guidance can be simpler. Intuitively and accurately specified.

(First embodiment)
Next, the human body organ simulating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. In the first embodiment of the present invention, a human organ mimic device that simulates the body eye as described above will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a structural diagram showing the structure of the eye of the body (FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of the eye of the body, FIG. 2B is a front view of the eye of the body), and FIG. 1 shows an example of an image simulating the eyes of a body, which is displayed on a display in the human body organ simulation apparatus of one embodiment.

  As shown in the structure of the eye of the body shown in FIG. 2, the portions of the human eye that can be identified from outside the body (the portions exposed to the air) are mainly the sclera, iris, and pupil. It is. The display 3a, 3b in the human body organ simulating apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 displays a portion corresponding to the sclera in white, and displays a portion corresponding to the iris and pupil in black, thereby simulating the eyes of the body. Display the selected image. Hereafter, the iris corresponding to the iris and pupil displayed on the displays 3a and 3b (the area specified by black on the image) is simply referred to as “iris”. In addition, the displays 3a and 3b can be viewed by changing the display positions of the irises 31a and 31b in accordance with the position of the object (the cup 4 in FIG. 3) whose eyes are to be aligned. The user is pointed to the position of the object.

  Next, a method for controlling the display position of the iris in the human body organ simulation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a method for controlling the display position of the iris in the human body organ simulating apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 4A shows a schematic diagram of the display position of the iris when the display is viewed from the vertical direction, and FIG. 4B shows a schematic diagram of the display position of the iris when the display is viewed from the horizontal direction. ing.

  First, virtual eye center points c1 and c2 (on the first point in the description of the claims) behind the display surface of the displays 3a and 3b (opposite side of the object 4 with the displays 3a and 3b sandwiched). Equivalent). The spheres s1 and s2 centered on the center points c1 and c2 represent spherical eyes formed virtually by the displays 3a and 3b. In FIG. 4, since there are two displays 3a and 3b for displaying each eye in order to simulate two eyes, a virtual eye center point is set for each eye. Next, a line segment connecting the position x of the object (cup 4 in FIG. 4) (corresponding to the second point in the claims) and the center points c1 and c2, and the displays 3a and 3b. Intersections p1 and p2 (corresponding to the third point in the description of the claims) with the planes A1 and A2 formed by the display surface are calculated. The displays 3a and 3b convert the intersection points p1 and p2 into display position coordinates on the displays 3a and 3b, and display the irises 31a and 31b so that the display position coordinates coincide with the center positions of the irises 31a and 31b.

  Next, a specific method for calculating the planes A1 and A2 and the center points c1 and c2 will be described. In order to calculate the planes A1 and A2, as a premise, the display surfaces of the displays 3a and 3b are parallel to the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 4B, and the display surfaces of the displays 3a and 3b are predetermined. (The relative angle formed by the display surfaces of the displays 3a and 3b is represented by an angle vector r). First, as shown in FIG. 4A, the case where the display surfaces of the displays 3a and 3b are arranged so as to satisfy r = 0 (that is, parallel) is described because the plane A1 (A2 is the same as A1). Will be described.

  The displays 3a and 3b are provided with sensors 32a and 32b for acquiring position information, respectively. The sensors 32a and 32b may be sensors that acquire absolute positions, or may be sensors that acquire relative positions. As an example of the sensors 32a and 32b, there is a sensor that acquires position information of its own sensor using GPS (Global Positioning System). When a control device (not shown in FIG. 4) that controls display by the displays 3a and 3b inputs position information of two points from the sensors 32a and 32b, the display surfaces of the displays 3a and 3b are perpendicular to the vertical direction. Since the display surfaces of the displays 3a and 3b are parallel to each other, the plane A1 is uniquely calculated. Moreover, if the display control part has previously set the displayable range of each of the displays 3a and 3b based on the positions of the sensors 32a and 32b, the displayable range of each of the displays 3a and 3b on the plane A1 is also set. Can be calculated.

Next, a method for calculating the center points c1 and c2 will be described.
If the plane A1 is calculated, two points having different coordinates and separated by a predetermined distance in the direction of the normal vector n with respect to the plane A1 may be set as the center points c1 and c2. As more preferable center points c1 and c2, if the displayable ranges of the displays 3a and 3b on the plane A1 are respectively calculated, the centers of the displayable ranges on the displays 3a and 3b are in the direction of the normal vector n. For example, the center point may be two points that are separated by a predetermined distance. With this center point, the display range of the irises 31a and 31b can be maximized within the displayable range of the display. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram in which two points that are separated from each center of the displayable range in the displays 3a and 3b by a predetermined distance in the direction of the normal vector n are the center points c1 and c2.

  Furthermore, a method for calculating the planes A1 and A2 when the display surfaces of the displays 3a and 3b are arranged with an angle specified by the angle vector r (that is, r is not 0) will be described. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of iris display positions when two displays that are not arranged in parallel are viewed from the vertical direction.

  When the control device that controls display by the displays 3a and 3b inputs the position information from the sensors 32a and 32b, first, the plane A3 is calculated by the same calculation method as that when r = 0. Thereafter, the plane A3 is calculated as the plane A1 by rotating the plane A3 by r / 2, and the plane A2 is calculated by rotating the plane A3 by -r / 2. Since the method for calculating the center points c1 and c2 is as described above, the description thereof is omitted.

Next, referring to the configuration of the human organ simulator of the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 6 and the processing flow by the human organ simulator of the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. The configuration for realizing the human body organ simulation device of the first embodiment of the invention and the flow of processing from the acquisition of the position x of the object (cup 4 in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5) to the control of the display position of the iris 51 State.
In the human body organ simulation device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, acquisition of position information of a certain object, identification of the position x of the object based on the position information, and an iris 31a based on the position x of the object, The display device 31b is controlled by the control device 5 constituted by a PC. The control device 5 includes a position information acquisition unit 51, a position specifying unit 52, and a display control unit 53.

  The position information acquisition unit 51 uses the radio wave received from the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag 41 attached to the object 4 to detect the position coordinates of the RFID tag based on the position of the control device 5 (that is, the position of the object). Coordinate) or the position coordinates of the object relative to the control device 5 from the image obtained by imaging the object (step S71). Note that the position information acquisition method provided in the position information acquisition unit 51 may use various position information acquisition functions in addition to using the RFID system or the image recognition apparatus. Further, the position information acquisition unit 51 acquires the position coordinates of the displays 3a and 3b from the sensors 32a and 32b provided in the displays 3a and 3b, respectively (step S72). As an example of the sensors 32a and 32b, there is a sensor that acquires position information of its own sensor using GPS (Global Positioning System). Note that the coordinate system of the position information detected by the sensors 32a and 32b needs to be a common one or a relative relationship between the respective coordinate systems is set in advance.

  The position specifying unit 52 converts the position coordinates of the object notified from the position information acquiring unit 51 into a relative position x with reference to the coordinate system of the sensors 32a and 32b (step S73). Further, the position specifying unit 52 specifies the planes A1, A2 and the center points c1, c2 by calculating the planes A1, A2 and the center points c1, c2 by the calculation method described above (step S74). The position specifying unit 52 calculates the position coordinates of the intersection point p1 (or intersection point p2) between the line segment connecting the position x and the center point c1 (or center point c2) and the plane A1 (or plane A2) (step S75). ). In FIGS. 4 and 5, the intersection points p1 and p2 are represented by white circles in the regions forming the irises 31a and 32b. The position specifying unit 52 outputs the calculated position coordinates of the intersections p1 and p2 to the display control unit 53.

  The display control unit 53 displays the irises 31a and 31b as the center positions of the irises 31a and 31b whose shapes are set in advance with the position coordinates of the intersections p1 and p2 input from the position specifying unit 52 (step S76). Thereafter, the control device 5 repeats the processing from step S71 to step S76 at an arbitrary timing. Depending on the position of the object, as shown in the display example of the image simulating the eyes of the body in the human body organ simulating apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. It is assumed that the part is displayed outside the portion corresponding to the sclera 81. In such a case, the display control unit 53 displays the irises 31a and 31b only within the display region of the sclera 81, that is, the human body organ simulation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. As shown in the display example of the image simulating the eye of the body, the colors of a part of the irises 31a and 31b outside the display area of the sclera 81 (area surrounded by a dotted line) are displayed in accordance with the color of the sclera. It is preferable to do. In order to perform this process, the display control unit needs to set the display ranges of the sclera 81a and 81b on the displays 3a and 3b in advance.

  As described above, according to the human body organ simulation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, an object (for example, a refrigerator, a vending machine, or the like on which an object on which the displays 3a and 3b are installed needs to perform some operation) ) Can reduce the cognitive load because it is sufficient to recognize only the object that is anthropomorphic as a target of communication, and further, the points of interest in the object are displayed on the displays 3a and 3b. Since it concentrates on the center point of the eyeball and the iris in the eyes that have been made, it is possible to suppress the distraction of attention to the human body organ simulation device. As a result, information transmission between the object and the person can be facilitated, and the user can intuitively and accurately specify the target object pointed to by the object, for example.

  In the human body organ simulation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the planes A1 and A2 are calculated based on the position information acquired by the sensors 32a and 32b provided on the displays 3a and 3b. Even if the object provided with the human body mimic device is not fixed in one place and may move, the line of sight of the iris on the display can be aligned with the object.

  However, it is not always necessary to acquire the position information by the sensors 32a and 32b. When the object provided with the human organ mimicking device of the present invention is fixed at one place, the position information (sensors) of the displays 3a and 3b is provided. (Position information corresponding to the position information acquired in 32a and 32b) may be registered one by one in advance, and more specifically, even when the object provided with the human organ mimic device of the present invention moves, The planes A1 and A2 can also be calculated by updating the registration of the position information of each of the displays 3a and 3b each time.

  In the human body organ simulation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the eyes are displayed on the two displays 3a and 3b, respectively, but two eyes may be displayed on one display. In this case, the display control unit 53 preliminarily displays the sclera 81a in each of the displays 3a and 3b so that the iris 31a to be displayed on the sclera 81a of one eye is not displayed on the other sclera 81b. , 81b and the irises 31a and 31b to be displayed over the display range in association with each other.

  In the human body organ simulation device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the eyes are displayed on the two displays 3a and 3b, respectively, and the user is notified of the position of the object from the line of sight of the two eyes. If the user can be informed of the presence of the object only by informing the user of only the direction of the object, this can be dealt with by displaying one eye on one display 3a, 3b. .

  In the human body organ simulation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the eyes of the body are simulated by displaying the irises 31a and 31b and the sclera 81a and 81b on the two displays 3a and 3b, respectively. Alternatively, the eye may be simulated using a device that can arbitrarily move the flat iris on the flat sclera.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, the human body organ simulating apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. In the second embodiment of the present invention, a human body organ simulating apparatus simulating body arms and hands will be described in detail. FIG. 9 shows a schematic diagram of a human body organ simulation apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In addition, in FIG. 9, the front view of the water heater provided with the part which simulated the arm of the body is described.

  The human body organ simulating apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention has linear arm portions 91a and 91b simulating body arms and hands, and fixed portions c3 and c4 of the arm portions 91a and 91b at an arbitrary angle. Arm holding portions 92a and 92b having a mechanism that can be fixed to the water heater 9 (for example, a biaxial rotation mechanism that can rotate the arm portions 91a and 91b around two axes), and an arm by the arm holding portions 92a and 92b A control device (not shown in FIG. 9) for determining an angle for fixing the portions 91a and 91b to the water heater 9 is configured. Hereinafter, with respect to the control processing by the control device, the configuration of the human organ simulation device of the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 10 and the processing flow by the human organ simulation device of the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 9, the configuration for realizing the human organ simulation device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and the acquisition of the position x of the object (cup 4 in FIGS. 9 and 10), the fixed angles of the arms 91a and 91b The flow of processing leading to control will be described.

  In the human body organ simulating apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the position information of a certain object is acquired, the position x of the object based on the position information is specified, and the arm 91a based on the position x of the object. , 91b controls the display position of the fixed angle. The control device 10 includes a position information acquisition unit 101, a position specifying unit 102, and a fixed angle control unit 103. The control device 9 is configured by a microchip and can be configured to be disposed in the arm holding portions 92a and 92b. In the following description, since the functions of the respective parts assigned the same reference numerals in the description of the human organ simulation apparatus of the first embodiment are the same as the functions described in the first embodiment, the description will be omitted. Omitted.

  The position information acquisition unit 101 uses a radio wave received from an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag 41 attached to the object 4 to detect the position coordinates of the RFID tag based on the position of the control device 10 (that is, the position of the object). Coordinate) is acquired, and the position coordinates of the object with respect to the control device 10 are acquired from the image obtained by imaging the object (step S101). In addition, the position information acquisition unit 101 includes sensors 32a and 32b (preferably, sensors 32a and 32b provided at fixed locations where the arm portions 91a and 91b are fixed) provided in the arm holding units 92a and 92b, respectively. The position coordinates c3 and c4 (corresponding to the first point in the claims) of the arm portions 91a and 91b are acquired (step S102).

  The position specifying unit 102 is a relative position x based on the coordinate system of the sensors 32a and 32b with respect to the position coordinates of the object notified from the position information acquiring unit 51 (corresponding to the second point in the claims). (Step S103). Further, the position specifying unit 102 calculates a direction vector p1 (or direction vector p2) of a line segment connecting the position coordinate c3 (or position coordinate c4) notified from the sensor 32a (or sensor 32b) and the position x ( Step S104). The position specifying unit 52 outputs the calculated direction vectors p <b> 1 and p <b> 2 to the fixed angle control unit 103.

  The fixed angle control unit 103 includes the direction vector p1 (or the direction vector p2) input from the position specifying unit 102, the position coordinates c3 and c4 of the arm portions 91a and 91b, and the tip of the finger in the arm portions 91a and 91b (claims). The fixed angles of the arm portions 91a and 91b are controlled so that the direction vector connecting to the third point in the range matches (step S105). Thereafter, the control device 10 repeats the processing from step S101 to step S105 at an arbitrary timing.

  As described above, according to the human body organ simulation apparatus of the second embodiment of the present invention, the user of the object on which the arm portions 91a and 91b are installed only needs to recognize the object that is anthropomorphized as a communication target. Therefore, the cognitive load can be reduced, and furthermore, since the spot to be watched in the object is concentrated on the arm part, it is possible to suppress the distraction of the attention to the human body organ simulating apparatus. As a result, information transmission between the object and the person can be facilitated, and the user can intuitively and accurately specify the target object pointed to by the object, for example.

  Further, in the human organ simulation apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the human body of the present invention is calculated by calculating the direction vectors p1 and p2 from the positions c3 and c4 acquired by the sensors 32a and 32b to the position x of the object. Even if the object provided with the organ mimic device is not fixed at one place and may move, the longitudinal direction of the arms 91a and 91b can be adjusted to the position where the object is located.

  However, it is not always necessary to acquire the position information by the sensors 32a and 32b, and when the object provided with the human organ mimic device of the present invention is fixed at one place, the position information of each of the arms 91a and 91b ( (Position information corresponding to the position information acquired by the sensors 32a and 32b) may be registered one by one in advance, and more specifically, even when an object provided with the human organ simulation apparatus of the present invention moves. The direction vectors p1 and p2 can also be calculated by updating the registration of the position information of the arm portions 91a and 91b each time.

  In the human body organ simulation device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, both arms 91a and 91b are used to simulate both arms, and the user is informed of the position of the object from the direction of both arms. If the user can be informed of the presence of the target object only by notifying the user only of the direction of the target object, it can be handled by only one arm.

  According to the human body pseudo device of the present invention, it is possible to facilitate information transmission between an object on which the device is installed and a person, and communication between the object and the person can be achieved. Useful in the field of promoting user interfaces.

The side view of the refrigerator provided with the human organ mimic device of the embodiment of the present invention (a) is a side view of a refrigerator not provided with a device for promoting personification to the refrigerator user, (b) is a patent document 1 is a side view of a refrigerator provided with the anthropomorphic interface device disclosed in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3C is a side view of the refrigerator provided with the human organ simulation device according to the embodiment of the present invention. Structural diagram showing the structure of the body eye (a) is a cross-sectional view of the eye of the body, (b) is a front view of the eye of the body An example of an image simulating the eyes of a body displayed on a display in the human body organ simulation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram showing a method for controlling the iris display position in the human body organ simulation apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of the iris display position when the display is viewed from the vertical direction, and FIG. Schematic diagram of iris display position when viewing from the horizontal Schematic diagram of iris display position when two displays that are not arranged in parallel are viewed from the vertical direction Configuration of the human body organ simulating apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention Processing flow by the human body organ simulation apparatus of the first embodiment of the present invention Display example of image simulating body eye in human body organ mimic device of first embodiment of the present invention Schematic diagram of the human body organ simulation device of the second embodiment of the present invention Configuration of the human body organ simulation apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention Processing Flow by Human Body Organ Simulating Device of Second Embodiment of the Present Invention

Explanation of symbols

11, 12, 13 Refrigerator 121, 131a, 131b Display 132, 133 Open / close door 3a, 3b Display 31a, 31b Iris 32a, 32b Sensor 4 Cup 41 Tag 5 Controller 51 Position information acquisition unit 52 Position specifying unit 53 Display control unit 81a , 81b Sclera 9 Water heater 91a, 91b Arm part 92a, 92b Arm holding part 10 Control device 101 Position information acquisition part 102 Position specifying part 103 Fixed angle control part

Claims (8)

A human organ mimic device provided on the object for anthropomorphizing the object,
An organ part simulating at least a part of the body,
The organ that uniquely identifies a direction indicated by the organ part by a line segment connecting the first point on a line connecting the first point inside the organ part and the second point outside the organ part An organ drive control unit that drives the organ unit so that the third point inside the unit is along;
A human body organ simulator. The human body organ simulation device according to claim 1,
A human body organ simulating apparatus comprising a first position information acquisition unit that acquires position information about the first point. A human body organ mimic device according to claim 1 or 2,
A human body organ simulating apparatus including a second position information acquisition unit that acquires position information about the second point. The human body organ simulation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The organ part is constituted by a display part for displaying various information,
The display unit displays an organ simulating at least a part of the body,
The organ drive control unit controls a display form of the organ by the display unit;
Human body organ simulator. A human body organ simulation device according to claim 4,
The display unit displays an eye image simulating the eyes of the body,
The organ drive control unit, on a line connecting a center point of the eye specified by the eye image and a second point outside the organ unit, a direction indicated by the eye image by a line segment connecting the center point. Controlling the display form of the eye image by the display unit so that the feature points in the uniquely specified eye image are along,
Human body organ simulator. The human body organ simulation device according to claim 5,
The display unit displays a plurality of eye images simulating the eyes of the body,
The organ drive control unit controls the display form of the eye image by the display unit for each eye image.
Human body organ simulator. The human body organ simulation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The organ part is constituted by a member formed at least partially in a straight line,
The organ drive control unit is configured to connect the one point of the linear part of the member and the second point outside the organ part to a line segment connecting the one point of the linear part of the member. The direction of the member is controlled so that another direction of the linear portion in the member is along, which uniquely specifies the direction indicated by the member.
Human body organ simulator. The human body organ simulation device according to claim 7,
The organ part is constituted by a plurality of the members,
The organ drive control unit controls the direction of the member for each member.
Human body organ simulator.

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