JP2014197779A - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic device with favorable usability.SOLUTION: An electronic device for operating an external device has: a detection section (19) for detecting the timing at which a user perform an operation; a first acquisition section (19) for acquiring environmental information on surrounding environment; second acquisition sections (14, 19) for acquiring setting information on settings of the external device; and a prediction section (19) for predicting the next operation of the user on the basis of the setting information and the environmental information, when the timing is detected.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device.

  Conventionally, there has been proposed a technique for preventing an erroneous operation when a remote controller such as a television or an air conditioner is operated in a dark place (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-94653 A

  However, in the conventional technique, since a plurality of keys are turned on by the backlight, there is a possibility that the user operates the wrong key.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an electronic device that is easy to use.

  The electronic device (10) of the present invention is an electronic device for operating the external device (20), and obtains environmental information related to the surrounding environment, and a detection unit (19) that detects the timing when the user performs the operation. The first acquisition unit (19), the second acquisition unit (14, 19) for acquiring setting information regarding the setting of the external device, and the setting information and the environment information when the timing is detected. And a prediction unit (19) for predicting the next operation of the user.

  In this case, the electronic device of the present invention provides an operation unit (12) that receives the user's operation and a notification that notifies the user of the operation member (121) corresponding to the operation predicted by the prediction unit in the operation unit. Part (19). In this case, the notification unit may make the mode of the operation member corresponding to the operation predicted by the prediction unit different from the mode of other operation members. In this case, the notification unit may notify the user of an operation member corresponding to the operation predicted by the prediction unit using a light emitting member (122), and the operation unit is a touch panel, The notification unit may change the display of the operation member corresponding to the operation predicted by the prediction unit.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, the prediction unit may predict the next operation of the user based on history information of the operation performed by the user, the setting information, and the environment information. Good. In this case, the history information may be information that associates the operation performed by the user with the surrounding environment when the operation is performed and the setting of the external device. In this case, the history information may include information related to a change in the setting of the external device, and the prediction unit may predict the next operation of the user based on the information related to the change in the setting. .

  Moreover, the electronic device of the present invention includes a third acquisition unit (11) that acquires information for specifying a user who performs an operation, and the history information associates and holds a user and an operation history, and the prediction unit includes: The next operation of the user may be predicted based on the operation history associated with the user specified based on the information acquired by the third acquisition unit. In the electronic device of the present invention, the first acquisition unit may acquire the environment information from the external device through communication with the external device. In the electronic device of the present invention, the first acquisition unit may acquire the environmental information from at least one of a temperature sensor (17) and a humidity sensor (19).

  In addition, in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, the above description has been made in association with the reference numerals of the drawings representing one embodiment. May be modified as appropriate, or at least a part thereof may be replaced with another component. Further, the configuration requirements that are not particularly limited with respect to the arrangement are not limited to the arrangement disclosed in the embodiment, and can be arranged at a position where the function can be achieved.

  The present invention has an effect of providing an electronic device that is easy to use.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the electronic device system which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a remote control. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the operation history accumulation | storage process which the control part of a remote control performs. 4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating an example of an operation history table stored in the storage unit of the remote controller. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the operation member alerting | reporting process which the control part of a remote control performs. FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams for explaining the processing of FIG. FIG. 7A to FIG. 7C are diagrams showing modifications of the remote control.

  Hereinafter, one embodiment is described in detail based on Drawing 1-Drawing 6 (B). FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic device system 500 according to an embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic device system 500 includes an air conditioner 20 and a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller) 10 for operating the air conditioner 20.

(Air conditioner 20)
As shown in FIG. 1, the air conditioner 20 includes a communication unit 21 and a control unit 24.

  The communication unit 21 communicates with a communication unit 14 of the remote controller 10 to be described later, and transmits setting information related to the settings of the air conditioner 20 to the remote controller 10 or receives an operation instruction from the remote controller 10.

The control unit 24 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a ROM (Read Only).
Memory) and the like, and the entire air conditioner 20 is controlled based on an operation instruction received from the remote controller 10.

(Remote control 10)
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the remote controller 10 includes a fingerprint acquisition unit 11, an operation unit 12, a display unit 13, a communication unit 14, a storage unit 15, a clock unit 16, a temperature sensor 17, A humidity sensor 18 and a control unit 19 are provided.

  The fingerprint acquisition unit 11 is provided, for example, in a part (for example, a side surface) of the remote controller 10 at a position where the user's finger contacts, acquires the fingerprint of the user who is operating the remote controller 10, and Output.

  The operation unit 12 receives an operation on the air conditioner 20 from a user. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the operation unit 12 includes a plurality of operation members 121 a to 121 f and a plurality of light emitting members 122 a to 122 f corresponding to the plurality of operation members 121 a to 121 f. In the following description, the plurality of operation members 121a to 121f will be referred to as the operation member 121, and the plurality of light emitting members 122a to 122f will be referred to as the light emitting member 122, unless otherwise specified. Note that the number of the operation members 121 and the light emitting members 122 may be set as appropriate.

  Each of the plurality of operation members 121 is associated with an operation on the air conditioner 20. For example, the operation member 121a is associated with an operation of turning on the air conditioner 20 (see FIG. 2). For example, the operation member 121d is associated with an operation for increasing the set temperature of the air conditioner 20 (see FIG. 2).

  The light emitting member 122 is for notifying the operation member 121 predicted to be operated by the user, and in the present embodiment, is disposed so as to surround the operation member 121 as shown in FIG. The light emitting member 122 emits light based on the control of the control unit 19 described later, and notifies the user of the operation member 121 predicted to be operated by the user.

  The display unit 13 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays an operation mode of the air conditioner 20, an air volume of the air conditioner 20, a set temperature, and the like as illustrated in FIG. The information displayed on the display unit 13 may be set as appropriate.

  The communication unit 14 communicates with the communication unit 21 of the air conditioner 20 to transmit an operation instruction received from the user to the air conditioner 20 or to receive setting information regarding the setting of the air conditioner 20 from the air conditioner 20.

  The storage unit 15 is, for example, a non-volatile semiconductor memory such as a flash memory or a hard disk drive, and stores fingerprint information for each user used to identify a user who is operating the remote controller 10, or a remote controller 10 operation histories (details will be described later) are stored for each user.

  The clock unit 16 outputs time information to the control unit 19. The temperature sensor 17 detects the temperature around the remote controller 10 and outputs the detected temperature to the control unit 19. The humidity sensor 18 detects the humidity around the remote controller 10 and outputs it to the control unit 19.

  The control unit 19 includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like, and controls the entire remote controller 10.

  Next, an operation history accumulation process (operation history accumulation process) of the remote controller 10 executed by the control unit 19 will be described.

(Operation history accumulation process)
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation history accumulation process executed by the control unit 19 of the remote controller 10. In the present embodiment, the process of FIG. 3 is started when the user operates the operation member 121a to turn on the air conditioner 20 in a state where the power of the air conditioner 20 is turned off.

  In the process of FIG. 3, first, the control unit 19 specifies an operator who has operated the remote controller 10 in step S11. Specifically, the control unit 19 compares the fingerprint input from the fingerprint acquisition unit 11 with the fingerprint information for each user stored in the storage unit 15 and identifies the operator who has operated the remote controller 10.

  Next, in step S13, the control unit 19 obtains the current time from the clock unit 16, and proceeds to step S15.

  If transfering it to step S15, the control part 19 will acquire surrounding environment information. In the present embodiment, the control unit 19 acquires the temperature and humidity around the remote controller 10, that is, the temperature and humidity around the user operating the remote controller 10 from the temperature sensor 17 and the humidity sensor 18.

  Next, in step S <b> 17, the control unit 19 acquires setting information of the air conditioner 20. In the present embodiment, the control unit 19 acquires the operation mode (heating operation, cooling operation) of the air conditioner 20 and the set temperature from the control unit 24.

  If transfering it to step S19, the control part 19 will update an operation history table based on the information acquired by step S11-S17. In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 4A, the operation history table includes items of an operator, a power supply state, environment information, setting information, time information, and operation contents. The name of the user who operated the remote controller 10 is stored in the operator item. The power status item stores the power status (ON / OFF) of the air conditioner 20 when the remote controller 10 is operated. The environmental information item stores the temperature and humidity around the user when the remote controller 10 is operated. In the setting information item, the operation mode and set temperature of the air conditioner 20 when the remote controller 10 is operated are stored. The time when the remote controller 10 is operated is stored in the item of time information. In the operation content item, the content of the operation performed by the user on the air conditioner 20 is confirmed.

  Here, it is assumed that the user A operates the operation member 121a to turn on the air conditioner 20 at 19:00 in a room where the air conditioner 20 having a temperature of 28 degrees and a humidity of 40% is installed. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4A, “User A” is stored in the operator item and “19:00” is stored in the time information item by the processing in steps S11 to S17 in FIG. “28 degrees” is stored in the temperature item of the environmental information, “40%” is stored in the humidity item, and “power on” is stored in the operation content item. Further, when the user operates the remote controller 10, since the power of the air conditioner 20 is turned off, “OFF” is stored in the item of the power state. In this embodiment, when the power state is “off”, the setting information is not stored in the operation history table.

  Returning to FIG. 3, after updating the operation history table in step S <b> 19, the control unit 19 determines whether or not an operation for the air conditioner 20 is accepted in step S <b> 21. Specifically, the control unit 19 determines whether or not the operation member 121 has been operated. When determination here is denied, the control part 19 repeats determination of step S21 until operation is received from a user. And the control part 19 transfers to step S23 in the step which received operation from the user.

  If transfering it to step S23, the control part 19 will judge whether the operation received by step S21 was operation which turns off the power supply of the air-conditioner 20. FIG. When judgment here is denied, the control part 19 transfers to step S25.

  And the control part 19 performs the process of step S25-step S33 similarly to the process of step S11-S19. Here, for example, it is assumed that the user B changes the set temperature of the air conditioner 20 that is performing the cooling operation from 25 degrees to 23 degrees at 20:00. Further, it is assumed that the room temperature at this time is 26 degrees and the humidity is 40%. In this case, as shown in the second record of the operation history table in FIG. 4B, the control unit 19 stores “user B” in the operator item and sets “ON” in the power state item. Store “26 degrees” in the temperature item of the environmental information, store “40%” in the humidity item, store “cooling operation” in the operation mode item of the setting information, and set the temperature item “25 degrees” is stored in the time information item, “20:00” is stored in the time information item, and “25 degrees → 23 degrees” indicating the change of the set temperature is stored in the operation content item.

  Returning to FIG. 3, when the process of step S33 ends, the control unit 19 returns to step S21.

  By the way, in step S23, when the operation received from the user is an operation of turning off the power supply of the air conditioner 20, the control unit 19 proceeds to step S35.

  And the control part 19 performs the process of step S35-step S43 similarly to the process of step S11-S19, and complete | finishes the process of FIG. Here, it is assumed that the user A performs an operation of turning off the power of the air conditioner 20 at 23:00. Further, it is assumed that the temperature of the room in which the air conditioner 20 is installed at this time is 23 degrees and the humidity is 35%. In this case, as shown in the third record of the operation history table in FIG. 4C, the control unit 19 stores “user A” in the operator item and sets “ON” in the power state item. Store “23 degrees” in the temperature item of the environment information, “35%” in the humidity item, “cooling operation” in the operation mode item of the setting information, and set temperature item “23 degrees” is stored in the “time information” field, “23:00” is stored in the time information item, and “power off” indicating the operation to turn off the power is stored in the operation content item.

  As described above, the environment information (temperature, humidity) around the user, the setting information (operation mode, setting temperature) of the air conditioner 20 and the content of the operation performed by the user are associated with each other and the operation is performed for each user. Stored in the history table. The control unit 19 can accumulate the operation history of the remote controller 10 in the operation history table for each user by repeatedly executing the processing of FIG. Hereinafter, for convenience, the description will be made using the operation history table in which three records shown in FIG. 4C are accumulated, but the number of records accumulated in the operation history table is not limited to three records.

  Next, the notification process (operation member notification process) of the operation member 121 executed by the control unit 19 will be described using the operation history table.

(Operation member notification process)
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation member notification process executed by the control unit 19. The control unit 19 of the remote controller 10 always executes the process of FIG.

  In the process of FIG. 5, first, in step S <b> 101, the control unit 19 determines whether or not the timing at which the user operates the remote controller 10 has been detected. Specifically, the control unit 19 operates the remote controller 10 when the user grips the remote controller 10 to operate the remote controller 10 or when the user performs an operation to operate the remote controller 10. It is determined that the timing to perform is detected. Here, for example, when the output from an acceleration sensor (not shown) provided in the remote controller 10 is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the control unit 19 grasps the remote controller 10 to operate the remote controller 10. I can judge. In addition, the control unit 19 detects, for example, a change in the surroundings of the remote controller 10 using an infrared sensor (not shown) or a vibration sensor provided in the remote controller 10, or a voice that the user is searching for the remote controller 10 using a microphone (not shown). Is input, it is determined that the user has performed an operation to operate the remote controller 10 (for example, the user is searching for the remote controller 10).

  If the determination in step S101 is negative, the control unit 19 repeats the determination in step S101 until it detects the timing at which the user operates the remote controller 10. Then, the control unit 19 detects the timing at which the user operates the remote controller 10, and proceeds to step S103 when the determination in step S101 is affirmed.

  If transfering it to step S103, the control part 19 will judge whether the power supply of the air conditioner 20 is turned on. For example, the control unit 19 receives the power state of the air conditioner 20 from the air conditioner 20 and determines whether or not the power source of the air conditioner 20 is in an on state. When judgment here is denied, the control part 19 transfers to step S117.

  If transfering it to step S117, the control part 19 alert | reports the operation member 121 for turning on the power supply of the air conditioner 20 to a user. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6A, the control unit 19 causes the light emitting member 122a provided corresponding to the operation member 121a for turning on the power of the air conditioner 20 to emit light (illustrated by hatching). This notifies the user of the operation member 121a. Thereby, the user can recognize the operation member 121a for turning on the power supply of the air conditioner 20 even in a dark place, and the convenience of the user is enhanced. In addition, the user can avoid a situation in which the other operation member 121 is mistakenly operated, and the usability of the remote controller 10 is improved. When the process of step S117 ends, the control unit 19 returns to step S101.

  By the way, when determination of step S103 is affirmed, ie, when the power supply of the air conditioner 20 is turned on, the control part 19 transfers to step S105.

  If transfering it to step S105, the control part 19 will identify the operator of the remote control 10, and will transfer to step S107. Specifically, the control unit 19 acquires the fingerprint of the user holding the remote control 10 from the fingerprint acquisition unit 11 and compares it with the fingerprint information for each user stored in the storage unit 15, thereby operating the remote control 10. Identify the person. When the user does not hold the remote controller 10 (when searching for the remote controller 10), the process may proceed to step S107 without performing step S105.

  In step S <b> 107, the control unit 19 acquires current time information from the clock unit 16.

  Next, in step S109, the control unit 19 acquires environment information. In the present embodiment, the control unit 19 acquires the temperature and humidity around the remote controller 10, that is, the temperature and humidity around the user operating the remote controller 10 from the temperature sensor 17 and the humidity sensor 18.

  Next, in step S <b> 111, the control unit 19 acquires setting information for the air conditioner 20. In the present embodiment, the control unit 19 acquires the operation mode (heating operation, cooling operation) of the air conditioner 20 and the set temperature from the control unit 24 of the air conditioner 20.

  In subsequent step S113, the control unit 19 predicts an operation performed by a user (operator) operating the remote controller 10 based on the information acquired in steps S105 to S111. Specifically, the control unit 19 extracts, from the operation history table (see FIG. 4C), a record that matches the operator of the remote controller 10, the time information, the environment information, and the setting information acquired in steps S105 to S111. To do. When there is no matching record, the control unit 19 displays a record in which the operator and the operation mode match and the time information, the environment information (temperature, humidity), and the set temperature are similar to each other in the operation history table ( (See FIG. 4C). Then, the control unit 19 predicts that the operation stored in the operation content item of the extracted record is an operation to be performed by the user. For example, it is assumed that the ambient temperature of the remote controller 10 is 27 degrees, the humidity is 40%, and the set temperature of the air conditioner 20 performing the cooling operation is 25 degrees. At this time, it is assumed that the user B holds the remote control 10 at 19:50. In this case, a record that matches the operator (user B) of the remote controller 10, time information (19:50), environment information (27 degrees, 40%), and setting information (cooling operation, 25 degrees) is shown in FIG. It is not in the operation history table shown in C). Therefore, the control unit 19 matches the operator (user B) of the remote controller 10 with the operation mode (cooling operation) of the air conditioner 20, time information (19:50), environment information (27 degrees, 40%), The third record in the operation history table of FIG. 4C is extracted as a record similar to the set temperature (25 degrees). Since the operation content item of the record stores an operation in which the set temperature is changed from 25 degrees to 23 degrees, the control unit 19 predicts that the operation to be performed by the user is an operation to lower the set temperature. To do.

  In step S113, the control unit 19 matches, for example, the operator and the operation mode, and the temperature (environment information), humidity (environment information), set temperature (setting information), and time in the operation history table. A record in which the difference between the value stored in the information item and the value acquired in steps S107 to S111 is within a predetermined range may be extracted as a similar record. In this case, in all items, the difference between the value stored in the operation history table and the value acquired by the control unit 19 does not have to be within a predetermined range. For example, an item to be prioritized when extracting a record If the difference between the value stored in the operation history table for the item and the value acquired by the control unit 19 is within a predetermined range, the control unit 19 extracts the record. It is good. For example, if the temperature item of the environment information is set in advance as a priority item, the control unit 19 sets the temperature value acquired in step S109 and the value stored in the temperature item of the operation history table. A record in which the absolute value of the difference is within a predetermined range (for example, within 2 degrees) may be extracted to predict a user operation. In addition, when there are a plurality of records in which the difference between the value stored in the operation history table and the value acquired by the control unit 19 is within a predetermined range, the user's operation is predicted by extracting a record having a smaller difference. Alternatively, a plurality of operations may be predicted based on a plurality of records. In addition, when the operator cannot be specified in step S105, the control unit 19 uses the record in which the operation mode matches and the time information, the environment information, and the set temperature match or are similar to each other. What is necessary is just to predict the operation. In addition, even if the operators do not match, the control unit 19 can predict the user's operation using a record in which the operation mode matches and the time information, environment information, and set temperature match or are similar. Good.

  Returning to FIG. 5, in step S115, the control unit 19 notifies the user of the operation member 121 for performing the operation predicted in step S113, and the process returns to step S101. Specifically, the control unit 19 notifies the user of the operation member 121 by causing the light emitting member 122 provided corresponding to the operation member 121 for performing the predicted operation to emit light. For example, when the operation predicted by the control unit 19 in step S113 is an operation for lowering the set temperature, the control unit 19 operates the operation member 121c for lowering the set temperature as shown in FIG. The user is notified of the operation member 121c by causing the light emitting member 122c provided corresponding to the light to emit light (illustrated by hatching). Thereby, even in a dark place, the user can recognize the place of the operation member 121c to be operated, and the convenience for the user is enhanced. In addition, the user can avoid a situation in which the other operation member 121 is mistakenly operated, and the usability of the remote controller 10 is improved. In step S113, when the user predicts a plurality of operations as the next operation performed by the user, the control unit 19 may notify the user of the plurality of operation members 121 corresponding to the plurality of operations.

  As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, the control unit 19 of the remote controller 10 for operating the air conditioner 20 uses the temperature sensor 17 and the humidity sensor 18 to obtain ambient environment information (temperature, humidity). And acquiring the setting information of the air conditioner 20 using the communication unit 14, detecting the timing when the user performs an operation, and detecting the timing, the user's next information is based on the setting information and the environment information. Therefore, the user-friendliness of the remote controller 10 can be improved by performing control based on the prediction.

  In the present embodiment, the remote controller 10 includes an operation unit 12 that receives a user operation, and the control unit 19 uses the light emitting member 122 as the operation member 121 corresponding to the operation predicted by the control unit 19 in the operation unit 12. To inform the user. Thereby, since the user can distinguish the operation member 121 which the user should operate from now, and the other operation member 121, the usability of the remote control 10 improves. Furthermore, the user can avoid a situation in which the other operation member 121 is erroneously operated. Further, since the user can recognize the location of the operation member 121 to be operated even in the dark, the user convenience is improved in this respect as well.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 19 performs an operation history table that associates the operation performed by the user, the surrounding environment when the operation is performed, and the setting of the air conditioner 20, and the operation on the remote controller 10. The user's next operation is predicted based on the setting information of the air conditioner 20 and the environment information. Thereby, the user's next operation can be accurately predicted according to the environment around the user.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the operation history table (see FIG. 4C) has information related to the change in the setting of the air conditioner 20, and the control unit 19 determines the next of the user based on the information related to the change in the setting. In order to predict the operation, it is possible to notify the user of the operation member 121 corresponding to the operation for changing the setting.

  In addition, the remote controller 10 includes a fingerprint acquisition unit 11 that acquires information for specifying a user who performs an operation. The operation history table holds the user and the operation history in association with each other. The control unit 19 is the fingerprint acquisition unit 11. Since the user's next operation is predicted based on the operation history associated with the user specified based on the acquired information, the user's next operation can be predicted in consideration of the characteristics of each user. In addition, it is possible to notify the user of an appropriate operation member 121 that takes into account the characteristics of each user. For example, when the air conditioner 20 is in a cooling operation at a set temperature of 25 degrees and the room temperature is 24 degrees, the user A lowers the set temperature of the air conditioner 20 because it is hot, but the user B is not cold. Assume that the set temperature of the air conditioner 20 is increased. In this case, the control unit 19 notifies the user A of the operation member 121 for lowering the set temperature if the user A holds the remote control 10, and increases the set temperature if the user B holds the remote control 10. The operation member 121 can be notified to the user B. As a result, the user A and the user B are provided with the operation member 121 in consideration of the characteristics (hot and cold) of the user A and the user B, so that the usability of the remote controller 10 is improved.

(Modification)
In the above embodiment, the light emitting member 122 is disposed around the operation member 121, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 7A, the light emitting member 122 may be disposed below the operation member 121, or the control unit 19 may cause the operation member 121 itself to emit light.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the operation part 12 was provided with the operation member 121 and the light emission member 122, it is not restricted to this. For example, the operation unit 12 may be a touch panel assembled on the display unit 13 as shown in FIG. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7B, the control unit 19 displays the display of the operation member 121 (121c in FIG. 7B) corresponding to the predicted operation larger than the other operation members 121. Accordingly, the operation member 121 corresponding to the predicted operation may be notified. Further, as illustrated in FIG. 7C, the control unit 19 may display only the operation member 121 corresponding to the predicted operation on the display unit 13. As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent the user from operating the other operation member 121 by mistake. In addition, even when the operation unit 12 is a touch panel, the control unit 19 causes the operation member 121 to emit light around the operation member 121 corresponding to the predicted operation or the operation member 121 itself as in the above embodiment. You may notify. When the operation predicted by the control unit 19 is different from the operation that the user wants to perform, the display of the operation member 121 is normally displayed according to a predetermined operation of the user (for example, shaking the remote controller 10 a plurality of times). You may make it return to the display of.

  In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 19 specifies the operator based on the user's fingerprint acquired from the fingerprint acquisition unit 11, but is not limited thereto. For example, the electronic device system 500 includes a camera, and the control unit 19 may specify the operator of the remote controller 10 by a known face recognition technique or personal authentication technique based on an image captured by the camera. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the control part 19 specified the user who operated the remote control 10, it specifies the operator's sex and stores the information of the said sex in the operation history table as operator information. Also good.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the control part 19 estimated the operation which a user performs next using the operation history table, it is not restricted to this. For example, the control unit 19 may analyze an operation tendency from data accumulated in the operation history table, and predict an operation to be performed next by the user based on the operation tendency. Specifically, the control unit 19 analyzes a tendency such as “from 0:00 to 0:00, when XX is operated as XX” from the data accumulated in the operation history table, The analysis result is stored in a predetermined table stored in the storage unit 15. And the control part 19 should just predict operation which a user performs next from the said table, an operator, time information, environmental information, and setting information.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the control part 19 acquired environmental information using the temperature sensor 17 and the humidity sensor 18 with which the remote control 10 is provided, you may provide a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor in the air conditioner 20 side. In this case, the control unit 19 may acquire temperature information and humidity information from the air conditioner 20 via the communication unit 14. Further, both the remote controller 10 and the air conditioner 20 may be provided with a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor, and the control unit 19 may use the average value of both as environmental information.

  In the above embodiment, the power on / off operation and the set temperature changing operation have been mainly described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The above embodiment can also be applied to other operations such as an air volume switching operation of the air conditioner 20 and an operation mode switching operation.

  Moreover, although the remote control 10 which operates the air conditioner 20 was demonstrated in the said embodiment, it is not restricted to this. The embodiment described above can also be applied to a remote controller that operates a television, lighting, music playback device, and the like.

  The above-described embodiment is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Remote control 11 Fingerprint acquisition part 12 Operation part 14 Communication part 17 Temperature sensor 18 Humidity sensor 20 Air conditioner 121 Operation member 122 Light emitting member

Claims (11)

An electronic device for operating an external device,
A detection unit that detects a timing when the user performs an operation;
A first acquisition unit for acquiring environmental information about the surrounding environment;
A second acquisition unit for acquiring setting information related to the setting of the external device;
A prediction unit that predicts a next operation of the user based on the setting information and the environment information when the timing is detected;
An electronic device comprising: An operation unit for receiving the user's operation;
A notification unit for notifying the user of an operation member corresponding to the operation predicted by the prediction unit in the operation unit;
The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:   The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the notification unit makes a mode of an operation member corresponding to an operation predicted by the prediction unit different from a mode of another operation member.   The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the notification unit notifies the user of an operation member corresponding to the operation predicted by the prediction unit using a light emitting member. The operation unit is a touch panel,
The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the notification unit changes a display of an operation member corresponding to the operation predicted by the prediction unit.   6. The prediction unit according to claim 1, wherein the prediction unit predicts a next operation of the user based on history information of an operation performed by the user, the setting information, and the environment information. The electronic device of Claim 1.   The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the history information is information that associates an operation performed by the user with a surrounding environment when the operation is performed and settings of the external device. . The history information includes information related to a change in the setting of the external device,
The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the prediction unit predicts a next operation of the user based on information related to the change of the setting. A third acquisition unit that acquires information identifying a user who performs the operation;
The history information retains the user and operation history in association with each other,
The prediction unit predicts the next operation of the user based on the operation history associated with the user specified based on the information acquired by the third acquisition unit. The electronic device according to any one of the above.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first acquisition unit acquires the environment information from the external device through communication with the external device. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the first acquisition unit acquires the environmental information from at least one of a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor.

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