JP5786339B2 - Type determining device, type determining system, type determining method, and control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a type determining device, a type determining system, a type determining method, and a control program for determining a human life pattern.

  In recent years, with increasing awareness of the environment and a desire for saving, consumers, such as households and business establishments, are taking measures to save power, such as reducing wasteful power consumption and replacing with devices with high energy-saving effects. Based on this tendency, an energy management system and the like that proposes efficient and effective power saving to users has been developed.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a building is divided into a plurality of areas, the operation status of devices installed in each area is detected, and the operation of each device is appropriately performed based on the detected operation status of each device. An energy management system for determining whether or not is described. This energy management system can promote energy saving by presenting to the user whether or not each device installed in the building is suitable for operation.

JP 2009-265972 A (published November 12, 2009)

  However, the conventional techniques as described above provide only information regarding energy saving to the user. That is, the conventional technology has a problem that it is impossible to estimate the human life pattern by comprehensively judging the human behavior existing in the building.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to realize a type determining device, a type determining system, a type determining method, and a control program for determining a human life pattern.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the type determination apparatus according to the present invention acquires information communication amount data indicating information communication amount that is transmitted and received by an information communication device owned by a consumer with a device outside the demand area. Based on the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition means, referring to a type table that classifies the customer into a plurality of types using an index based on the information traffic data, the acquisition means, And a type specifying means for specifying the type of the consumer.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the type determination method according to the present invention acquires information communication amount data indicating information communication amount that is transmitted and received by an information communication device owned by a consumer with a device outside the demand area. Based on the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition means, referring to a type table that classifies the customer into a plurality of types using an index based on the acquisition step and the information traffic data, And a type specifying step for specifying the type of the consumer.

  According to the above configuration, the information traffic data acquisition unit acquires the information traffic data, and the type specifying unit refers to the type table, based on the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition unit. Thus, the type of the consumer is specified. That is, consumers are classified based on the index based on the information communication data. Therefore, there is an effect that the lifestyle pattern of the consumer can be estimated based on the index by referring to the type specified for the consumer.

  In the type determination device according to the present invention, the index based on the information communication amount data for classifying the type table is an operation state of the information communication device, and the information communication amount data acquired by the information communication amount data acquisition unit Based on the operation state determined by the operation state determination unit with reference to the type table. It is preferable that the type corresponding to is specified as the type of the consumer.

  According to said structure, an operation state determination means determines the operation state of the information communication apparatus which the said consumer owns based on the information communication amount data which the said information communication amount data acquisition means acquired, The said type specification means Refers to the type table, and specifies the type corresponding to the operation state determined by the operation state determination unit as the type of the consumer. Therefore, the lifestyle pattern of the consumer can be estimated based on the operating state of the information communication device by referring to the type specified for the consumer.

  In the type determination device according to the present invention, the operation state determination unit includes an information communication device included in the information communication amount of the information communication amount data acquired by the information communication amount data acquisition unit. It is determined whether or not fluctuations in the amount of transmitted information transmitted to an external device are due to human operations, and if fluctuations in the amount of transmitted information traffic are due to human operations, the operation state It is preferable to determine that the information communication device is in an operation communication state in which communication is performed by a human operation.

  According to said structure, the said operation state determination means is a thing with the fluctuation | variation of the transmission information traffic included in the information traffic of the information traffic data acquired by the said information traffic data acquisition means resulting from a human operation. If the fluctuation of the transmission information communication amount is caused by a human operation, the operation state is an operation communication state in which the information communication device is communicating by a human operation as an operation state. judge. Therefore, by referring to the type specified for the consumer, it is possible to estimate the consumer's life pattern based on whether or not a person is operating an information communication device to transmit / receive information.

  In the type determination device according to the present invention, when the operation state determination unit determines that the variation in the transmission information communication amount is not caused by a human operation, the variation in the transmission information communication amount further includes the information communication device. If the change in the amount of transmission information communication is due to the mechanical processing of the information communication device, the information communication device It is preferable to determine that the communication state is an automatic communication state in which transmission / reception is automatically performed regardless of a human operation.

  According to the above configuration, when the operation state determination unit determines that the variation in the transmission information communication amount is not caused by a human operation, the variation in the transmission information communication amount is further detected by the machine of the information communication device. If the change in the amount of transmitted information communication is due to the mechanical processing of the information communication device, the information communication device is a human being as an operating state. It is determined that the state is an automatic communication state in which transmission / reception is automatically performed regardless of the operation. Therefore, the lifestyle pattern of the consumer can be estimated based on whether or not the information communication device automatically transmits and receives information by referring to the type specified for the consumer.

  The type determination apparatus according to the present invention further includes power consumption data acquisition means for acquiring power consumption data indicating power consumption consumed by the consumer, and in the type table, the type is an index based on the power consumption data. The type specifying means refers to the type table, and in addition to the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition means, the power consumption data acquired by the power consumption data acquisition means It is preferable to identify the type of the consumer based on the above.

  According to the above configuration, the type specifying means further refers to the type table classified by the index based on the power consumption data, and the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition means, Based on the power consumption data acquired by the power consumption data acquisition means, the type of the consumer is specified. Therefore, it is possible to estimate a consumer's life pattern based on the index based on the power consumption data in addition to the index based on the information communication amount data by referring to the type specified for the consumer. it can. Therefore, it is possible to estimate the consumer life pattern in more detail.

  In the type determination device according to the present invention, the type is further classified by time in the above type table, and the type specifying unit refers to the type table and the information communication acquired by the information communication data acquisition unit In addition to the amount data, it is preferable to specify the type of the consumer based on the time when the information communication amount data acquisition unit acquires the information communication amount data.

  According to the above configuration, the type specifying unit refers to the type table further classified by time, and the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition unit and the information traffic data acquisition unit The type of the consumer is specified based on the time when the information communication data is acquired. Therefore, by referring to the type specified for the consumer, it is possible to estimate the lifestyle pattern of the consumer based on time in addition to the index based on the information communication data. Therefore, it is possible to estimate the consumer life pattern in more detail.

  A type determination system according to the present invention includes the above type determination device and a service providing device, and the type determination device further includes a type of a consumer specified by the type specifying unit based on an instruction from the service providing device. And type information transmitting means for transmitting type information in which the customer is associated to the service providing apparatus, the service providing apparatus obtaining type information from the type determining apparatus, and the type information obtaining means It is preferable to provide service providing means for providing a service corresponding to the type associated with the consumer to the consumer indicated by the type information acquired by the information acquisition means.

  According to the above configuration, the type information transmitting unit transmits the type information to the service providing device based on the instruction of the service providing device, the type information acquiring unit acquires the type information from the type determining device, and the service The providing unit provides a service corresponding to the type associated with the consumer to the consumer indicated by the type information acquired by the type information acquiring unit. Therefore, it is possible to provide a service corresponding to the demand based on the lifestyle pattern of the consumer estimated based on the type indicated by the type information. Therefore, it is possible to provide effective and efficient services to consumers.

  The type determining device may be realized by a computer. In this case, a control program for realizing the type determining device by a computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit of the type determining device, and A computer-readable recording medium on which it is recorded also falls within the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the type determination device according to the present invention includes an information communication amount data acquisition unit that acquires information communication amount data indicating information communication amount transmitted and received by an information communication device owned by a consumer with a device outside the demand area, and , Referring to a type table that classifies the consumer into a plurality of types using an index based on the information traffic data, and based on the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition means, the consumer And a type specifying means for specifying the type.

  The type determination method according to the present invention includes an information communication amount data acquisition step for acquiring information communication amount data indicating an information communication amount transmitted and received by an information communication device owned by a consumer with a device outside the demand area, and the information By referring to a type table that classifies the consumer into a plurality of types using an index based on the traffic data, the type of the consumer is determined based on the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition means. And a type specifying step for specifying.

  Therefore, the life pattern of the consumer can be estimated based on the information communication amount data by referring to the type specified for the consumer.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows embodiment of this invention and shows the outline | summary of a type determination system. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the type determination apparatus, the service provision apparatus, and private home which comprise the said type determination system. It is a figure which shows an example of the power consumption data which the power sensor installed in the said private house measures. It is a figure which shows the typical example of analysis data, (a) shows a 1 / f type spectrum example, (b) shows a 1 / f ² type spectrum example, (c) is a white noise type spectrum example. (D) shows an example of a discrete peak type spectrum. It is a figure which shows an example of the type table which the type determination apparatus memory | storage part with which the said type determination apparatus is provided hold | maintains. It is a figure which shows an example of the type information which the type determination apparatus memory | storage part with which the said type determination apparatus is provided hold | maintains. It is a figure which shows an example of the action corresponding table which the service provision apparatus memory | storage part with which the said service provision apparatus is provided hold | maintains. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the type determination process which the said type determination apparatus performs. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the service provision process which the said service provision apparatus performs. It is a figure which shows another example of the type table which the type determination apparatus memory | storage part with which the said type determination apparatus is provided hold | maintains. It is a figure which shows another example of the type information which the type determination apparatus memory | storage part with which the said type determination apparatus is provided is hold | maintained. It is a figure which shows another example of the action corresponding table which the service provision apparatus memory | storage part with which the said service provision apparatus is provided hold | maintains. It is a figure which shows another example of the type table which the type determination apparatus memory | storage part with which the said type determination apparatus is provided hold | maintains.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, the type determination system 1 of this embodiment is demonstrated based on FIG.

<About the type determination system>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the type determination system 1. The type determination system 1 includes power information indicating power consumed by consumers such as homes (individual homes) and business establishments, and information communication amount transmitted and received by information communication devices owned by the consumers with devices outside the demand area. The type of the customer is determined based on the acquired power information and information communication amount. Moreover, the type determination system 1 may provide the customer with a service corresponding to the determined type based on the type determined for the consumer. Here, the demand area means a site of a consumer such as a private house or a business establishment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the type determination system 1 includes a type determination device 2, a service providing device 3, and private homes 4A and 4B. In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the type determination system 1 includes two private homes 4A and 4B, but is not limited thereto. The type determination system 1 may include one or more private homes, and may include a business office or the like instead of the personal home. That is, the type determination system 1 only needs to include one or more consumers.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the type determining device 2, the service providing device 3, and the private homes 4 </ b> A and 4 </ b> B are connected to each other via a network 5. The network 5 may be any network as long as the type determination device 2, the service providing device 3, and the private homes 4A and 4B can communicate with each other, and may be a wired communication network or a wireless communication network. There may be. In the following description, the personal homes 4A and 4B are collectively referred to as a personal home 4 when the personal homes 4A and 4B are not particularly distinguished from each other.

<Type determination device, service providing device, and private home>
Next, the type determination device 2, the service providing device 3, and the personal residence 4 that constitute the type determination system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of a type determining device 2, a service providing device 3, and a private home 4.

  The type determination device 2 acquires power information and information communication amount from the personal home 4 and determines the type of the personal home 4 based on the acquired power information and information communication amount. Further, the type determination device 2 provides type information indicating the type of the private home 4 in response to a request from the service providing device 3. The type determination device 2 is, for example, a device managed by a company that acquires information from the private home 4 and sells the acquired information to a company or the like.

  The service providing device 3 acquires type information from the type determining device 2 and provides a service corresponding to the type of the personal home 4 to the personal home 4. The service providing device 3 is, for example, a device managed by a company that provides some service to the personal residence 4 such as a mail order company, a life insurance company, or a life monitoring company.

  As illustrated, the type determination device 2 includes a type determination device control unit 10, a type determination device storage unit 11, and a type determination device communication unit 12. The service providing apparatus 3 includes a service providing apparatus control unit 30, a service providing apparatus storage unit 31, and a service providing apparatus communication unit 32. The personal residence 4 includes a mobile phone 41, a PC (Personal Computer) 42, an illuminator 43, a wireless antenna 44, a wired line termination device 45, an information traffic collection device 46, and a power sensor 47.

  Below, the structure of the type determination apparatus 2, the service provision apparatus 3, and the private home 4 is each demonstrated in detail.

[About the composition of private homes]
The mobile phone 41 is an information communication device that performs radio communication by radio waves with a base station or another terminal and transmits / receives information. The mobile phone 41 basically accesses the network 5 by performing wireless communication with a base station outside the private home 4. In the present invention, the mobile phone 41 is not limited to a so-called mobile phone, but may be any information communication device that wirelessly communicates with an access point (base station) outside the private home 4.

  The PC 42 is a so-called personal computer, and performs browsing of the Web, mail, display (playback) of moving images, and the like. The PC 42 has a network function and accesses the network 5 via the wired line termination device 45. In the present invention, the PC 42 is not limited to a personal computer, but may be any information communication device such as a digital television that performs communication via a wired line termination device 45 installed in a personal residence 4.

  The illuminator 43 is an electric appliance for illumination such as a so-called fluorescent lamp, a light bulb, and an electric lamp, and is an appliance that emits light using electricity.

  The wireless antenna 44 intercepts wireless communication performed by the mobile phone 41 with a base station outside the private home 4 and detects the amount of information communication transmitted and received by the mobile phone 41.

  The wired line termination device 45 is a router between the home network in the private home 4 and the network 5 outside the private home 4. That is, the information communication device (PC 42) connected to the home network in the personal home 4 accesses the network 5 via the wired line termination device 45.

  The information traffic collecting device 46 collects the information communication amount detected by the wireless antenna 44 and the information communication amount transmitted / received by the wired line termination device 45 so that the information communication device in the personal home 4 is outside the personal home 4. It captures the amount of information communication sent to and received from the device. In other words, the information traffic collecting device 46 transmits the transmission information communication amount that the information communication device in the personal home 4 transmits to the device outside the personal home 4 and the information communication device in the personal home 4 is outside the personal home 4. The received information traffic received from the device is captured. The information traffic collection device 46 stores the collected information communication amount as information communication amount data (transmission information communication amount data and reception information communication amount data) in association with the transmission / reception time.

  In order to protect personal information when the information traffic collecting device 46 captures the amount of information communication, it is desirable not to acquire information identifying the personal residence 4 or a person living in the home such as an IP address.

  The power sensor 47 measures the power consumption of electrical devices such as the PC 42, the illuminator 43, the portable charger, the air conditioner, the refrigerator, and the television in the private home 4. The power sensor 47 basically measures the power consumption of all electric devices in the private home 4. Therefore, instead of measuring the power consumption of each device, the power sensor 47 may measure the total power consumed in the personal home 4 from a device that manages the power in the personal home 4. The power sensor 47 stores the measured power consumption as power consumption data in association with the consumed (used) time.

  3A and 3B show an example of power consumption measured by the power sensor 47. FIG. 3A and 3B, the horizontal axis indicates time, and the vertical axis indicates power consumption (kW).

[About the configuration of the type determination device]
The type determining device communication unit 12 communicates with other devices such as the service providing device 3 by wireless communication means or wired communication means, and exchanges information (data). In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the type determining device communication unit 12 is connected to at least the service providing device 3, the information traffic collecting device 46, and the power sensor 47 via the network 5.

  The type determination device control unit 10 executes various programs by executing a program read from the type determination device storage unit 11 to a temporary storage unit (not shown), and supervises each unit included in the type determination device 2. Control.

  In the present embodiment, the type determination device control unit 10 includes, as function blocks, an information communication amount data acquisition unit (information communication amount data acquisition unit) 21, a power consumption data acquisition unit (power consumption data acquisition unit) 22, and a traffic analysis unit. 23, an operation state determination unit (operation state determination unit) 24, a power determination unit 25, a type specification unit (type specification unit) 26, and a type information provision unit (type information transmission unit) 27. Each function block (21 to 27) of the type determination device control unit 10 includes a CPU (central processing unit) that stores a program stored in a storage device realized by a ROM (read only memory) or the like (random (RAM)). This can be realized by reading out to a temporary storage unit realized by an access memory).

  The information traffic data acquisition unit 21 acquires information traffic data for a predetermined period from the information traffic collection device 46 via the type determination device communication unit 12. Specifically, the information communication amount data acquiring unit 21 includes transmission information communication amount data indicating transmission information communication amount transmitted from an information communication device owned by the personal home 4 to a device outside the personal home 4, and the personal home 4 Received information communication amount data indicating the received information communication amount received by the owned information communication device from a device outside the private home 4 is acquired. That is, the information traffic data includes transmission information traffic data and received information traffic data. The period of the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition unit 21 may be an arbitrary period such as 1 minute, 1 hour, or 1 day. The information traffic data acquisition unit 21 outputs the acquired transmission information traffic data to the traffic analysis unit 23, and outputs the acquired information traffic data to the operation state determination unit 24.

  The power consumption data acquisition unit 22 acquires power consumption data for a predetermined period from the power sensor 47 via the type determination device communication unit 12. Specifically, the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 acquires power consumption data indicating the power consumption consumed in the personal home 4. The period of the power consumption data acquired by the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 may be an arbitrary period such as 1 minute, 1 hour, or 1 day. The power consumption data acquisition unit 22 outputs the acquired power consumption data to the power determination unit 25.

  The traffic analysis unit 23 acquires transmission information traffic data from the information traffic data acquisition unit 21 and performs spectrum analysis (frequency analysis) on the acquired transmission information traffic data. The traffic analysis unit 23 outputs analysis data, which is a result of performing spectrum analysis on the transmission information traffic data, to the operation state determination unit 24.

A typical example of analysis data generated by the traffic analysis unit 23 is shown in FIG. FIG. 4 shows a typical example of analysis data, where the horizontal axis indicates frequency (Hz) and the vertical axis indicates power (dB). FIG. 4A is a so-called 1 / f type spectrum indicating that the fluctuation of information is caused by a human being. FIG. 4B is a so-called 1 / f ² type spectrum indicating that information fluctuation is caused by a human being. FIG. 4C is a so-called white noise type spectrum indicating that the fluctuation of information is caused by mechanical processing. FIG. 4D is a discrete peak type spectrum indicating that the fluctuation of information is caused by mechanical processing. As shown in FIG. 4D, the discrete peak type spectrum has a discrete peak at a predetermined frequency.

When the analysis data is 1 / f type or 1 / f ² type (or includes 1 / f type component or 1 / f ² type spectral component) shown in FIGS. It can be determined that information is transmitted from the private home 4 via the network 5 by a human operation during the period indicated by the traffic data. Also, as shown in FIG. 4C, when the analysis data has a predetermined frequency band power of a predetermined value or more (or includes a white noise type spectrum component), during the period indicated by the transmission information traffic data, Regardless of human operation, it can be determined that information has been transmitted from the private home 4 via the network 5 by mechanical processing. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4D, when the power of the predetermined frequency is equal to or higher than a predetermined value (or includes a discrete peak type spectrum component), the analysis data is human during the period indicated by the transmission information traffic data. Regardless of the operation, it can be determined that information is transmitted from the private home 4 via the network 5 by mechanical processing.

  The operation state determination unit 24 determines the operation state of the information communication device owned by the personal residence 4 based on the information communication amount data acquired by the information communication amount data acquisition unit 21. Specifically, the operation state determination unit 24 acquires analysis data from at least the traffic analysis unit 23, and determines the operation state of the information communication device in the private home 4 based on the acquired analysis data. In other words, the operation state determination unit 24 acquires at least analysis data from the traffic analysis unit 23, refers to the acquired analysis data, and determines whether or not the fluctuation (variation) in the transmission information communication amount is due to a human operation. This is a judgment.

  Specifically, the operation state determination unit 24 is an operation communication state in which at least analysis data is acquired from the traffic analysis unit 23, and the information communication device is communicating by a human operation based on the acquired analysis data. Whether or not. When the operation state determination unit 24 determines that the communication state is not the operation communication state, the operation state determination unit 24 is further in an automatic communication state in which the information communication device automatically performs communication regardless of a human operation based on the acquired analysis data. It is determined whether or not there is. When the operation state determination unit 24 determines that the communication state is not the operation communication state and the automatic communication state, the operation state determination unit 24 determines that the information communication device is not communicating.

More specifically, the operation state determination unit 24 determines whether or not the analysis data includes a 1 / f type component or a 1 / f ² type spectrum component, and the analysis data includes a 1 / f type component or 1 When the spectrum component of / f ² type is included, it is determined that the state is the operation communication state. The operation state determination unit 24 performs automatic communication when the analysis data does not include a 1 / f type component and a 1 / f ² type spectral component but includes a white noise type or discrete peak type spectral component. It is determined that it is in a state. Further, the operation state determination unit 24 is in a no-communication state when the analysis data does not include a 1 / f type component, a 1 / f ² type spectrum component, and a white noise type or discrete peak type spectrum component. It is determined that

  When it is determined that the operation communication state is in the operation communication state, the operation state determination unit 24 may further determine the human operation type based on the information communication amount data. Specifically, the operation state determination unit 24 refers to the information communication amount data, and when the transmission information communication amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold and the received information communication amount is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, You may determine with the online game operation communication state which shows having played the online game. In addition, the operation state determination unit 24 refers to the information communication amount data, and when the received information communication amount for a predetermined period is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the moving image browsing operation communication indicating that a human is browsing a moving image. You may determine with a state. Further, the operation state determination unit 24 refers to the information communication amount data, and when the transmission information communication amount is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold and the reception information communication amount is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, a human refers to the Web. Or an intelligent work operation communication state indicating that a text, an image, or the like is being edited.

  As described above, the operation state determination unit 24 is an operation communication state in which the information communication device is performing communication by a human operation based on analysis data that is a result of performing spectrum analysis on transmission information communication amount data. It is determined whether or not. Not only this but the operation state determination part 24 may determine whether it is an operation communication state based on the result of having spectrum-analyzed the received information communication amount. However, fluctuations in the received information communication amount are affected by the traffic of the network 5, the capability of the upper server, the processing state, and the like, and may be difficult to use for determining whether or not the operation communication state is in effect. Therefore, in this embodiment, the operation state determination unit 24 determines whether or not the operation communication state is based on the fluctuation of the transmission information communication amount that can determine whether or not the operation communication state is more accurately.

  The power determination unit 25 acquires power consumption data from the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 and determines the power consumption level of the personal home 4 based on the power consumption value indicated by the power consumption data. For example, the power consumption level may be Level 1 when the power consumption is less than 100 W, Level 2 when the power consumption is 100 W or more and less than 1000 W, and Level 3 when the power consumption is 1000 W or more. However, the present invention is not limited to this example, and there may be a plurality of power consumption levels, and the range of power consumption corresponding to the levels may be arbitrarily determined.

  The type specifying unit 26 refers to the type table that classifies the personal home 4 into a plurality of types using the index based on the power consumption data and the index based on the information communication amount data, and the consumption acquired by the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 The type of the personal home 4 is specified based on the power data and the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition unit 21. Specifically, the type specifying unit 26 reads out a type table that classifies the life pattern of a private house from the type determining device storage unit 11 according to the operating state of the information communication device and the power consumption level, and the read type table is displayed. The types corresponding to the operation state of the information communication device in the individual home 4 determined by the operation state determination unit 24 and the power consumption level of the personal home 4 determined by the power determination unit 25 are referred to. It is specified as a type (life pattern of a person living in the private house 4). The type specifying unit 26 stores the type of the specified personal residence in the type determination device storage unit 11 as type information in association with the personal home.

  The type information providing unit 27 reads out the type information of the designated private home 4 from the type determining device storage unit 11 based on an instruction from the service providing device 3, and provides the service providing device via the type determining device communication unit 12. 3 reads the type information read out.

  The type determining device storage unit 11 holds a type table for classifying the life pattern of a private house according to the operating state of the information communication device and the power consumption level, the type information generated by the type specifying unit 26, and the like. The type table and type information held by the type determining device storage unit 11 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a type table held by the type determining device storage unit 11, and FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of type information held by the type determining device storage unit 11.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the type table classifies the types of personal homes 4 according to the operating state of the information communication device in the personal home 4 and the power consumption level of the personal home 4. For example, when the operation state of the personal home 4B is the moving image browsing operation state and the power consumption level is Level 2, the type specifying unit 26 refers to the type table shown in FIG. 5 and sets the type of the personal home 4B as Type 42. Identify. Then, the type specifying unit 26 associates the personal home identification information “B” for identifying the personal home 4B with “Type 42” which is the type of the specified personal home 4B as type information in the type determining device storage unit 11. Store.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, the private home 4 is classified into 15 types according to five operating states and three power consumption levels. However, the way of classifying the personal home 4 is not limited to this, and the personal home 4 may be classified according to a plurality of operation states and a plurality of power consumption levels.

  For example, the operating state and the power consumption level correspond to the type on a one-to-one basis, but it may be a many-to-one basis. Specifically, in the example of FIG. 5, Type 11 and Type 21 are different types, but they may be the same type without being distinguished from each other. That is, when the power consumption level is Level 1, it may be set as a single type in either the non-communication state or the automatic communication state.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the type information is obtained by associating personal home identification information for identifying the personal home 4 with the type of the personal home 4.

  In addition to the above members, the type determination device 2 may include members such as an operation unit, a display unit, a microphone, and a battery, but the members are not illustrated for convenience.

[About the configuration of the service provider]
The service providing device communication unit 32 communicates with other devices such as the type determination device 2 by wireless communication means or wired communication means to exchange information. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the service providing device communication unit 32 is connected to at least the type determining device 2, the mobile phone 41, and the wired line termination device 45 (PC 42) via the network 5.

  The service providing apparatus control unit 30 executes various programs by executing a program read from the service providing apparatus storage unit 31 to a temporary storage unit (not shown), and supervises each unit included in the service providing apparatus 3. Control.

  In the present embodiment, the service providing apparatus control unit 30 includes a type information acquisition unit (type information acquisition unit) 33 and a service provision unit (service provision unit) 34 as functional blocks. In each of the function blocks (33, 34) of the service providing device control unit 30, the CPU reads a program stored in a storage device realized by a ROM or the like to a temporary storage unit realized by a RAM or the like and executes the program. This can be achieved.

  The type information acquisition unit 33 acquires type information from the type determination device 2 via the service providing device communication unit 32. The type information acquisition unit 33 outputs the acquired type information to the service providing unit 34.

  The service providing unit 34 receives the type information from the type information acquiring unit 33, and reads the action correspondence table in which the type of the private house is associated with the action executed by the service providing unit 34 from the service providing device storage unit 31. Referring to the read action correspondence table, the action corresponding to the type indicated by the received type information is executed on the personal residence indicated by the received type information.

  The service providing device storage unit 31 holds an action correspondence table in which a type of personal house is associated with an action executed by the service providing unit 34. The action correspondence table stored in the service providing device storage unit 31 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an action correspondence table held by the service providing apparatus storage unit 31.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the action correspondence table is a table in which action identification information indicating an action executed by the service providing apparatus 3 on the personal home 4 is associated with a type of the personal home 4. For example, when the type information acquisition unit 33 acquires type information indicating that the private home 4A is the type “Type 13” from the type determination device 2, the service providing unit 34 refers to the action correspondence table illustrated in FIG. Thus, the action indicated by “Action 03” corresponding to the type “Type 13” is executed on the private home 4A.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 7, in the action correspondence table, the correspondence between actions and types may be one-to-one or one-to-many.

  In addition to the above members, the type determination device 2 may include members such as an operation unit, a display unit, a microphone, and a battery, but the members are not illustrated for convenience.

[About the processing of the type determination device]
Next, the flow of the type determination process executed by the type determination device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the type determination process executed by the type determination device 2.

  First, as shown in FIG. 8, the information traffic data acquisition unit 21 acquires information traffic data from the information traffic collection device 46, and the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 acquires power consumption data from the power sensor 47 (S1). ). The information traffic data acquisition unit 21 outputs the acquired transmission information traffic data to the traffic analysis unit 23, and outputs the acquired information traffic data to the operation state determination unit 24. The power consumption data acquisition unit 22 outputs the acquired power consumption data to the power determination unit 25.

  Next, the traffic analysis unit 23 acquires transmission information traffic data from the information traffic data acquisition unit 21, and performs spectrum analysis on the acquired transmission information traffic data (S2). The traffic analysis unit 23 outputs the generated analysis data to the operation state determination unit 24.

  Then, the operation state determination unit 24 acquires the information traffic data from the information traffic data acquisition unit 21, acquires the analysis data from the traffic analysis unit 23, and based on the acquired information traffic data and the analysis data, The operating state of the information communication device in the house 4 is determined (S3). The operation state determination unit 24 notifies the type specifying unit 26 of the determined operation state of the private home 4.

  The power determination unit 25 acquires power consumption data from the power consumption data acquisition unit 22, and determines the power consumption level of the personal home 4 based on the power consumption value indicated by the acquired power consumption data (S4). . The power determination unit 25 notifies the type specifying unit 26 of the determined power consumption level of the private home 4.

  Finally, the type identification unit 26 reads the type table from the type determination device storage unit 11 and refers to the read type table to determine the operation state of the information communication device in the personal home 4 determined by the operation state determination unit 24. The type corresponding to the power consumption level of the personal home 4 determined by the power determination unit 25 is specified as the type of the personal home 4 (S5). The type specifying unit 26 stores the type of the specified personal residence in the type determination device storage unit 11 as type information in association with the personal home.

  In the above example, the process of S4 is performed after the process of S3, but the present invention is not limited to this. The process of S4 may be performed after the process of S1 is finished and before the process of S5 is started. For example, the process of S4 may be performed after the process of S1, and then the processes of S2, S3, and S5 may be performed.

[About processing of the service providing device]
Next, the flow of service providing processing executed by the service providing device 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the service providing process executed by the service providing apparatus 3.

  As shown in FIG. 9, first, the type information acquisition unit 33 acquires the type information of each individual home 4 from the type determination device 2 (S11). The type information acquisition unit 33 outputs the acquired type information to the service providing unit 34.

  Then, the service providing unit 34 reads the action correspondence table from the service providing device storage unit 31, refers to the read action correspondence table, and performs an action corresponding to the type indicated by the type information acquired from the type information acquiring unit 33. The process is executed for each individual home indicated by the received type information (S12).

[About estimated life patterns for each type classified in the type table]
Next, the human life pattern of the private house 4 in each type classified in the type table shown in FIG. 5 is estimated as follows.

  Since the types “Type 11” and “Type 21” consume less power and do not transmit and receive information by human operation, the human life pattern of the personal home 4 of the types “Type 11” and “Type 21” does not use power. Estimated to be a life without operation of information communication equipment. In addition, since the types “Type 12” and “Type 22” have normal power consumption but do not transmit / receive information by human operation, the human life pattern of the personal home 4 of the types “Type 12” and “Type 22” is ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is presumed to be a general life with a distance. In addition, the types “Type 13” and “Type 23” consume much power, but do not transmit and receive information by human operation. Therefore, the life pattern of the personal home 4 of the types “Type 13” and “Type 23” is either air conditioning or heating. It is estimated that it is a life in which a thermal device such as a heat pump type water heater is operated.

  In addition, the type “Type 31” consumes less power, but both humans send and receive large amounts of information. Therefore, the human life pattern of the personal home 4 of the type “Type 31” is enthusiastic about online games in dimly lit rooms. Estimated to be a living. In addition, the type “Type 32” has normal power consumption, and both the transmission and reception of information are large due to human operations. Therefore, the human life pattern of the personal home 4 of the type “Type 32” is played with a home game machine or the like. It is estimated that it is a life.

  In addition, the type “Type 41” consumes less power, but the reception of information is always large due to human operation. Therefore, the human life pattern of the personal home 4 of the type “Type 41” is browsing a video in a dim room. Estimate that it is a life. In addition, the power consumption of the type “Type 42” is normal and the reception of information is always large by human operation. Therefore, the life pattern of the personal home 4 of the type “Type 42” is obtained by browsing a video on a digital TV. It is estimated that it is a life.

  In addition, the types “Type 33” and “Type 43” consume much power, and both transmission and reception of information by human operation are large or reception of information is always large. Therefore, humans in the personal home 4 of the types “Type 33” and “Type 43” The life pattern is estimated to be a pleasant life using electricity.

  In addition, since the type “Type 51” consumes less power and transmits and receives information less by human operation, the human life pattern of the personal home 4 of the type “Type 51” works hard to save energy and performs intelligent work. Estimate that it is a life. In addition, since the type “Type 52” has a normal power consumption, and there is little transmission / reception of information by human operation, the human life pattern of the personal home 4 of the type “Type 52” Presume that the life you use coexists. In addition, since the type “Type 53” consumes a lot of power and both the transmission and reception of information by human operations are small, the human life pattern of the personal home 4 of the type “Type 53” It is estimated that it is a life to use.

[Specific examples of actions executed by the service provider]
Next, specific examples of actions executed by the service providing unit 34 will be described based on the above estimation examples.

  As Action 03 corresponding to the type “Type 13” or “Type 23”, for example, an email for energy-saving advice such as a reminder to forget to turn off the air conditioner and / or an email recommending energy-saving home appliances are sent to the individual 4 You may set to send to.

  Further, as Action 08 corresponding to the type “Type 33” or “Type 43”, for example, an email for energy saving advice such as a reminder to forget to turn off the air conditioner and / or a mail recommending a high-performance game PC are sent to the personal home 4 ( It may be set to transmit to a person who lives.

  In addition, as Action 07 corresponding to the type “Type 42”, for example, an energy saving advice e-mail such as a reminder to forget to turn off the air conditioner and / or an e-mail notifying the local sale information of the private house 4 It may be set to transmit to a person who lives.

  In addition, as Action 10 corresponding to the type “Type 52”, for example, an email recommending a healing product such as aroma oil may be set to be sent to the personal home 4 (a person living in).

  Also, as Action 11 corresponding to the type “Type 53”, for example, an email recommending a healing product such as aroma oil and / or an email of energy saving advice such as a reminder to forget to turn off the air conditioner live in the private home 4 ( It may be set to transmit to (human).

<Modification 1>
In the present embodiment, there are two indexes for classifying the type table, namely, power consumption and the operating state of the information communication device, but are not limited thereto. For example, in the type table, the type may be further classified by time.

  Specifically, the type table shown in FIG. 5 may be further classified for each time zone. Here, the time zone is assumed to be morning zone: 7:00 to 10:00, daytime zone: 10:00 to 18:00, night zone: 18:00 to 23:00, and late night zone: 23:00 to 7:00. FIG. 10 shows an example of a type table obtained by further classifying the type table shown in FIG. 5 into four time zones. In FIG. 10, the morning band is represented as “Type ** 1,” the daytime band is represented as “Type ** 2,” the night band is represented as “Type ** 3,” and the late night band is represented as “Type ** 4.” The time unit for further classifying the types may be a shorter time unit than the above example, or may be a long time unit. For example, the type table may be further classified by day of the week, week, or month.

  In this case, the type identification unit 26 refers to the type table shown in FIG. 10 and uses the power consumption data acquired by the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 and the information communication amount data acquired by the information communication amount data acquisition unit 21. In addition, the type of the personal home 4 is specified based on the time when the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 acquires the power consumption data or the time when the information communication amount data acquisition unit 21 acquires the information communication amount data. Specifically, for example, the information communication amount data acquisition unit 21 and the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 respectively acquire information communication amount data and power consumption data from 9:00 to 10:00, and the operation state determination unit 24 performs automatic communication. Assume that the state is determined and the power determination unit 25 determines Level 2. In this case, the type specifying unit 26 specifies the type of the private home 4 as “Type 221”.

  An example of the type information generated by the type specifying unit 26 in this case is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the type specifying unit 26 generates type information for each individual home 4. Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the types associated with the personal home 4 may be a plurality of types having different time zones.

  An example of the action correspondence table in this case is shown in FIG. Also in this case, the type information acquisition unit 33 acquires the type information from the type determination device 2, and the service providing unit 34 applies the personal home 4 to the personal home 4 indicated by the type information acquired by the type information acquisition unit 33. A service corresponding to the type associated with 4 is provided. At this time, when there are a plurality of types associated with the private home 4, the service providing unit 34 may execute actions corresponding to all the types with reference to the action correspondence table, or any of the types An action corresponding to may be executed. That is, the service providing unit 34 may execute an action corresponding to at least one type with reference to the action correspondence table. In addition, the service providing unit 34 may select a type included in the type information based on a time zone for executing the action, and execute an action corresponding to the selected type.

  An example of an action executed by the service providing apparatus in this case will be described. Here, it is assumed that a heat pump type water heater is installed in the private house 4 and is rapidly rising using the power in the midnight. When the type information acquired by the type information acquisition unit 33 includes the type “Type 134”, the service providing unit 34 refers to the action correspondence table and saves energy advice such as alerting the user to forget to turn off the air conditioner. Instead of sending an e-mail and / or an e-mail recommending an energy-saving home appliance to the private home 4 (a person living in), another action may be executed. The reason for this action is that the private house 4 consumes a large amount of power despite the midnight, but this is not wasteful power but a heat pump type water heater.

<Modification 2>
In the present embodiment, the operation state determination unit 24 determines the operation state of the information communication device based on the analysis data and the information communication amount data, but is not limited thereto.

  For example, a pattern of information communication amount at the time of mechanical information communication periodically executed by the information communication device may be stored in the type determination device storage unit 11 in advance. In this case, the operation state determination unit 24 compares the information communication amount data acquired from the information communication amount data acquisition unit 21 with the information communication amount pattern stored in the type determination device storage unit 11, and the two match. In such a case, the operation state may be determined to be a child operation communication state.

  In the present embodiment, the personal home 4 is classified into a plurality of types using the operating state and the power consumption level, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, a power consumption pattern when a specific electric device operates may be stored in the type determination device storage unit 11 in advance. Then, after specifying the type of the private home 4 based on the operating state and the power consumption level, the type specifying unit 26 further acquires the power consumption data from the power consumption data acquiring unit 22, and acquires the acquired power consumption data and the type. The power consumption patterns stored in the determination device storage unit 11 may be compared to determine that a specific electrical device is operating when the two match. At this time, the type specifying unit 26 further specifies the type by further subdividing the type of the private home 4 specified based on the operation state and the power consumption level depending on whether or not a specific electric device is operating. Good.

  For example, a heat pump type water heater is used as the specific electric device. Further, it is assumed that the type specifying unit 26 specifies the type of the private home 4 as “Type 13” or “Type 23” based on the operation state and the power consumption level. In this case, the type specifying unit 26 further determines whether or not the heat pump type water heater is operating with reference to the power consumption data, and specifies the type of the private home 4.

  In type “Type 13” or “Type 23”, when the heat pump water heater is operating, the power consumed is not wasted, but when the heat pump water heater is not operating, the power is wasted. There is a possibility. Therefore, when the action (Action03) executed by the service providing device is further subdivided and the heat pump water heater is operating, instead of sending an email for energy saving advice or an email recommending energy saving home appliances, On the other hand, when the heat pump water heater is not operating, an email for energy saving advice and / or an email recommending energy saving home appliances may be sent.

<Modification 3>
In the present embodiment, the information traffic data acquisition unit 21 and the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 acquire the information traffic data and power consumption data in units of 4 individual homes, but are not limited thereto.

  For example, the information traffic collection device 46 may individually supplement the information communication amount of the information communication device in the personal home 4, and the power sensor 47 may individually measure the power consumption of the electric device in the personal home 4. . At this time, the information traffic data acquisition unit 21 acquires information traffic data from the information traffic collection device 46 for each information communication device. Further, the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 acquires power consumption data from the power sensor 47 in units of electrical equipment. Then, by identifying in advance the information communication equipment and electrical equipment used by an individual (one person) or a group (a plurality of persons) living in the individual house 4, simply identifying the type of the individual house 4 In addition, the type of the individual or group living in the private house 4 can be specified.

<Modification 4>
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the power sensor 47 is directly connected to the network 5, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the power sensor 47 may be connected to the network 5 via the wired line termination device 45 or the information traffic collection device 46. In this case, the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 acquires power consumption data from the power sensor 47 via the wired line termination device 45 or the information traffic collection device 46.

  In addition, the information traffic collection device 46 may include a power sensor 47. In this case, the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 acquires power consumption data from the information traffic collection device 46.

  Further, the type determining device 2 and the service providing device 3 may be integrated. For example, the type determining device 2 may have the function of the service providing device 3.

  In addition, the information traffic collection device 46 may include a type determination device 2. In this case, the service providing device 3 acquires type information from the information traffic collecting device 46.

  In the present embodiment, the type determination device 2 includes the type determination device storage unit 11 that holds a type table, type information, and the like, but is not limited thereto. For example, the type determination system 1 may include a storage device (not shown) different from the type determination device 2, and the type determination device 2 may read a type table from the storage device or store type information in the storage device. . Further, instead of the service providing device 3 including the service providing device storage unit 31, information held by the service providing device storage unit 31 may be stored in a storage device (not shown) different from the service providing device 3.

<Modification 5>
In the present embodiment, there are two indexes for classifying the type table, namely, power consumption and the operating state of the information communication device, but this is not restrictive. For example, the index for classifying the type table may be only the operating state of the information communication device. That is, the type specifying unit 26 may specify the type of the personal home 4 based only on the operating state of the information communication device.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of a type table for classifying the private homes 4 only by the operation state of the information communication device at this time (an index based on the information communication amount data). That is, the type determination device storage unit 11 stores, for example, a type table shown in FIG.

  In this case, the type determination device control unit 10 of the type determination device 2 may not include the power consumption data acquisition unit 22 and the power determination unit 25. In addition, the power sensor 47 may not be installed in the private home 4.

  In other words, in this case, the type determination device 2 uses the information communication amount data indicating the amount of information communication transmitted and received by the information communication device (such as the mobile phone 41 and the PC 42) owned by the resident of the personal home 4 with the device outside the personal home 4. Information acquired by the information traffic data acquisition unit 21 with reference to a type table for classifying the personal home 4 into a plurality of types using the information communication data acquisition unit 21 to be acquired and an index based on the information traffic data What is necessary is just to provide the type specific | specification part 26 which specifies the type of the private house 4 based on communication amount data.

  The index based on the information communication amount data for classifying the type table is the operation state of the information communication device, and the type determination device 2 is based on the information communication amount data acquired by the information communication amount data acquisition unit 21. The operation state determination unit 24 further determines the operation state of the information communication device owned by the resident of the private house 4, and the type specifying unit 26 refers to the type table and the operation state determination unit 24 determines the operation state. The type corresponding to the operated state may be specified as the type of the private home 4.

  Furthermore, in this case as well, in the same manner as in the first modification, the types may be further classified by time in the type table as shown in FIG.

<Supplement>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope shown in the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately modified within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Finally, each block of the type determining device 2 and the service providing device 3, particularly the type determining device control unit 10 and the service providing device control unit 30, may be configured by hardware logic, or using a CPU as follows. It may be realized by software.

  In other words, the type determining device 2 and the service providing device 3 include a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, and a RAM that expands the program. (Random access memory), a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data. The object of the present invention is to enable the computer to read the program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of the control program of the type determining device 2 and the service providing device 3 which are software for realizing the above-described functions. This can also be achieved by supplying the recorded recording medium to the type determining device 2 and the service providing device 3 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU). It is.

  Examples of the recording medium include a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Further, the type determining device 2 and the service providing device 3 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Further, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention can be used for a device that estimates a human life pattern, a device that provides a service based on a human life pattern, or the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Type determination system 2 Type determination apparatus 3 Service provision apparatus 4 Private house (customer)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Type determination apparatus control part 11 Type determination apparatus memory | storage part 21 Information traffic data acquisition part (Information traffic data acquisition means)
22 Power consumption data acquisition unit (Power consumption data acquisition means)
24 operation state determination unit (operation state determination means)
26 Type identification part (type identification means)
27 Type Information Providing Unit (Type Information Transmitting Unit)
30 Service Providing Device Control Unit 31 Service Providing Device Storage Unit 33 Type Information Acquisition Unit (Type Information Acquisition Unit)
34 Service Provider (Service Provider)
46 Information traffic collection device 47 Power sensor

Claims (8)

Information communication amount data acquisition means for acquiring information communication amount data indicating the amount of information communication transmitted and received by devices outside the demand area by information communication devices owned by consumers;
Based on the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition means, referring to a type table that classifies the customer into a plurality of types using the index based on the information traffic data, A type specifying means for specifying the type,
The indicator based on the information communication amount data for classifying the type table is an operating state of the information communication device,
Based on the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition means, further comprising an operation state determination means for determining an operation state of the information communication equipment owned by the consumer,
The type specifying means specifies the type corresponding to the operation state determined by the operation state determination means with reference to the type table, as the type of the consumer,
The operation state determination means includes transmission information communication that is included in the information communication amount of the information communication amount data acquired by the information communication amount data acquisition means and that is transmitted by the information communication device owned by the consumer to a device outside the demand area. It is determined whether or not the fluctuation of the amount is caused by a human operation, and when the fluctuation of the transmission information communication amount is caused by a human operation, the information communication device is operated by a human operation as an operation state. It is determined that the operation communication state is performing communication ,
The operation state determination means determines whether the fluctuation in the information communication amount is caused by a human operation based on whether or not the analysis data obtained by performing spectrum analysis on the information communication amount data includes a predetermined spectrum component. A type determining device for determining whether or not to perform .   When the operation state determination unit determines that the variation in the transmission information communication amount is not caused by a human operation, the variation in the transmission information communication amount is caused by the mechanical processing of the information communication device. If the variation in the amount of transmitted information communication is due to the mechanical processing of the information communication device, the information communication device is automatically activated as an operating state regardless of human operation. The type determination apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the type determination apparatus determines that the communication state is an automatic communication state in which transmission / reception is performed. It further comprises power consumption data acquisition means for acquiring power consumption data indicating power consumption consumed by the consumer,
In the above type table, the type is further classified by an index based on the above power consumption data,
The type specifying means refers to the type table, and based on the power consumption data acquired by the power consumption data acquisition means in addition to the information traffic volume data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition means, the demand demand The type determination apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the type of the house is specified. In the above type table, the types are further classified by time,
The type specifying means refers to the type table, and at the time when the information traffic data acquisition means acquires the information traffic data in addition to the information traffic data acquired by the information traffic data acquisition means. The type determination apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the type of the consumer is specified based on the type. 2. The type determining apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined spectral component is a 1 / f type component or a 1 / f2 type component. A type determination system including the type determination device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 and a service providing device,
The type determination device further transmits, to the service providing device, type information that associates the customer type specified by the type specifying unit with the customer based on an instruction from the service providing device. With means,
The service providing apparatus includes a type information acquisition unit that acquires the type information from the type determination apparatus;
A type determination system comprising: a service providing unit that provides a service corresponding to a type associated with a consumer to a consumer indicated by the type information acquired by the type information acquisition unit. Information communication amount data acquisition step for acquiring information communication amount data indicating the amount of information communication that the information communication device owned by the customer transmits / receives to / from the device outside the demand area;
Based on the information traffic data acquired in the information traffic data acquisition step, referring to a type table that classifies the consumer into a plurality of types using an index based on the information traffic data, the consumer Including a type specifying step for specifying the type of
The indicator based on the information communication amount data for classifying the type table is an operating state of the information communication device,
Based on the information communication amount data acquired in the information communication amount data acquisition step, further includes an operation state determination step of determining an operation state of the information communication device owned by the consumer,
In the type specifying step, referring to the type table, the type corresponding to the operating state determined in the operating state determining step is specified as the type of the consumer,
In the operation state determination step, transmission information included in the information communication amount of the information communication amount data acquired in the information communication amount data acquisition step and transmitted by the information communication device owned by the consumer to a device outside the demand area It is determined whether or not the fluctuation of the communication amount is caused by a human operation, and when the fluctuation of the transmission information communication amount is caused by a human operation, the information communication device is operated by a human operation as an operation state. Is determined to be in the operation communication state during communication ,
In the operation state determination step, the fluctuation in the information communication amount is caused by a human operation based on whether or not the analysis data obtained by performing spectrum analysis on the information communication amount data includes a predetermined spectrum component. A type determination method characterized by determining whether or not to perform. Information communication amount data acquisition step for acquiring information communication amount data indicating the amount of information communication that the information communication device owned by the customer transmits / receives to / from the device outside the demand area;
Based on the information traffic data acquired in the information traffic data acquisition step, referring to a type table that classifies the consumer into a plurality of types using an index based on the information traffic data, the consumer A control program for causing a computer to execute a type specifying step for specifying the type of
The indicator based on the information communication amount data for classifying the type table is an operating state of the information communication device,
Based on the information traffic data acquired in the information traffic data acquisition step, causing the computer to further execute an operation state determination step for determining an operation state of the information communication device owned by the consumer,
In the type specifying step, referring to the type table, the type corresponding to the operating state determined in the operating state determining step is specified as the type of the consumer,
In the operation state determination step, transmission information included in the information communication amount of the information communication amount data acquired in the information communication amount data acquisition step and transmitted by the information communication device owned by the consumer to a device outside the demand area It is determined whether or not the fluctuation of the communication amount is caused by a human operation, and when the fluctuation of the transmission information communication amount is caused by a human operation, the information communication device is operated by a human operation as an operation state. Is determined to be in the operation communication state during communication ,
In the operation state determination step, the fluctuation in the information communication amount is caused by a human operation based on whether or not the analysis data obtained by performing spectrum analysis on the information communication amount data includes a predetermined spectrum component. A control program for controlling the computer so as to determine whether or not to do so.

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