JP7263848B2 - CONDITION IMPROVEMENT DEVICE, CONDITION IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM, AND CONDITION IMPROVEMENT METHOD - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a condition improving device or the like that acts on an individual's condition.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a technique for waking up a driver by issuing an alarm when the driver of the vehicle is in an inappropriate state where the driver may fall asleep while driving. For example, the in-vehicle electronic device described in Patent Document 1 outputs an alarm or the like for awakening the driver from a speaker, an alarm lamp, and a display unit when it is determined that there is a risk of drowsy driving. .

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-191215 (published on September 26, 2013)

In the in-vehicle electronic device described in Patent Literature 1, the output for waking up the driver temporarily provides a monotonous stimulus to the driver, so the effect of waking up the driver is temporary. In order to maintain the effect of arousing the driver, it is necessary to continue outputting the alarm. However, if the output of the warning is continued, there is a problem that the driver will continue to feel uncomfortable.

An object of one aspect of the present invention is to realize a condition improving device or the like that improves an individual's condition toward a sustained wakefulness without causing discomfort.

In order to solve the above problems, a condition improvement device according to aspect 1 of the present invention is a condition improvement device that improves the condition of an individual staying in a predetermined space toward a preset appropriate condition, a state determination unit for determining whether or not the state of the individual is in the appropriate state based on the biometric information of the individual detected by the biosensor; and an output control unit for outputting the approval information from an output device in a predetermined output mode.

According to the above configuration, when the individual's condition is not appropriate, the approval information for positively evaluating the individual is output in a predetermined output mode. This makes it possible to give approval information to individuals who are not in proper status. By providing approval information, it is expected that an individual's desire for approval will be satisfied. Approval needs are the feelings of wanting to be recognized by being praised, respected, or noticed by others (that is, being positively evaluated by others). Satisfying the need for approval is known to have the effect of sustaining motivation, concentration, and motivation over the long term. Therefore, by providing the approval information, it is possible to improve the individual's condition so as to move toward a sustainable appropriate state (wakeful state) without giving discomfort.

A condition improvement apparatus according to aspect 2 of the present invention, in aspect 1 above, further includes an approval material determination unit that determines, as approval material, information for positively evaluating the individual from the information regarding the individual. The approval information generating section may use the approved material determined by the approved material determination section to generate the approval information as information to be presented to the individual.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to generate approval information using appropriate approval materials that are expected to satisfy an individual's desire for approval.

In the condition improving apparatus according to aspect 3 of the present invention, in aspect 2 above, the approved material determination unit determines the approved material from information related to the individual based on a standard defined for each individual. good too.

What people want to be recognized by others (that is, what they want to be positively evaluated by others) is usually different for each individual. According to the above configuration, appropriate approval materials can be determined for each individual.

A condition improving device according to aspect 4 of the present invention is the above-described aspect 3, when the condition determination unit determines that the condition of the individual has not improved after the approval information is output, the approved material determination unit may be configured to update the criteria for each individual.

According to the above configuration, if the individual's condition has not improved after outputting the approval information, the approval material information is changed. As a result, approval information can be generated using approval materials different from those used when the individual's condition has not improved. Therefore, it is possible to increase the possibility of satisfying an individual's desire for approval.

A condition improving apparatus according to aspect 5 of the present invention is the condition improving device according to any one of aspects 2 to 4, wherein the approval material is information sent to the individual, and the approval information generating unit transmits the approval material. The approval information including a phrase configured in a context in which a third party conveys that the person has evaluated the individual positively may be generated as a voice output by the output device.

In general, when communicating a positive evaluation, it is easier to feel that the credibility and reliability of the evaluation is higher when it is communicated from a third party to the person being evaluated rather than directly from the evaluator to the person being evaluated. . Such a psychological phenomenon is called the Windsor effect.

According to the above configuration, the approval information including a phrase composed in a context in which a third party communicates that the individual has been positively evaluated, giving the individual a feeling as if it was transmitted from a third party. can be done. As a result, the Windsor effect can be expected, and individual approval requests can be more satisfied.

A condition improving apparatus according to aspect 6 of the present invention, in aspect 5 above, may generate the voice with a voice quality selected by the individual.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to give the individual a feeling as if the approval information was transmitted from a third party whose preferred voice quality was selected by the individual. As a result, a further Windsor effect is expected.

A condition improvement device according to aspect 7 of the present invention is the condition improving device according to any one of aspects 1 to 6, wherein the output control unit outputs a message including a call to the individual from the output device before outputting the approval information. and outputting the approval information only when it recognizes the individual's response to the challenge.

If the individual responds to the challenge, it is expected that the individual is ready to receive authorization information, whereas if the individual does not respond to the challenge, the individual is not ready to receive authorization information. is expected. According to the above configuration, the approval information is output only when the individual's response to the challenge is recognized. As a result, it can be expected that the approval information can be reliably given to the individual. For example, if approval information is audibly output to a distracted individual, the individual may miss it. On the other hand, if it is possible to make the individual pay attention by calling in advance, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the individual fails to hear the approval information.

In order to solve the above problems, a condition improvement system according to one aspect of the present invention includes the condition improvement device, the biosensor, and the output device. According to the above configuration, the same effect as that of the condition improving device according to one aspect of the present invention can be obtained.

In order to solve the above problems, a condition improvement method according to one aspect of the present invention is a condition improvement method for improving the condition of an individual staying in a predetermined space toward a preset appropriate condition, a state determination step of determining whether or not the state of the individual is in the appropriate state based on the biometric information of the individual detected by the biosensor; case, an approval information generation step of generating approval information for positively evaluating the individual, and an output control step of outputting the approval information from an output device in a predetermined output mode. According to the above configuration, the same effect as that of the condition improving device according to one aspect of the present invention can be obtained.

Further, the condition improvement device according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the condition improvement device is operated by operating the computer as each part (software element) provided in the condition improvement device. A computer-implemented control program and a computer-readable recording medium recording it are also included in the scope of the present invention.

According to one aspect of the present invention, an individual's condition can be improved towards a sustained state of wakefulness without discomfort.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a functional block diagram which shows the structural example of the condition improvement system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure which connected the condition improvement system to the network. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of occupant condition criteria; It is a flow chart which shows an example of the flow of processing of a state improvement system. It is a flow chart which shows an example of the flow of processing which outputs approval information. It is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a condition improvement system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Embodiment 1]
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below.

(Overview of Condition Improvement System 100)
Generally speaking, the state improvement system 100 according to one aspect of the present invention is intended to improve the state of an individual staying in a predetermined space toward a sustained state of wakefulness. It is a system that outputs approval information for positively evaluating the individual in order to satisfy the desire.

Here, the desire for approval will be explained below. Approval needs are the desire to be recognized as valuable and respected by others. Approval needs are one of the five basic human needs in American psychologist Abraham Maslow's theory of self-actualization. Approval needs are feelings of wanting to be recognized by being respected, praised, or noticed by others (that is, being evaluated positively by others).

Satisfying the desire for approval is known to have the effect of improving and sustaining motivation, concentration, motivation, etc. over the long term. For example, in the brain of a person whose desire for approval is satisfied, the secretion of the neurotransmitter dopamine is promoted. Fatigue is reduced, and learning ability, memory, and concentration are improved.

That is, the state improvement system 100 appropriately satisfies the desire for approval of the individual, thereby suppressing the drowsiness, malaise, fatigue, etc. of the individual in the long term, and changing the state of the individual to a persistent arousal state. It is a system that improves as it goes.

In this specification, as the "predetermined space", the internal space of a moving body such as a car, bus, train, or airplane will be described as an example, and as an "individual", a person riding in the moving body (hereinafter referred to as " occupant') will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to these.

(Application example of condition improvement system 100)
The condition improvement system 100 may be configured to acquire a variety of information including information about the occupants via a communication network 90 such as the Internet. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration in which the condition improvement system 100 is connected to the communication network 90. As shown in FIG.

The condition improvement system 100 communicates via a communication network 90 with an SNS server 60 of a social networking service (SNS) used by passengers as passenger information, publicly known data groups 70 published on various websites, etc., and moving with the mobile object. It is communicably connected to a communication terminal 80 to be connected.

The SNS server 60 is a server that manages history data of messages and files exchanged between crew members and others (family, friends, colleagues, vendors, etc.) using SNS. For example, the SNS server 60 manages, as history data, comments and evaluations (for example, "Like" posts) received from people who viewed information posted by crew members. The condition improvement system 100 can acquire the history data from the SNS server 60 .

The public data group 70 is a general term for data accessible via the communication network 90, and includes various statistical data, word-of-mouth information (reputation), images of celebrities, various commentary information, and the like. The condition improvement system 100 includes, for example, big data related to the physical characteristics of the occupant, information on celebrities whose physical characteristics and behavior (for example, facial parts, body shape, habits, etc.) are similar to the occupant, Word-of-mouth information and the like about the item being worn is acquired from the publicly known data group 70. - 特許庁

The communication terminal 80 is a mobile phone or smart phone carried by a passenger, a drive recorder installed in a mobile object, a car navigation system, or the like. The communication terminal 80 records information about the crew's schedule, the destination and route of the mobile object, and captures images of the surroundings of the mobile object. The condition improvement system 100 can obtain information input or recorded in the communication terminal 80 from the communication terminal 80 via the communication network 90 or directly.

The condition improvement system 100 may acquire purchase history information of items purchased by passengers from the communication terminal 80 or from a mail-order website that manages sales histories.

(Configuration of condition improvement system 100)
Next, the configuration of the condition improvement system 100 will be explained using FIG. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a condition improvement system 100. As shown in FIG.

Condition improvement system 100 includes biosensor 2 , input device 3 , output device 5 , and condition improvement device 1 .

<Biological sensor 2>
The biosensor 2 has a function of detecting the biometric information of the occupant, and outputs the detected biometric information to the condition improving device 1 . Biological information is, for example, personal facial expression, speech, posture, and vital data such as heart rate, respiration, body temperature, blood pressure, consciousness, and reflexes. A typical example of the biosensor 2 may be a camera 21, a heartbeat sensor 22, and the like.

The camera 21 images at least part of the body of the occupant (for example, face). The camera 21 may image the passenger's face from the front. The data of the image captured by the camera 21 is transmitted to the condition improvement device 1 as biological information. Note that the camera 21 may be capable of capturing moving images. In this case, the data transmitted to the condition improvement device 1 as the biological information may be moving image data, or may be data of one or more frame images included in the moving image.

The configuration and installation position of the camera 21 are not particularly limited as long as they can capture an image of the occupant. For example, the camera 21 is arranged at a position capable of imaging the upper half of the body (including the face) of the seated occupant from the front.

The heartbeat sensor 22 is a sensor that detects vibration accompanying the heartbeat of the passenger. The heartbeat sensor 22 can be arranged, for example, near the heart of the passenger seated in the seat. If the occupant is the driver of a passenger car, the heartbeat sensor 22 is placed in the backrest of the driver's seat and close to the occupant's heart. The heartbeat sensor 22 may be placed on the seat surface (cushion). Heartbeat data detected by the heartbeat sensor 22 is transmitted to the condition improving device 1 as biological information. Note that the heartbeat sensor 22 may be a wearable sensor worn by the passenger.

Note that the biosensor 2 is not limited to the camera 21 and heartbeat sensor 22 . The biosensor 2 may detect biometric information that changes according to the degree of drowsiness and fatigue felt by the occupant and the health condition of the occupant. It may be a thermometer or the like. The biosensor 2 may be provided anywhere in a predetermined space (for example, a seat on which the passenger sits), or may be a wearable sensor worn by the passenger.

<Input device 3>
The input device 3 receives the voice of the passenger directed to the condition improvement device 1, input of various operations by the passenger, and the like. The input device 3 shown in FIG. 1 includes a microphone 31 capable of inputting voices uttered by the passenger, but is not limited to this. For example, the input device 3 may include operation keys and buttons (for example, "Yes" button and "No" button) for responding to calls (questions) from the condition improvement device 1 to the occupant ( not shown). Moreover, a user interface (not shown) such as a touch panel may be provided for allowing the passenger to select a desired output mode.

As with the biosensor 2, the input device 3 may transmit input information to the condition improvement device 1 as biometric information. The tempo and pitch of the occupant's voice change according to the degree of drowsiness, fatigue, and fatigue felt by the occupant, and the health condition of the occupant. Therefore, the voice input from the microphone 31 may be used as the biological information of the occupant. Since the response speed of the occupant to the call from the condition improvement device 1 can also be used to determine the condition of the occupant, the input device 3 is configured to transmit data on the reaction speed of the occupant to the call to the condition improvement device 1. may

<Output device 5>
The output device 5 is a device that outputs the approval information received from the condition improving device 1 . The output device 5 may be any device capable of outputting the approval information to the passenger in a predetermined output mode. If the output device 5 has a speaker 51, the approval information may be output to the passenger by voice. Furthermore, if the output device 5 is equipped with a display (not shown), the authorization information may be output with images.

In addition, below, the case where approval information is output by a sound from the speaker 51 is mentioned as an example, and is demonstrated. Even if the passenger is driving the passenger car, if the approval information is output by voice, the approval information can be provided to the passenger without interfering with driving.

<Condition improving device 1>
Condition improvement device 1 is a computer connected to biosensor 2 and output device 5 . The condition improvement device 1 includes a control unit 10 and a storage unit 20 that collectively control processing of each function provided in the condition improvement device 1 . The control unit 10 includes a state determination unit 11 , an approved material determination unit 12 , an approval information generation unit 13 , an output control unit 14 and a conversation unit 15 . The storage unit 20 stores application programs and various data used to execute each function provided in the condition improving device 1 . The storage unit 20 stores passenger condition criteria 201 , approved material criteria 202 , approved materials 203 , approved information phrases 204 , crew information 205 , and a voice database 206 .

[State determination unit 11]
The state determination unit 11 acquires the biological information of the occupant from the biological sensor 2, and determines whether or not the occupant is in a preset appropriate state based on the biological information. If the occupant is a driver of a passenger car, the appropriate state is, for example, a state in which the drowsiness level (that is, the degree of feeling drowsiness) is low and the passenger is awake and can drive the passenger car safely. If the occupant is not the driver, the appropriate state is, for example, a state in which physical and mental health can be maintained while traveling using a passenger car.

The condition determination unit 11 determines whether or not the condition of the occupant is appropriate by referring to the occupant condition criteria 201 shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the occupant condition criteria 201. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the drowsiness level "0" is the state of not feeling drowsiness at all, and the drowsiness level "1" is the state of feeling light drowsiness. The drowsiness levels "2" to "4" differ in the intensity of feeling drowsiness, but they are all clearly feeling drowsiness, and the drowsiness level "5" is the state of being asleep. For example, the state determination unit 11 analyzes the image received from the camera 21, and determines the degree of drowsiness felt by the occupant (i.e., It is determined to which level the arousal state of the occupant corresponds. For example, when the drowsiness level in the example shown in FIG. 3 is "0" or "1," the state determination unit 11 determines that the state of the occupant is appropriate. The occupant condition criteria 201 referred to by the condition determination unit 11 are not limited to the drowsiness criteria, and may include criteria such as the occupant's fatigue level, health condition, and driving concentration level. For example, the state determination unit 11 analyzes the image received from the camera 21 and the behavior of the occupant during driving, and based on the movement of the occupant's line of sight, the number of times of looking away, the pattern of acceleration and deceleration, the accuracy of the steering wheel operation, etc. Then, it may be determined to which level the degree of drowsiness felt by the passenger (that is, the wakefulness of the passenger) corresponds.

[Approved material determination unit 12]
The approved material determining unit 12 determines approved materials 203 from the information for positively evaluating the crew member among the crew member information 205 . The occupant information 205 is various types of information about the occupant, such as attributes, hobbies, tastes, speech and behavior, physical characteristics, items worn by the occupant, messages addressed to the occupant, and the like. The occupant information 205 may be acquired from the camera 21, the communication terminal 80, the SNS server 60, and the like. For example, the physical characteristics of the occupant and the items worn by the occupant may be identified based on images captured by the camera 21 . Examples of physical characteristics include height, head size, hairstyle, body shape, changes in body shape, and the like. Examples of things worn include clothes, eyeglasses, wristwatches, bags, and accessories (necklaces, earrings, rings, etc.).

The approval materials 203 include, for example, that the physical characteristics of the passenger resemble those of celebrities, that the item worn by the passenger is a popular product, and that the other person affirms the passenger in a conversation between the passenger and another person. , and so on.

The approval material determination unit 12 determines, as approval materials 203, events that positively evaluate the crew member (healthy exercise habits, efforts to improve one's abilities such as language learning, etc.) from the past behavior of the crew member. good too. The past actions of the crew member may be specified based on a questionnaire that the crew member answered and schedule information of the crew member registered in the crew member information 205 .

Examples of past behavior that may be determined as approval material 203 include good driving etiquette and driving skill. Good driving manners include, for example, keeping a constant inter-vehicle distance and moderate acceleration and deceleration. Good driving skills include, for example, accuracy of steering wheel operation when parking, and good timing of course taking and acceleration/deceleration when passing a curve. Whether these are good or bad can be determined, for example, based on measured values obtained by various sensors (acceleration sensor, range sensor, torque sensor, etc.) provided in the moving body.

Furthermore, the approval material determining unit 12 may determine events that positively evaluate the passenger as the approval material 203 from the lifestyle habits and lifestyles of the passenger. The habits and lifestyles of the occupants may be identified based on the questionnaires that the occupants were asked to complete and the schedule information of the occupants registered in the occupant information 205 . Examples of lifestyle habits and lifestyles of crew members that can be determined as the approval material 203 include the habit of waking up early, high concentration at work, the cuteness of pets, and the fashionability of shops that are frequently visited. etc.

Approved material determination unit 12 uses approved material determination criteria 202 as determination criteria for determining approved materials 203 from crew information 205 . Approved material criteria 202 are defined for each passenger.

By the way, some crew members may not want to be positively evaluated by others, even if the event is generally positively evaluated by others. In addition, the same approval materials are not always effective due to changes in passenger consciousness and tastes. For example, if the condition of the occupant is not improved by outputting approval information generated using the determined approval material, the approval material may not be suitable for the occupant. Therefore, the approved material determination unit 12 may have a function of updating the approved material criteria 202 for each crew member. For example, after the approval information generated by the approval information generation unit 13 using the determined approval material is output, the state determination unit 11 determines that the occupant's condition has not improved (or has deteriorated). In this case, the approved material determination unit 12 preferably updates the approved material criteria 202 . As a result, the approved material determined after the update is different from the approved material determined before the update.

[Approval Information Generation Unit 13]
The approval information generation unit 13 uses the approval materials determined by the approval material determination unit 12 to generate approval information as information to be presented to the crew members in order to positively evaluate the crew members. More specifically, the approval information generation unit 13 generates voice, message, image, etc. for presenting to the crew that the approval material determined by the approval material determination unit 12 will be positively evaluated. Generate as authorization information. In particular, it is preferable to generate the approval information as a voice output from the output device 5 for the passenger who is driving.

By the way, in general, when communicating a positive evaluation, we feel that the credibility and reliability of the evaluation are higher when the evaluation is communicated from a third party to the person being evaluated rather than directly from the evaluator to the person being evaluated. easy to get Such a psychological phenomenon is called the Windsor effect. Therefore, the approval information generation unit 13 refers to the approval information phrase 204 and generates approval information including a phrase configured in a context in which a third party communicates that the evaluator has evaluated the person to be evaluated positively. may The approval information phrase 204 includes, for example, "XXX said 'ZZZ' about YYY. , etc., are stored as templates of phrases composed of contexts in which a third party communicates that the evaluator has evaluated positively.

Specifically, the approval material determination unit 12 determines, from a message such as SNS, that the crew member's friend A praises the crew member for being stylish all the time as the approval material, and the approval information generation unit 13 generates approval information as an example. The approval information generating unit 13 inserts "Mr. A" into "Mr. XXX", "clothing" into "YYY", and "fashionable" into "ZZZ" in the phrases of the template described above. , to generate authorization information.

[Output control unit 14]
The output control unit 14 causes the output device 5 to output the approval information generated by the approval information generation unit 13 in a predetermined output mode.

[Conversation part 15]
The conversation unit 15 is a so-called conversation bot. The voice quality data and phrases stored in the voice database 206 are used to generate voices for speaking and addressing any topic, such as greetings and weather, to the occupants. The voice generated by the conversation unit 15 is output from the speaker 51 by the output control unit 14 . The conversation unit 15 may generate a voice asking the occupant about an event that the occupant wishes to be evaluated positively. The approved material determination unit 12 may appropriately update the approved material criteria 202 based on the passenger's response to this inquiry.

(Processing flow of condition improvement system 100)
Next, the processing flow of the condition improvement system 100 will be described using FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of processing of the condition improvement system 100, and FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of processing for the condition improvement system 100 to output approval information.

As shown in FIG. 4, the condition improvement system 100 first receives the output mode of the approval information from the output device 5 (step S101). The approval information can be output by voice from the speaker 51, for example. Therefore, in step S101, as one of the output modes, the passenger may be allowed to select the voice quality in the conversation with the passenger executed by the conversation unit 15. FIG. For example, the passenger is allowed to select the voice of a person (third party) with whom the passenger wishes to converse or be praised. Specifically, each passenger is made to select a desired voice quality from the voice quality data stored in the voice database 206 .

The voice database 206 may store voice quality data that artificially reproduces various voice qualities, voice quality data of celebrities such as entertainers and athletes, voice quality data of characters appearing in animation, and the like. may Voice quality data obtained by pre-sampling the voices of parents, children, seniors, etc. of passengers may be registered in the voice database 206 . As a result, the condition improvement system 100 can output the approval information using the voice quality data selected from among the voice quality data registered in the voice database 206 according to the passenger's preference. In this way, by outputting the approval information as a voice with a voice quality preferred by the passenger, the passenger's desire for approval can be more effectively satisfied.

After step S101, first, the approved material determination unit 12 extracts attributes including the physical characteristics of the crew member and past actions from the crew member information 205 (step S102). , the occupant's attributes and past behavior are evaluated based on the approved material criteria 202 (step S103). Information obtained from the camera 21, the communication terminal 80, and the SNS server 60 is stored in the passenger information 205 for each passenger. In addition, the approved material determination unit 12 uses SNS, schedule information, mail-order usage history, etc., to obtain information related to friendships (such as the degree of closeness with the crew), lifestyle, and owned items. Information may be extracted.

The approved material determining unit 12 may acquire known data from the known data group 70 (step S105), and compare the crew member information 205 with the known data (step S106). Based on the approval material determination criteria 202 determined for each crew member, the approved material determination unit 12 determines whether or not to include the crew member's physical characteristics, items worn by the crew member, etc. in the approved materials based on the comparison results.

The approved material determination unit 12 determines approved materials that should be positively evaluated (step S104). The determined approved materials are stored as approved materials 203 .

In step S104, the materials determined as approved materials by the approved material determining unit 12 include, for example, the following (1) to (3).

(1) Outstanding physical characteristics (face, hairstyle, body shape, etc.) of the occupant and items worn (clothes, eyeglasses, watches, bags, accessories, etc.).

(2) The occupant's past behavior, driving manners, and driving skills were excellent.

(3) The crew used a shop with a good reputation in the past.

For example, if an occupant has a complex about physical characteristics, it is desirable not to determine the physical characteristics of the occupant as approval criteria. Therefore, the approved material determination unit 12 may update the approved material criteria 202 by referring to the message posted by the crew member on the SNS, the website information viewed by the crew member, and the like. For example, when a crew member posts messages such as "I don't want to lose weight any more" and "I don't like being tall", the approval material determination unit 12 determines that the passenger is thin and tall, etc. is updated as the approved material criteria 202 so as not to be determined as approved materials.

The biosensor 2 periodically detects the biometric information of the occupant (for example, once every five minutes) (step S108). The state determination unit 11 determines whether or not the state of the occupant is appropriate based on the detected biological information (step S109: state determination step). If the occupant's condition is appropriate (YES in step S109), the process returns to step S108 to continue monitoring the occupant's condition.

If the occupant's condition is not appropriate (NO in step S109), the output control unit 14 outputs the approval information generated using the approval material determined in step S104 to the output device 5 in a predetermined output mode. (step S110: output control step). Approval information is information that positively evaluates the approval material to improve the condition of the occupant (drowsiness, lethargy, fatigue, etc.). It should be noted that the approval information may be output to the occupant even if the occupant is in the appropriate state. However, excessive use of positive evaluation may reduce the effect of satisfying the desire for approval, so it is desirable to limit the number of times and intervals of outputting approval information.
By configuring in this way, the condition improvement system 100 can output approval information for improving the condition of the occupant to the occupant at an appropriate timing.

Here, the details of the process of outputting the approval information will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the conversation unit 15 starts calling the passenger (step S1101). That is, the output control unit 14 outputs a message including a call to the passenger before outputting the approval information. This call is for getting the passenger's attention, and may be any call prompting the passenger to respond. The occupant's response may be, for example, an action such as a greeting by the occupant, an utterance by the occupant, or the like. The motion and speech of the passenger can be recognized by the camera 21 and the microphone 31 . If the occupant's response cannot be recognized (NO in step S1102), the process returns to step S108 in FIG. 4 to measure (monitor) the occupant state.

On the other hand, when a response from the crew member is recognized (YES in step S1102), the approved material determination unit 12 acquires the latest incoming call information and notification information for the crew member from the SNS server 60. If there is the latest incoming call information to the crew member and notification information to the crew member (YES in step S1103), the approved material determination unit 12 evaluates the incoming call information and notification information based on the approved material determination criteria 202 ( step S1104).

The approval material determination unit 12 determines, as approval materials, incoming calls from others including messages positively evaluating the crew member, and comments and evaluations received from persons viewing information posted by the crew member. do. At this time, the approval material determination unit 12 associates the approval material with the caller information regarding the caller who sent the incoming call and the comment, which is the approval material, to the passenger (step S1105). Approval information generation unit 13 generates, as approval information, a voice from a third party (for example, conversation unit 15) that conveys that the caller has positively evaluated the approval material determined in step S1105 ( Step S1106: Approval information generation step).

If there is no latest incoming call information for the passenger and no notification information for the passenger (NO in step S1103), the approval information generation unit 13 reads the approval material determined in step S104 from the approval material 203, Approval information is generated (step S1108: approval information generating step).

The output control unit 14 outputs the generated approval information from the speaker 51 (S1107: output control step).

Returning to FIG. 4, the biological information of the occupant is detected (step S111), and the condition determination unit 11 determines whether the condition of the occupant has improved (step S112). If the state determination unit 11 determines that the occupant's state has improved (YES in step S112), the series of processing ends. On the other hand, when the state determination unit 11 determines that the occupant's condition has not improved (NO in step S112), the approved material determination criteria 202 are updated (step S113), the process returns to step S103, and the approved material determination unit 12 re-determines the approved materials based on the updated approved material criteria 202 .

As a result, appropriate approval information can be output for each passenger.

[Embodiment 2]
Other embodiments of the invention are described below. For convenience of description, members having the same functions as those of the members described in the above embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will not be repeated.

Steps S101, S105-S106 and steps S1101-S1102 shown in FIG. 5 in the processing of the condition improvement system 100 shown in FIG. This is a step for further improving the effect of the process. Therefore, these steps are not essential.

That is, in the condition improvement system 100 shown in FIG. 1, the input device 3, the conversation unit 15, and the voice database 206 are not necessarily required. For example, the condition improvement system 100 may have the configuration shown in FIG.

(Configuration of Condition Improvement System 100a)
FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration example of a condition improvement system 100a according to another embodiment of the invention. The condition improvement system 100a includes a condition improvement device 1a, a biosensor 2, and an output device 5. The condition improving device 1a includes a control section 10a and a storage section 20a. The control unit 10 a includes a state determination unit 11 , an approved material determination unit 12 , an approval information generation unit 13 and an output control unit 14 . The storage unit 20 a includes occupant condition criteria 201 , approved material criteria 202 , approved materials 203 , approved information phrases 204 , and occupant information 205 .

Condition improvement system 100a differs from condition improvement system 100 in the following points. (1) A voice for outputting approval information is set in advance. (2) Do not call the passenger before outputting the approval information. However, the condition improvement system 100a, like the condition improvement system 100, has a function of generating approval information using appropriate approval materials and outputting the approval information when the occupant's condition is not proper. there is Therefore, the condition improvement system 100a can output approval information with appropriate content for improving the condition of the occupant to the occupant at an appropriate timing.

[Example of realization by software]
The control blocks (particularly the control units 10 and 10a) of the condition improvement devices 1 and 1a may be realized by logic circuits (hardware) formed in integrated circuits (IC chips) or the like, or may be realized by software. good.

In the latter case, the condition improvement devices 1 and 1a are provided with computers that execute instructions of programs, which are software for realizing each function. This computer includes, for example, one or more processors, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the program. In the computer, the processor reads the program from the recording medium and executes it, thereby achieving the object of the present invention. As the processor, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) can be used. As the recording medium, a "non-temporary tangible medium" such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. In addition, a RAM (Random Access Memory) for developing the above program may be further provided. Also, the program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. Note that one aspect of the present invention can also be implemented in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be modified in various ways within the scope of the claims, and can be obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

Reference Signs List 1, 1a Condition improvement device 2 Biosensor 3 Input device 5 Output device 10, 10a Control unit 11 Condition determination unit 12 Approved material determination unit 13 Approval information generation unit 14 Output control unit 15 Conversation unit 100, 100a Condition improvement system 201 Crew condition Standard 202 Approved material judgment standard 203 Approved material 204 Approved information phrase 205 Crew information 206 Voice database S109 State judgment process S1106, S1108 Approved information generation process S110, S1107 Output control process

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A condition improvement device that improves the condition of an individual staying in a predetermined space toward a preset appropriate condition,
a state determination unit that determines whether or not the individual is in the appropriate state based on the individual's biometric information detected by a biosensor;
an approval information generation unit that generates approval information for positively evaluating the individual when the state of the individual is determined not to be appropriate;
an output control unit for outputting the approval information from an output device in a predetermined output mode;
an approval material determination unit that determines, as approval material, information for positively evaluating the individual from among the information about the individual;
with
The approval information generation unit uses the approval material determined by the approval material determination unit to generate the approval information as information to be presented to the individual,
the approval material is at least one of physical characteristics of the individual, objects worn by the individual, past behavior of the individual, habits and lifestyle of the individual;
The approval material determination unit includes a camera that images the individual, a communication terminal carried by the individual, an SNS server that manages history data exchanged between the individual and others using a social networking service, and determining the approval material from at least one of a questionnaire answered by the individual and schedule information of the individual;
A condition improving device characterized by: A condition improvement device that improves the condition of an individual staying in a predetermined space toward a preset appropriate condition,
a state determination unit that determines whether or not the individual is in the appropriate state based on the individual's biometric information detected by a biosensor;
an approval information generation unit that generates approval information for positively evaluating the individual when the state of the individual is determined not to be appropriate;
an output control unit for outputting the approval information from an output device in a predetermined output mode;
an approval material determination unit that determines, as approval material, information for positively evaluating the individual from among the information about the individual;
with
The approval information generation unit uses the approval material determined by the approval material determination unit to generate the approval information as information to be presented to the individual,
the approved material is information addressed to the individual;
Generating the approval information including a phrase configured in a context in which a third party conveys that the sender of the approval material has positively evaluated the individual as a voice output by the output device.
A condition improving device characterized by: 3. The condition improving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said approved material determination unit determines said approved material from information relating to said individual based on criteria determined for each individual. After the approval information is output, if the condition determination unit determines that the condition of the individual has not improved, the approved material determination unit updates the criteria for each individual. Item 4. The condition improving device according to item 3. the approved material is information addressed to the individual;
The approval information generating unit causes the output device to output the approval information including a phrase in which a third party communicates that the sender of the approval material has positively evaluated the individual. 2. The condition improving device according to claim 1 , wherein the condition improving device is generated as: 6. The condition improving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the approval information generation unit generates the voice with a voice quality selected by the individual. The output control unit is
causing the output device to output a message including a call to the individual before outputting the approval information;
7. The condition improvement device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said approval information is output only when said individual's response to said challenge is recognized. A condition improving device according to any one of claims 1 to 7;
the biosensor;
and the output device. A condition improvement method for improving the condition of an individual staying in a predetermined space toward a preset appropriate condition,
a state determination step of determining whether or not the individual is in the appropriate state based on the individual's biometric information detected by a biosensor;
an approval information generation step of generating approval information for positively evaluating the individual when the state of the individual is determined not to be an appropriate state;
an output control step of outputting the approval information from an output device in a predetermined output mode;
an approval material determination step of determining, as approval material, information for positively evaluating the individual from among the information about the individual;
including
in the approval information generating step, using the approved material determined in the approved material determination step, generating the approval information as information to be presented to the individual;
the approval material is at least one of physical characteristics of the individual, objects worn by the individual, past behavior of the individual, habits and lifestyle of the individual;
In the approval material determination step, a camera for imaging the individual, a communication terminal carried by the individual, an SNS server for managing history data exchanged between the individual and others using a social network service, determining the approval material from at least one of a questionnaire answered by the individual and schedule information of the individual;
A condition improvement method characterized by: A condition improvement method for improving the condition of an individual staying in a predetermined space toward a preset appropriate condition,
a state determination step of determining whether or not the individual is in the appropriate state based on the individual's biometric information detected by a biosensor;
an approval information generation step of generating approval information for positively evaluating the individual when the state of the individual is determined not to be an appropriate state;
an output control step of outputting the approval information from an output device in a predetermined output mode;
an approval material determination step of determining, as approval material, information for positively evaluating the individual from among the information about the individual;
including
in the approval information generating step, using the approved material determined in the approved material determination step, generating the approval information as information to be presented to the individual;
the approved material is information addressed to the individual;
Generating the approval information including a phrase configured in a context in which a third party conveys that the sender of the approval material has positively evaluated the individual as a voice output by the output device.
A condition improvement method characterized by:

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