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Apparatus, method, program, signal for determining intervention effectiveness index

An effectiveness and index technology, applied in the field of devices, procedures, and signals used to determine the effectiveness of interventions, can solve problems such as the inability to accurately and objectively determine the degree of effectiveness to increase efficiency, and the inability to further increase efficiency.

Pending Publication Date: 2020-04-21
ORMON CORP
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[0007] Therefore, existing solutions fail to further increase efficiency in systems where a human interacts with one or more machines to accomplish a task, and cannot precisely and objectively determine the extent to which increased efficiency is effective

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[0080] 4, the first embodiment will be explained with respect to a method for determining an intervention effect index IEI on a person performing a task. Interventions are incentives to have an impact on people. The intervention may be provided to the human (eg by providing a stimulus), in which case the intervention has a direct effect on the human, or the intervention may be provided to a system / device with which the human interacts (when performing a task: eg by changing the operating speed of the machines on the manufacturing line), so that the intervention will have an indirect effect on people. Examples will be discussed further later.

[0081] At step S100, sensing information is obtained through at least one sensor coupled to the person. Sensing information includes information related to measurements made by the sensor (as described above, for example, with respect to figure 2 or image 3 discussed, or as also exemplified later), and more generally, any informati...

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[0118] refer to Figure 7A , a second embodiment of an apparatus 290 for determining an intervention effect index IEI on a person performing a task will be described. The apparatus may be regarded as an apparatus that may be implemented by any combination of hardware and / or software, and may be localized in one device or distributed over multiple devices interconnected by a network. In the following, the term "means" is also used interchangeably with the term "entity", since it is not limited to centralized implementation in a single device. Furthermore, in the following, when it is mentioned that all the above considerations and other features regarding the method of the first embodiment are equally applicable to this and other embodiments, only the main features of the entities will be described to avoid repetition.

[0119] The entity includes an interface 200 , a first processor 210 , a second processor 220 and a third processor 230 . The interface 200 is configured to o...

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[0129] The third embodiment relates to a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform any of the steps or steps disclosed, for example, with reference to the first embodiment and / or with reference to other embodiments and examples set forth herein any combination of . Figure 8 The configuration of such a computer 800 is exemplified, and the computer 800 includes a processor 820 , an interface (IF) 810 and a memory 830 . In one configuration, the memory 830 may include instructions required for performing the method steps, as well as, for example, data required or generated during execution of the instructions. _Meanwhile, the database can be externally provided to the computer 800 and accessed via the interface 810. Interface 810 is capable of communicating with sensors, applications (when present), external databases (when present), and any other entity or network. Processor 820 is any type of processor capable o...

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Abstract

It is provided a method (and correspondingly an apparatus, program and signal) for determining an intervention effect index (IEI) for a person executing a task. The method comprises steps of: obtaining (S100) sensing information by means of at least one sensor coupled to the person, wherein the sensing information includes first sensing information relating to performance in executing the task andsecond sensing information relating to an emotional state; determining (S110), on the basis of said first sensing information, a performance difference (deltaM) indicating a variation between performance in executing the task before an intervention is applied and performance in executing the task after the intervention is applied, the intervention representing an excitation affecting the person;estimating (S120), on the basis of said second sensing information, an emotional value difference (deltaE) indicative of a variation between emotional states before and after the intervention is applied; determining (S130) the intervention effect index (IEI) on the basis of said performance value difference (deltaM) and said emotional value difference (deltaE), the intervention effect index (IEI)representing an indication on effectiveness of the intervention on the person.

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Background technique [0001] Methods for improving performance in systems that include several device assemblies, such as manufacturing lines, are known in the art. For example, Japanese Patent No. 5530019 discloses a solution for detecting signs of equipment failure, which is essential to prevent operational efficiency from being reduced, such as preventing a reduction in plant productivity. In addition, in production lines involving operations performed by workers, factors known to affect productivity or, in particular, the quality and quantity of production include machines, methods, materials, and men (4M) factor. Three of these factors (ie, machines, methods, and materials (3M)) have been continuously improved and enhanced to increase productivity. However, the "people" factor depends on several factors and is more difficult to address objectively. For example, in the field of controlling a manufacturing production line, usually, managers intuitively observe workers' ph...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/06A61B5/16
CPCG06Q10/0639A61B5/021A61B5/024A61B5/0533A61B5/1118A61B5/165A61B5/4848A61B2503/22A61B2505/09A61B5/316A61B5/18A61B2503/20
Inventor 小竹康代中嶋宏王丹妮
Owner ORMON CORP
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