Action determination device, home apparatus management system, and program

Abstract

To provide an action determination device capable of promptly performing an action determination.SOLUTION: An action determination device comprises: a positional information acquisition section which acquires information relating to a position of a person inside or outside of a door; a locking / unlocking information acquisition section which acquires information relating to locking / unlocking of the door; and a determination section which determines an action of the person via the door based on a combination of the information relating to the position acquired by the positional information acquisition section and the information relating to the locking / unlocking acquired by the locking / unlocking information acquisition section.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a behavior determination device, a home appliance management system, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] Home network systems that use smartphones and smart speakers to control and manage home appliances, housing facilities, and other household equipment are becoming more common. By using a home network system, it is possible to prevent forgetting to turn off home appliances or close windows when going out.

[0003] Patent Document 1 discloses a discrimination device that discriminates behaviors such as going out or returning home by acquiring status information indicating whether a person is at home or out of the house, human detection information indicating that a person has been detected at the entrance to the house, and opening / closing information indicating that the entrance door to the house has been opened or closed.

[0004] By combining the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 with a home network system, it is possible to take measures to prevent accidents such as forgetting to turn off home appliances or close windows when going out. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] JP 2017-220837 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] For example, when a person in a house intends to go out, if a control unit in a home network system recognizes notification information such as forgetting to turn off home appliances or close windows, it is conceivable to notify the person before going out. The discrimination device described in Patent Document 1 uses opening / closing information indicating that the front door of the house has been opened or closed, so there is a delay in determining that the person has gone out, and the notification information may be sent after the person has left the house.

[0007] The present disclosure has been made in consideration of the above points, and aims to provide a behavior determination device, a home appliance management system, and a program that can quickly determine behavior such as going out. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] A first aspect of the present disclosure is a behavior determination device that includes a location information acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a person's location inside or outside a door, a locking / unlocking information acquisition unit that acquires information regarding locking and unlocking the door, and a determination unit that determines the behavior of the person through the door based on a combination of the information regarding the location acquired by the location information acquisition unit and the information regarding the locking and unlocking acquired by the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a home appliance management system according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 2] 1 is a control block diagram of a home appliance management system according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 3] 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the behavior determining device of the first embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a home appliance management system according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 5] FIG. 11 is a control block diagram of a home appliance management system according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 6] 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the behavior determining device of the first embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] Hereinafter, embodiments of the behavior determination device, home appliance management system, and program of the present disclosure will be described with reference to Fig. 1 to Fig. 6. The following embodiment shows one aspect of the present disclosure, does not limit the disclosure, and can be modified as desired within the scope of the technical idea of ​​the present disclosure. In addition, in the following drawings, the scale of each structure is different from the actual structure in order to make each configuration easier to understand.

[0011] [First embodiment of home appliance management system and behavior determination device] As shown in Fig. 1, the home appliance management system 1 is a system that manages home appliances 2. The home appliances 2 are electrically-powered appliances installed inside a building. Examples of the home appliances 2 include indoor lighting, shutters, curtains, air conditioners, and windows. The home appliances 2 include a human sensor 2A.

[0012] The home appliance management system 1 includes an home appliance 2, an electric lock 3, a mobile terminal 5, a relay device 6, a router 7, and, as shown in Fig. 2, a locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11, a position information acquisition unit 12, a determination unit 13, a control unit 14, an operation information acquisition unit 21, a notification unit 22, a storage unit 23, a notification control unit 24, and an overall control unit 25. The locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11, the position information acquisition unit 12, the determination unit 13, and the control unit 14 configure a behavior determination device 10.

[0013] The electric lock 3 is provided on a door 8 of a building such as a general house. The electric lock 3 can be locked and unlocked electrically in addition to being locked and unlocked manually, and is capable of short-distance communication with the mobile terminal 5 and the relay device 6. The communication standard for short-distance communication used in the home appliance management system 1 is, for example, "Bluetooth (registered trademark)." The electric lock 3 performs wireless communication with the mobile terminal 5 and the relay device 6 in accordance with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication protocol.

[0014] In addition to "Bluetooth (registered trademark)," several communication standards for short-range communication are generally known, such as "ZigBee (registered trademark)." The home device management system 1 employs "Bluetooth (registered trademark)" as the short-range communication method, but may employ other short-range communication methods as necessary.

[0015] The electric lock 3 is powered by a lock battery built in. The lock battery may be a dry cell, a button cell, or a battery. The lock battery consumes stored power each time the electric lock 3 performs a locking or unlocking operation, eventually resulting in the battery running out and the electric lock 3 being unable to operate normally. In order for the electric lock 3 to function normally, the lock battery needs to have sufficient remaining power. The electric lock 3 may also be configured to use, for example, a 100V commercial power source via an AC adapter, rather than using a lock battery.

[0016] When the electric lock 3 receives a locking instruction from the mobile terminal 5, it goes into a locked state in which the door 8 cannot be opened or closed based on the locking instruction. When the electric lock 3 receives an unlocking instruction from the mobile terminal 5, it goes into an unlocked state in which the door 8 can be opened and closed freely based on the unlocking instruction. The electric lock 3 notifies the relay device 6 of the locking instruction received from the mobile terminal 5 or information related to locking / unlocking based on the unlocking instruction.

[0017] The mobile terminal 5 is an electronic lock operating terminal that locks or unlocks the electric lock 3 by transmitting a locking command or an unlocking command to the electric lock 3 via short-range communication based on an electronic lock control program. The electronic lock control program is compatible with the OS, which is the operating system of the mobile terminal 5.

[0018] For example, when a user returns home after going out at night and approaches the building door 8, the user operates the electronic lock control program in the mobile terminal 5 to send an unlock command to the electric lock 3. When the electric lock 3 receives the unlock command from the mobile terminal 5, it sets the door 8 to an unlocked state in which it can be opened and closed freely according to the unlock command.

[0019] When a user leaves the building, the user manually unlocks the door 8 from inside the door 8, thereby setting the door 8 in an unlocked state in which it can be opened and closed freely. When a user leaves the building, the user operates the electronic lock control program in the mobile terminal 5 from outside the door 8, which is outside the building, to send a locking command to the electric lock 3. Upon receiving the locking command from the mobile terminal 5, the electric lock 3 sets the door 8 in a locked state in which it cannot be opened or closed in accordance with the locking command.

[0020] The locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 acquires information regarding the locking / unlocking of the door 8. The locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 acquires the locking information and unlocking information of the electric lock 3. The locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 outputs the acquired locking information and unlocking information of the electric lock 3 to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0021] The position information acquisition unit 12 acquires information regarding the position of the person H inside or outside the door 8. The position information acquisition unit 12 in the home appliance management system 1 is a human presence sensor 2A. The human presence sensor 2A is provided inside the door 8 inside the building. The human presence sensor 2A is, for example, an infrared sensor that detects infrared rays emitted by the person H. The human presence sensor 2A detects the presence of the person H at a position inside the door 8. The position information acquisition unit 12 outputs information that the person H is present at a position inside the door 8 to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6. When the human presence sensor 2A does not detect the presence of the person H at a position inside the door 8, the position information acquisition unit 12 outputs information that the person H is present at a position outside the door 8 to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0022] The determination unit 13 determines the behavior of the person H through the door 8 based on a combination of information about the position of the person H acquired by the position information acquisition unit 12 and information about the locking and unlocking of the door 8 acquired by the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11. The determination unit 13 determines whether the behavior of the person H through the door 8 is going-out behavior or returning-home behavior based on a combination of information about the position of the person H and information about the locking and unlocking of the door 8.

[0023] The control unit 14 executes processing for determining the behavior of the person H through the door 8 in the behavior determination device 10. As the behavior determination device 10 including the control unit 14, a computer can be used.

[0024] The program for causing a computer to function as the behavior determination device 10 causes the control unit 14 to execute the following processes: a process for causing the position information acquisition unit 12 to acquire information regarding the position of person H inside or outside the door 8; a process for causing the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 to acquire information regarding the locking / unlocking of the door 8; and a process for causing the determination unit 13 to determine the behavior of person H through the door 8 based on a combination of the information regarding the position of person H acquired by the position information acquisition unit 12 and the information regarding the locking / unlocking of the door 8 acquired by the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11.

[0025] The relay device 6 is provided near the door 8 inside the building. The relay device 6 is a communication device that performs wireless relay between the electric lock 3 and the router 7. The relay device 6 performs, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication with the electric lock 3, but performs wireless communication with the router 7 using a communication standard that has a longer communication distance than Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication.

[0026] The communication method between the relay device 6 and the router 7 is, for example, a wireless LAN called "Wi-Fi (registered trademark)." LAN is an abbreviation for local area network. The relay device 6 performs wireless LAN communication with the router 7 in accordance with a home LAN.

[0027] The home appliances 2 are home appliances capable of linking with an external communication terminal, and are components of a home LAN constructed in a building. In the building in which the home appliance management system 1 is installed, a home LAN including the home appliances 2 and a router 7 as components is constructed in advance.

[0028] The home device 2 wirelessly communicates with the router 7 using a communication protocol conforming to wireless LAN, a communication standard with a longer communication distance than short-range communication. The home device 2 may also communicate with the router 7 using a wired LAN. The home device 2 can perform functions based on operation instructions received from the outside via the router 7.

[0029] For example, indoor lighting is a lighting device provided in each room inside a building, which sets the interior of each room to a specified illuminance by emitting light. The indoor lighting is not limited to a single device, but is a collection of one or more lighting devices. The indoor lighting has a function of wireless LAN communication or wired LAN communication, and can set the illuminance or turn off the power based on an operation instruction received from the outside via the router 7.

[0030] For example, the shutters are electric window shutters that are provided on each window of a building and that open and close electrically. The shutters are not limited to a single device, but are a collection of one or more electric window shutters. The shutters have a function of wireless LAN communication or wired LAN communication, and can open and close based on an operation instruction received from the outside via the router 7.

[0031] The curtains are installed on each window of the building and are electrically opened and closed. The curtains are not limited to a single device, but are a collection of one or more electric curtains. The curtains have a function of wireless LAN communication or wired LAN communication, and can be opened and closed based on an operation instruction received from the outside via the router 7.

[0032] The window is provided at an opening of the building and is an electrically operated window that opens and closes electrically. The window is not limited to a single device, but is a collection of one or more electrically operated windows. The window has a function of wireless LAN communication or wired LAN communication, and can be opened and closed based on an operation instruction received from the outside via the router 7.

[0033] One or more air conditioners are provided in a building, and as is well known, they are electrically operated air conditioning devices. An air conditioner has an indoor unit and an outdoor unit, and can adjust the temperature inside the room by operating it. The air conditioner has a wireless LAN communication function or a wired LAN communication function, and can adjust the temperature or stop the air conditioner based on an operation instruction received from outside via a router 7.

[0034] The router 7 is a communication device that connects a home LAN to an external communication line such as the Internet. The router 7 performs wireless LAN communication or wired LAN communication with the relay device 6 and the home device 2 in compliance with a wireless LAN communication protocol, and performs communication with the external communication line in compliance with the communication protocol of the external communication line.

[0035] The router 7 can receive an external operation instruction for the home device 2 via, for example, an external communication line. The router 7 can convert the external operation instruction into a wireless LAN transmission wave conforming to the wireless LAN communication protocol and transmit it to the home device 2. The home device 2 operates according to the external operation instruction.

[0036] The router 7 receives, for example, a wireless LAN transmission wave including transmission data indicating the operating state of the electric lock 3 and the user's return / going-out information from the relay device 6 as a wireless LAN reception wave. The router 7 extracts the reception data from the wireless LAN reception wave and saves information relating to the operating state of the electric lock 3 and the user's return-home and going-out actions as log information. The router 7 can transmit the log information to cloud B as necessary. Cloud B is a storage device provided on an external communication line. Cloud B can store the log information received from the router 7.

[0037] The operation information acquiring unit 21 acquires operation information related to the operation state of the home appliance 2. The operation information acquiring unit 21 acquires, as the operation information of the home appliance 2, information that the home appliance 2 is operating or stopped operating.

[0038] The notification unit 22 can notify the person H of the predetermined information. The notification unit 22 can notify the person H of the predetermined information by, for example, voice, a pop-up in an app, voice in an app, a screen display, or the like. The notification unit 22 in the home appliance management system 1 notifies the person H of the predetermined information by voice. The notification unit 22 is a speaker. The notification unit 22 is disposed near the door 8 inside the building. The notification unit 22 is provided in the human presence sensor 2A. By providing the notification unit 22 in the human presence sensor 2A, the installation work time can be shortened compared to a case in which the notification unit 22 and the human presence sensor 2A are provided separately.

[0039] The storage unit 23 stores management information that associates the behavior of the person H through the door 8 with operation information of the indoor device 2 corresponding to the behavior of the person H. The management information is stored in advance. The management information includes information to be notified to the person H via the notification unit 22 in accordance with the behavior of the person H through the door 8 and the operation information of the indoor device 2 corresponding to the behavior of the person H.

[0040] For example, the storage unit 23 stores the behavior of the person H through the door 8 in association with the reference state of the indoor device 2 corresponding to the behavior of the person H. The reference state corresponding to the going-out behavior of the person H is, for example, a state in which the indoor lights and the air conditioner are turned off and the curtains and windows are closed. The reference state corresponding to the returning-home behavior of the person H is, for example, a state in which the air conditioner has already started operating when an operation command to operate the air conditioner is given from outside before returning home.

[0041] When the determination unit 13 of the behavior determination device 10 determines the behavior of the person H through the door 8, the notification control unit 24 causes the person H to notify the notification unit 22 of the operation information of the indoor device 2 according to the behavior of the person H, the operation information of the indoor device 2, and the management information stored in the storage unit 23. When the behavior of the person H and the operation information of the indoor device 2 do not match the reference state of the indoor device 2 in the management information, the notification control unit 24 causes the notification unit 22 to notify information that the state does not match the reference state.

[0042] The central control unit 25 centrally controls the processing in the home appliance management system 1. The central control unit 25 executes processing in the home appliance management system 1 for causing the notification unit 22 to notify the person H of operation information of the home appliance 2 in accordance with a result of determining the behavior of the person H through the door 8. A computer can be used as the home appliance management system 1 including the central control unit 25.

[0043] The program for causing a computer to function as the indoor equipment management system 1 causes the central control unit 25 to execute the following processes: a process for causing the behavior determination device 10 to determine the behavior of person H through the door 8; a process for causing the operation information acquisition unit 21 to acquire operation information relating to the operating status of the indoor equipment 2; and a process for causing the notification control unit 24 to cause the notification unit 22 to notify the operation information according to the behavior of person H, the operation information of the indoor equipment 2, and the management information of the memory unit 23, when the behavior determination device 10 determines the behavior of person H through the door 8.

[0044] [Returning home behavior judgment by behavior judgment device] The determination method of the behavior determination device 10 will be described with reference to Fig. 3. For example, a case where a person H, who is a user, returns home from an outside location will be described.

[0045] When the user returns home from outside, he / she inputs an instruction to unlock the electric lock 3 into the mobile terminal 5 in front of the entrance on the outside of the door 8. The mobile terminal 5 transmits the user's instruction to unlock the electric lock 3 via Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication.

[0046] When the electric lock 3 receives the "unlock instruction" from the mobile terminal 5, it changes from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to the "unlock instruction." When the electric lock 3 changes to the unlocked state, the behavior determination device 10 starts a determination operation.

[0047] 3, when the determination operation is started, in step S1, the lock / unlock information acquisition unit 11 acquires the unlock information of the electric lock 3 as information on the lock / unlock of the door 8. The unlock information of the electric lock 3 is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0048] When the unlocking information of the electric lock 3 is output to the determination unit 13, the human presence sensor 2A as the position information acquisition unit 12 acquires information on the position of the person H inside or outside the door 8. When the electric lock 3 is unlocked by the user inputting an unlock command, the human presence sensor 2A does not detect the presence of the person H inside the door 8. Since the human presence sensor 2A does not detect the presence of the person H inside the door 8, the position information acquisition unit 12 indirectly acquires information that the person H is present at a position outside the door 8. The information that the person H is present at a position outside the door 8 is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0049] The judgment unit 13 judges the behavior of the person H through the door 8 based on a combination of the information regarding locking and unlocking acquired by the locking and unlocking information acquisition unit 11 and the information regarding the position of the person H acquired by the position information acquisition unit 12.

[0050] In step S2, the determination unit 13 determines whether the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 has acquired unlocking information, and if the unlocking information has been acquired, in step S3, determines whether the human presence sensor 2A has detected the presence of the person H inside the door 8. In step S3, if the human presence sensor 2A does not detect the presence of the person H inside the door 8, the determination unit 13 determines in step S4 that the person H has input an unlock command at a position outside the door 8, and therefore determines that the behavior is a returning home behavior of the person H. The determination unit 13 determines that the behavior is a returning home behavior of the person H when the human presence sensor 2A does not detect the presence of the person H and the door 8 is unlocked.

[0051] The user opens the door 8 whose electric lock 3 has been unlocked in response to the "unlock command," moves into the building, and then manually locks the electric lock 3, for example, from inside the door 8. When the electric lock 3 is locked, the behavior determination device 10 starts a determination operation.

[0052] When the determination operation is started, in step S1, the lock / unlock information acquisition unit 11 acquires lock information of the electric lock 3 as information regarding the lock / unlock of the door 8. The lock information of the electric lock 3 is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0053] When locking information of the electric lock 3 is output to the determination unit 13, the human presence sensor 2A as the position information acquisition unit 12 acquires information on the position of the person H inside or outside the door 8. When a user manually locks the electric lock 3 from inside the door 8, the human presence sensor 2A detects the presence of the person H inside the door 8. The position information acquisition unit 12 acquires information that the person H is located at a position inside the door 8. The information that the person H is located at a position inside the door 8 is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0054] In step S2, the determination unit 13 determines whether the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 has acquired unlocking information, and in the case where it has acquired locking information but not unlocking information, it determines in step S5 whether the human presence sensor 2A has detected the presence of person H inside the door 8. In step S5, if the human presence sensor 2A detects the presence of person H inside the door 8, the determination unit 13 determines in step S6 that this is a returning home behavior because person H performed a locking operation at a position inside the door 8. The determination of the returning home behavior in step S6 confirms the determination of the returning home behavior in step S4, and the accuracy of the behavior determination is improved.

[0055] [Outdoor behavior determination by behavior determination device] For example, a case will be described in which a user, person H, goes out of the building. In order to go out, the user manually unlocks the electric lock 3 from inside the door 8, for example.

[0056] When the electric lock 3 is unlocked, the behavior determination device 10 starts a determination operation. When the determination operation starts, in step S1, the lock / unlock information acquisition unit 11 acquires unlock information of the electric lock 3 as information on the lock / unlock of the door 8. The unlock information of the electric lock 3 is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0057] When the unlocking information of the electric lock 3 is output to the determination unit 13, the human presence sensor 2A as the position information acquisition unit 12 acquires information on the position of the person H inside or outside the door 8. When a user manually unlocks the electric lock 3 from inside the door 8, the human presence sensor 2A detects the presence of the person H inside the door 8. The position information acquisition unit 12 acquires information that the person H is present at a position inside the door 8. The information that the person H is present at a position inside the door 8 is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0058] In step S2, the determination unit 13 determines whether the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 has acquired unlocking information, and if the unlocking information has been acquired, in step S3, determines whether the human presence sensor 2A has detected the presence of person H inside the door 8. In step S3, if the human presence sensor 2A detects the presence of person H inside the door 8, the determination unit 13 determines in step S7 that this is an going-out behavior because the person H performed an unlocking operation at a position inside the door 8. The determination unit 13 determines that this is an going-out behavior of person H when the human presence sensor 2A detects the presence of person H and the door 8 is unlocked.

[0059] After the user opens the door 8, for which the electric lock 3 has been unlocked in response to the unlocking operation and moves outside the building, the user inputs a "lock command" for the electric lock 3 into the mobile terminal 5, for example, while standing outside the door 8. The mobile terminal 5 transmits the user's lock command to the electric lock 3 via Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication.

[0060] When the electric lock 3 receives the "lock instruction" from the mobile terminal 5, it changes from the unlocked state to the locked state in response to the "lock instruction." When the electric lock 3 changes to the locked state, the behavior determination device 10 starts a determination operation.

[0061] When the determination operation is started, in step S1, the lock / unlock information acquisition unit 11 acquires lock information of the electric lock 3 as information regarding the lock / unlock of the door 8. The lock information of the electric lock 3 is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0062] When lock information of the electric lock 3 is output to the determination unit 13, the human presence sensor 2A as the position information acquisition unit 12 acquires information on the position of the person H inside or outside the door 8. When the electric lock 3 is unlocked by the user inputting an unlock command, the human presence sensor 2A does not detect the presence of the person H inside the door 8. As the human presence sensor 2A does not detect the presence of the person H inside the door 8, the position information acquisition unit 12 indirectly acquires information that the person H is present at a position outside the door 8. The information that the person H is present at a position outside the door 8 is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0063] In step S2, the determination unit 13 determines whether the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 has acquired unlocking information, and in the case where the locking information has been acquired but not the unlocking information, the determination unit 13 determines in step S5 whether the human presence sensor 2A has detected the presence of the person H inside the door 8. In step S5, if the human presence sensor 2A does not detect the presence of the person H inside the door 8, the determination unit 13 determines in step S8 that the person H has input a lock command at a position outside the door 8, and therefore determines that this is an going-out behavior. The determination of the going-out behavior in step S8 confirms the determination of the going-out behavior in step S7, and the accuracy of the behavior determination is improved.

[0064] In the embodiment of the behavior determination device 10, the determination unit 13 determines the behavior of person H through the door 8 based on a combination of information regarding locking and unlocking acquired by the locking and unlocking information acquisition unit 11 and information regarding the location of person H acquired by the location information acquisition unit 12, so that behavior determination can be made quickly before person H acts through the door 8 when going out and returning home.

[0065] In the behavior determination device 10 of the embodiment, when the person H goes out, behavior determination can be performed quickly before the person H opens the door and goes out.

[0066] [Operation of Home Device Management System 1] In the home appliance management system 1, when the behavior determination device 10 determines the behavior of person H through the door 8, the notification control unit 24 notifies the notification unit 22 of the operation information based on the behavior of person H, the operation information regarding the operation state of the home appliance 2 acquired by the operation information acquisition unit 21, and the management information stored in the memory unit 23.

[0067] For example, as a reference state corresponding to the going-out behavior of person H, the indoor lights and air conditioner are turned off and the curtains and windows are closed, and this is stored in the memory unit 23. If the operation information regarding the operation state of the indoor equipment 2 acquired by the operation information acquisition unit 21 is not the reference state, when the behavior determination device 10 determines the going-out behavior of person H, the notification control unit 24 notifies the notification unit 22 of the operation information.

[0068] For example, when the operation information acquisition unit 21 acquires the operation status of the indoor lights and air conditioner, and acquires the open status of the curtains and windows, and the behavior determination device 10 determines that person H has gone out, the notification control unit 24 can immediately notify by voice from the speaker constituting the notification unit 22 that the indoor lights and air conditioner are operating and that the curtains and windows have been forgotten to be closed.

[0069] In the home appliance management system 1 of the embodiment, for example, when person H goes out, before person H opens the door to go out, it can be notified that the operation information on the operation state of the home appliance 2 is not in the reference state corresponding to person H's going out action. Since the home appliance management system 1 notifies person H that the operation information is not in the reference state before person H opens the door to go out, it is possible to prevent unnecessary electricity charges and carelessness when not at home by setting the home appliance 2 to the reference state.

[0070] [Second embodiment of home appliance management system and behavior determination device] In the first embodiment of the behavior determination device 10, a configuration was exemplified in which the position information acquisition unit 12 was a human presence sensor 2A, but in the second embodiment of the behavior determination device 10, as shown in Figure 4, the position information acquisition unit 12 has a first locking unit 3A and a second locking unit 3B, and the determination unit 13 uses information regarding the locking and unlocking of the first locking unit 3A and information regarding the locking and unlocking of the second locking unit 3B to determine information regarding the position of person H inside or outside the door 8.

[0071] The first locking unit 3A is provided on the door 8, and can be locked and unlocked without contact by being electrically driven. When the first locking unit 3A receives a locking command from the mobile terminal 5, it goes to a locked state in which the door 8 cannot be opened or closed based on the locking command. When the first locking unit 3A receives an unlocking command from the mobile terminal 5, it goes to an unlocked state in which the door 8 can be opened and closed freely based on the unlocking command.

[0072] The second lock 3B is provided on the inside of the door 8 and can be manually locked and unlocked. The second lock 3B is, for example, a thumb turn.

[0073] As shown in Fig. 5, the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 has a first locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11A and a second locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11B. The first locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11A acquires information related to the locking / unlocking of the first locking unit 3A. The first locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11A outputs the acquired locking information and unlocking information of the first locking unit 3A to the judgment unit 13 via the relay device 6. The second locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11B acquires information related to the locking / unlocking of the second locking unit 3B. The second locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11B outputs the acquired locking information and unlocking information of the second locking unit 3B to the judgment unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0074] The determination unit 13 determines the behavior of the person H through the door 8 using the locking information and unlocking information of the first locking unit 3A acquired by the first locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11A, the locking information and unlocking information of the second locking unit 3B acquired by the second locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11B, and the behavioral habits of the person H regarding locking / unlocking. The behavioral habits of the person H regarding locking / unlocking are the habit of manually operating the second locking unit 3B when the person H is located inside the door 8, and of locking / unlocking the first locking unit 3A using the mobile terminal 5 when the person H is located outside the door 8. The other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

[0075] [Returning home behavior judgment by behavior judgment device] The determination method of the behavior determination device 10 will be described with reference to Fig. 6. For example, a case where a person H, who is a user, returns home from an outside location will be described.

[0076] When the user returns home from outside, he / she inputs an instruction to unlock the first lock unit 3A into the mobile terminal 5 in front of the entrance outside the door 8. The mobile terminal 5 transmits the user's instruction to unlock the first lock unit 3A via Bluetooth [registered trademark] communication.

[0077] When the first lock unit 3A receives an "unlock instruction" from the mobile terminal 5, it changes from a locked state to an unlocked state in response to the "unlock instruction." When the first lock unit 3A changes to the unlocked state, the behavior determination device 10 starts a determination operation.

[0078] When the determination operation is started, as shown in Fig. 6, in step S10, the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 acquires information regarding the locking / unlocking of the door 8. In step S10, the first locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11A acquires the unlocking information of the first locking unit 3A. The unlocking information of the first locking unit 3A is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0079] In step S11, the determination unit 13 determines whether the lock / unlock information of the first lock unit 3A has been acquired. If the determination unit 13 has acquired the lock / unlock information of the first lock unit 3A, the determination unit 13 determines in step S12 that a person H is present outside the door 8.

[0080] After determining the position of the person H, the determination unit 13 determines in step S13 whether the acquired locking / unlocking information is unlocking information. If the acquired locking / unlocking information is unlocking information, the determination unit 13 determines in step S14 that the person H is present outside the door 8 and has input an "unlock command," and therefore that this is a returning home behavior.

[0081] The user opens the door 8 whose electric lock 3 has been unlocked in response to the "unlock command" and moves into the building, and then manually locks the second lock unit 3B, for example, from inside the door 8. When the second lock unit 3B is locked, the behavior determination device 10 starts a determination operation.

[0082] When the determination operation is started, in step S10, the lock / unlock information acquisition unit 11 acquires information regarding the lock / unlock of the door 8. In step S10, the second lock / unlock information acquisition unit 11B acquires the lock information of the second lock unit 3B. The lock information of the second lock unit 3B is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0083] In step S11, the determination unit 13 determines whether the lock / unlock information of the first locking unit 3A has been acquired. If the determination unit 13 does not acquire the lock / unlock information of the first locking unit 3A but acquires the lock / unlock information of the second locking unit 3B, the determination unit 13 determines in step S15 that a person H is present inside the door 8 because a manual operation has been performed.

[0084] After determining the position of the person H, the determination unit 13 determines in step S16 whether the acquired locking / unlocking information is unlocking information. If the acquired locking / unlocking information is locking information and not unlocking information, the determination unit 13 determines in step S17 that the action is a returning home action, since the locking operation was performed while the person H was present inside the door 8. The determination of the returning home action in step S17 confirms the determination of the returning home action in step S14, and the accuracy of the action determination is improved.

[0085] [Outdoor behavior determination by behavior determination device] For example, a case will be described in which a user, person H, goes out of the building. In order to go out, the user manually unlocks second lock 3B from inside door 8, for example.

[0086] When the second locking unit 3B is in the unlocked state, the behavior determination device 10 starts a determination operation. When the determination operation starts, in step S10, the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 acquires information regarding the locking / unlocking of the door 8. In step S10, the second locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11B acquires the unlocking information of the second locking unit 3B. The unlocking information of the second locking unit 3B is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0087] In step S11, the determination unit 13 determines whether the lock / unlock information of the first locking unit 3A has been acquired. If the determination unit 13 does not acquire the lock / unlock information of the first locking unit 3A but acquires the lock / unlock information of the second locking unit 3B, the determination unit 13 determines in step S15 that a person H is present inside the door 8 because a manual operation has been performed.

[0088] After determining the position of the person H, the determination unit 13 determines in step S16 whether the acquired locking / unlocking information is unlocking information. If the acquired locking / unlocking information is locking information rather than unlocking information, the determination unit 13 determines in step S18 that the unlocking operation is performed while the person H is inside the door 8, and thus determines that the action is an going-out behavior.

[0089] After the user opens the door 8 in which the second locking unit 3B has been unlocked in response to the unlocking operation and moves outside the building, the user inputs a "lock command" for the first locking unit 3A to the mobile terminal 5, for example, outside the door 8. The mobile terminal 5 transmits the user's lock command to the first locking unit 3A via Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication.

[0090] When the first lock unit 3A receives a "lock instruction" from the mobile terminal 5, it changes from an unlocked state to a locked state in response to the "lock instruction." When the first lock unit 3A changes to the locked state, the behavior determination device 10 starts a determination operation.

[0091] When the determination operation is started, in step S10, the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11 acquires information regarding the locking / unlocking of the door 8. In step S10, the first locking / unlocking information acquisition unit 11A acquires the locking information of the first locking unit 3A. The locking information of the first locking unit 3A is output to the determination unit 13 via the relay device 6.

[0092] In step S11, the determination unit 13 determines whether the lock / unlock information of the first lock unit 3A has been acquired. If the determination unit 13 has acquired the lock / unlock information of the first lock unit 3A, the determination unit 13 determines in step S12 that a person H is present outside the door 8.

[0093] After determining the position of person H, in step S13, the determination unit 13 determines whether the acquired locking / unlocking information is unlocking information. If the acquired locking / unlocking information is locking information and not unlocking information, the determination unit 13 determines in step S19 that this is an going-out behavior, since person H is present outside the door 8 and has input a "lock command." The determination of going-out behavior in step S19 confirms the determination of going-out behavior in step S18, and the accuracy of behavior determination is improved.

[0094] In the behavior determination device 10 of the second embodiment, when the first locking unit 3A is locked or unlocked, person H is present outside the door 8, and when the first locking unit 3A is unlocked, it is determined that the behavior is that of person H returning home. In the behavior determination device 10 of the second embodiment, when the second locking unit 3B is locked after the first locking unit 3A is unlocked, the determination that the behavior is that of a person returning home is confirmed.

[0095] In the behavior determination device 10 of the second embodiment, person H is present inside the door when the second locking unit 3B is locked or unlocked, and when the second locking unit 3B is unlocked, it is determined that the person H has gone out. In the behavior determination device 10 of the second embodiment, when the first locking unit 3A is locked after the second locking unit 3B is unlocked, the determination that the person H has gone out is confirmed.

[0096] In the behavior determination device 10 of this embodiment, in addition to obtaining the same actions and effects as the first embodiment, when the first locking unit 3A is locked or unlocked, it determines that a person H is outside the door 8, and when the second locking unit 3B is locked or unlocked, it determines that a person H is inside the door 8, eliminating the need to install a separate device such as a human presence sensor 2A as the position information acquisition unit 12, thereby reducing costs and installation work.

[0097] In the home appliance management system 1, for example, when person H goes out, before person H opens the door to go out, it can be notified that the operation information regarding the operation state of the home appliance 2 is not in the reference state corresponding to person H's going out action. Since the home appliance management system 1 notifies person H that the operation information is not in the reference state before person H opens the door to go out, it is possible to prevent unnecessary electricity charges and carelessness when not at home by keeping the home appliance 2 in the reference state.

[0098] Although the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, it goes without saying that the present disclosure is not limited to the examples. The shapes and combinations of the components shown in the above examples are merely examples, and various modifications can be made based on design requirements, etc., without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure.

[0099] For example, in the embodiment of the behavior determination device 10 and the home appliance management system 1, the electric lock 3 and the first locking unit 3A are configured to lock or unlock by receiving a locking or unlocking command from the mobile terminal 5, but the present disclosure is not limited to this configuration. For example, the present disclosure is also applicable to a configuration in which a dedicated remote control for locking or unlocking, a card key, a tag key, or a manual key is used to lock or unlock.

[0100] In the behavior determination device 10 and the home device management system 1, the information that the home device 2 does not match the reference state in the management information is notified by voice, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, the notification may be made by a pop-up in the app, a voice in the app, a screen display, or the like.

[0101] In the home appliance management system 1, a reference state is set corresponding to the going-out behavior of person H, and when the reference state of the home appliance 2 in the management information does not match the reference state when person H goes out, the notification unit 22 notifies the information that the reference state does not match, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, as the reference state corresponding to person H's going-out behavior, when an instruction to operate the home appliance 2 such as an air conditioner is given from outside before returning home, information such as that the operation of the home appliance 2 has been completed at the time of returning home may be notified.

[0102] At least one of the control unit 14 and the general control unit 25 in the embodiment may be entirely or partially realized by a computer. In this case, the computer may include a processor such as a CPU or a GPU and a computer-readable recording medium. A program for realizing at least one of the functions of the control unit 14 and the general control unit 25 by a computer may be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded in the recording medium may be read by the processor and executed to realize the functions. The "computer-readable recording medium" refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, an optical magnetic disk, a ROM, a CD-ROM, and a storage device such as a hard disk built into a computer system. The "computer-readable recording medium" may also include a device that dynamically holds a program for a short period of time, such as a communication line when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line, and a device that holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory inside a computer system that is a server or a client in that case. The program may be for realizing part of the above-mentioned functions, may be a program that can realize the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system, or may be a program that is realized using a programmable logic device such as an FPGA. [Explanation of symbols]

[0103] 1...Home appliance management system, 2...Home appliance, 2A...Human presence sensor, 3...Electric lock, 3A...First lock unit, 3B...Second lock unit, 8...Door, 10...Behavior determination device, 11...Lock / unlock information acquisition unit, 12...Location information acquisition unit, 13...Determination unit, 14...Control unit, 21...Operation information acquisition unit, 22...Notification unit, 23...Memory unit, 24...Notification control unit, 25...General control unit, H...Human

Claims

1. a position information acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a position of a person inside or outside the door; A locking / unlocking information acquisition unit that acquires information regarding locking / unlocking of the door; a determination unit that determines the behavior of the person through the door based on a combination of information about the position acquired by the position information acquisition unit and information about the locking / unlocking acquired by the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit; A behavior determination device comprising:

2. The location information acquisition unit has a human presence sensor. The behavior determination device according to claim 1 .

3. The human presence sensor is disposed on the inside of the door. The behavior determination device according to claim 2 .

4. The determination unit is When the human presence sensor detects the presence of the person and the door is unlocked, it is determined that the person has gone out; When the human presence sensor does not detect the presence of the person and the door is unlocked, it is determined that the person is returning home. The behavior determination device according to claim 3 .

5. The location information acquisition unit A first locking unit provided on the door and capable of locking and unlocking in a non-contact manner by an electric drive; A second locking unit provided on the inside of the door and capable of being manually locked and unlocked; having The locking / unlocking information acquisition unit acquires information regarding the locking / unlocking of the first lock unit and information regarding the locking / unlocking of the second lock unit, The determination unit is determining that the person is present outside the door when the first locking unit is locked or unlocked; determining that the person is present inside the door when the second locking unit is locked or unlocked; The behavior determination device according to claim 1 .

6. The determination unit is When the first lock is unlocked, it is determined that the person is returning home, When the second lock unit is unlocked, it is determined that the person has gone out. The behavior determination device according to claim 5 .

7. The determination unit is When the second lock unit is locked after the first lock unit is unlocked, it is determined that the person is returning home; When the first lock unit is locked after the second lock unit is unlocked, it is determined that the person has gone out. The behavior determination device according to claim 6 .

8. The behavior determination device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, an operation information acquisition unit for acquiring operation information relating to an operation state of the home appliance; A notification unit capable of notifying the person; a storage unit that stores management information that associates the action of the person through the door with the operation information corresponding to the action; a notification control unit that notifies the notification unit of the operation information according to the action, the operation information, and the management information when the action determination device determines the action through the door; A home appliance management system comprising:

9. The notification control unit causes the notification unit to notify that the indoor device is in an operating state when the action is an going-out action. The home appliance management system according to claim 8.

10. A program for causing a computer to function as a behavior determination device having a control unit, A process of causing a position information acquisition unit to acquire information regarding a position of a person inside or outside the door; A process of causing a locking / unlocking information acquisition unit to acquire information regarding the locking / unlocking of the door; A process of having a determination unit determine the behavior of the person through the door based on a combination of information regarding the position acquired by the position information acquisition unit and information regarding the locking / unlocking acquired by the locking / unlocking information acquisition unit; A program that causes the control unit to execute the above.

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