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The information processing device addresses the challenge of implementing energy-saving measures across all electrical products by acquiring detection data from a mobile terminal and sending notifications to users, allowing them to reduce power consumption without detecting appliance states.

JP2025056663APending Publication Date: 2025-04-08NTT DOCOMO INC

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Application Number: JP2023166274
Authority / Receiving Office: JP · JP
Patent Type: Applications
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Filing Date: 2023-09-27
Publication Date: 2025-04-08

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Technical Problem

Existing technologies require complex mechanisms to detect the state information of each energy-saving equipment, making it difficult to implement energy-saving measures across all electrical products in ordinary households.

Method used

An information processing device that acquires detection data from a mobile terminal, makes judgments about notifying users to reduce power consumption, and sends notifications to the mobile terminal without needing to detect the state of each electrical appliance.

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Enables users to take action to reduce power consumption without detecting the state of electrical appliances, providing a practical solution for energy saving across various household devices.

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Abstract

To encourage a user to take an action for reducing power consumption of an electric appliance without detecting a state of the electric appliance.SOLUTION: An information processing system 1 includes: a portable terminal 10 to be used by a user; one or more electric appliances 20 existing at a house H; a server device 30 which performs processing to encourage the user to take an action for reducing power consumption of the electric appliances; and a network 2 including a wireless communication network and a wired communication network for communicably connecting these. The server device 30 is configured to notify the portable terminal 10 of the action for reducing the power consumption of the electric appliances, based on detection data detected by the portable terminal 10 used by the user, without detecting a state of the electrical appliances 20 equivalent to an energy saving object facility.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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[0001] The present invention relates to a technique for encouraging users to take actions to reduce the power consumption of electrical appliances. [Background technology]

[0002] There is an increasing need for energy conservation in homes, etc. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a method for proposing energy conservation measures by collating information on the operating state of equipment that is a target for energy conservation with reference information stored in advance. More specifically, the operating status information of the equipment to be energy-saving targeted is, for example, cooling capacity, power consumption, load factor, operating period, operating hours, operation hours, chilled water set temperature, air conditioning effectiveness, pump flow rate, valve flow rate adjustment, fan airflow, damper airflow adjustment, carbon dioxide concentration, years of use, and regular maintenance status; the standard information is, for example, cooling power, cooling power amount, nighttime air conditioning, mid-season / winter cooling, pre-cooling time, stop time, chilled water set temperature, effectiveness, pump flow rate / valve throttling, fan airflow / damper throttling, carbon dioxide concentration, years of use, and pre-use inspection status; and the energy-saving measures are, for example, night purging, introduction of heat storage air conditioning, outdoor air cooling, free cooling, delaying the air conditioning start time, advancing the air conditioning stop time, relaxing the chilled water set temperature, filter cleaning, conversion to pump inverter, conversion to fan inverter, conversion to fan inverter, adjustment of the amount of outdoor air introduced, and introduction of high-efficiency air conditioners. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2012-5671 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The mechanism described in Patent Document 1 requires a means for detecting the various status information described above for each piece of energy-saving target equipment, and it is not easy to implement such a means in all electrical appliances found in an average household.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism capable of encouraging a user to take action to reduce the power consumption of an electrical appliance without the need to detect the state of the electrical appliance. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an information processing device comprising an acquisition unit that acquires detection data detected by a mobile terminal used by a user, a determination unit that makes a determination based on the acquired detection data regarding notifying the user of an action to reduce power consumption of an electrical appliance used by the user separately from the mobile terminal, and a notification unit that issues a notification to the user's mobile terminal according to the determination result. Effect of the Invention

[0007] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mechanism that can prompt a user to take action to reduce the power consumption of an electrical appliance, without the need to detect the state of the electrical appliance. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing an example of an overall configuration of an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a server device 30 according to the embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the mobile terminal 10 according to the embodiment. [Figure 4] 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an information processing system 1 according to the embodiment. FIG. [Diagram 5] 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the server device 30 according to the embodiment. FIG. [Figure 6] 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the server device 30 according to the embodiment. FIG. [Figure 7]11 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the server device 30 according to the embodiment. FIG. [Figure 8] 10 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation of the server device 30 according to the embodiment. [Figure 9] 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the mobile terminal 10 according to the embodiment. FIG. [Figure 10] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in a server device 30 according to a modified example. [Figure 11] FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an information processing system 1 according to a modified example. [Figure 12] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in a server device 30 according to a modified example. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0009] [Present embodiment] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system 1 includes a mobile terminal 10 used by a user, one or more electrical appliances 20 present in a home H, a server device 30 that performs processing for encouraging the user to take actions to reduce the power consumption of the electrical appliances 20, and a network 2 including a wireless communication network or a wired communication network that communicatively connects the mobile terminal 10 and the server device 30. The mobile terminal 10 is a computer such as a smartphone, a wearable terminal, or a tablet. The electrical appliances 20 include all electrical appliances such as a washing machine, a dryer, an air conditioner, an electric fan, a dishwasher, an electric stove, a lighting fixture, a television, a microwave oven, and a toaster oven. The server device 30 is a computer that functions as an information processing device according to the present invention.

[0010] In the information processing system 1 configured as described above, the server device 30 does not detect the state of each electrical appliance 20, but instead notifies the mobile terminal 10 of actions to reduce the power consumption of the electrical appliances based on detection data detected by the mobile terminal 10 used by the user, thereby achieving so-called power saving.

[0011] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the server device 30. The server device 30 is physically configured as a computer including a processor 3001, a memory 3002, a storage 3003, and a bus connecting these. In the following description, the word "apparatus" can be interpreted as a circuit, a device, a unit, and the like. The hardware configuration of the server device 30 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the figure, or may be configured to exclude some of the devices.

[0012] Each function in the server device 30 is realized by loading a specific software (program) onto hardware such as a processor 3001 and a memory 3002, so that the processor 3001 performs calculations, controls communications via a communication device 3004, and controls at least one of reading and writing of data in the memory 3002 and the storage 3003.

[0013] The processor 3001 controls the entire computer by running, for example, an operating system. The processor 3001 may be configured with a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, a register, and the like.

[0014] The processor 3001 reads out a program (program code), a software module, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 3003 and the communication device 3004 into the memory 3002, and executes various processes according to the read out programs. The program used is a program that causes a computer to execute at least a part of the operations described below. The functional blocks of the server device 30 may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 3002 and operated in the processor 3001. The various processes may be executed by one processor 3001, or may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 3001. The processor 3001 may be implemented by one or more chips. The program may be transmitted to the server device 30 from the network 2 via a telecommunication line.

[0015] The memory 3002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be composed of at least one of, for example, a Read Only Memory (ROM), an Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), etc. The memory 3002 may also be called a register, a cache, a main memory (primary storage device), etc. The memory 3002 can store a program (program code), a software module, etc. that can be executed to implement the method according to this embodiment.

[0016] Storage 3003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be constituted by at least one of, for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (e.g., a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray (registered trademark) disk), a smart card, a flash memory (e.g., a card, a stick, a key drive), a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magnetic strip, etc. Storage 3003 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.

[0017] The communication device 3004 is hardware (transmission / reception device) for performing communication between computers via the network 2, and is also called, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, or a communication module.

[0018] Each device, such as the processor 3001 and the memory 3002, is connected by a bus for communicating information. The bus may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between each device.

[0019] Furthermore, the server device 30 may be configured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc., and some or all of the functional blocks may be realized by the hardware. For example, the processor 3001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

[0020] Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the mobile terminal 10. The hardware configuration of the mobile terminal 10 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in Fig. 3, or may be configured to exclude some of the devices. Furthermore, the mobile terminal 10 may be configured by communicating with a plurality of devices having different housings.

[0021] The mobile terminal 10 is physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a short-range wireless device 1007, a positioning device 1008, and a bus connecting these. Each function of the mobile terminal 10 is realized by loading a predetermined software (program) onto hardware such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, causing the processor 1001 to perform calculations, control communication by the communication device 1004, and control at least one of reading and writing data from the memory 1002 and the storage 1003. The processor 1001, the memory 1002, the storage 1003, the communication device 1004, and the bus connecting these are similar in terms of hardware to the processor 3001, the memory 3002, the storage 3003, the communication device 3004, and the bus connecting these described for the server device 30, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

[0022] The input device 1005 is an input device (e.g., a key, a microphone, a switch, a button, etc.) that accepts input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (e.g., a display, an LED lamp, a speaker, etc.) that outputs to the outside. The input device and the output device may be integrated into one device (e.g., a touch panel).

[0023] The short-range wireless device 1007 is hardware (transmitting / receiving device) for performing communication between computers built into the electric appliance 20 in accordance with a wireless communication standard such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or Wifi (registered trademark). The short-range wireless device 1007 is used to remotely control an electric appliance by performing wireless communication with the electric appliance. Note that this wireless communication standard may be any standard as long as it allows wireless communication between the mobile terminal 10 and the electric appliance 20.

[0024] The positioning device 1008 is hardware for performing indoor positioning using a known method such as transmission and reception of beacon waves or UWB (Ultra-Wide Band) communication. Any method for this positioning may be used as long as it can perform positioning with the required accuracy.

[0025] 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the information processing system 1. In the mobile terminal 10, the detection unit 11 detects detection data for inferring the state or action or behavior of the user. The detection data includes, for example, position data of the mobile terminal 10 measured by the positioning device 1008, weather data and temperature and humidity data of the area where the mobile terminal 10 is located obtained by the mobile terminal 10, short-distance wireless communication data between the mobile terminal 10 and the electrical appliance 20 obtained by the short-distance wireless device 1007 (including at least information on which electrical appliance the mobile terminal 10 has performed short-distance wireless communication with), data for determining whether the user is viewing the display area of the output device 1006 (display) detected by the input device 1005, or schedule data of the user input to the mobile terminal 10 and stored in the memory 1002. The detection data detected by the mobile terminal 10 in this way includes data acquired, generated, or identified by the mobile terminal 10.

[0026] In the server device 30, the acquisition unit 31 acquires the detection data detected by the mobile terminal 10 via the network 2.

[0027] In the server device 30, the determination unit 32 makes a determination as to whether to notify the user of an action for reducing power consumption of an electrical appliance used by the user separately from the mobile terminal 10 used by the user, based on the detection data acquired by the acquisition unit 31. Note that the mobile terminal 10 itself can be said to be one of the electrical appliances used by the user, but in the present invention, the electrical appliance to be the target of power saving refers to an electrical appliance different from the mobile terminal 10 used by the user.

[0028] The determination unit 32 makes a determination from various viewpoints such as the following. For example, when the above-mentioned detection data includes the location data of the mobile terminal 10, the determination unit 32 determines whether or not a notification is required to prompt the user to take an action to reduce power consumption, based on the detection data. Specifically, when the location data of the mobile terminal 10 included in the detection data matches the location data of the home H stored in advance in the storage unit 321 of the determination unit 32, the determination unit 32 determines that it is necessary to prompt the user to take an action to reduce power consumption, and when the location data of the mobile terminal 10 included in the detection data does not match the location data of the home H stored in the storage unit 321, the determination unit 32 determines that it is not necessary to prompt the user to take an action to reduce power consumption.

[0029] Furthermore, when the detection data includes the location data of the mobile terminal 10, the determination unit 32 determines the electrical appliances to be targeted for reducing power consumption based on the detection data. Specifically, the storage unit 321 of the determination unit 32 stores location data of each electrical appliance present in the user's home H for each user ID (i.e., home H) that is the identification information of the user, as exemplified in FIG. 5. The determination unit 32 compares the location data of the mobile terminal 10 included in the detection data with the location data of each electrical appliance stored in association with the user ID of the user of the mobile terminal 10, and determines the electrical appliance closest to the user's location as the electrical appliance to be targeted for reducing power consumption. The determination unit 32 also compares the location data of the mobile terminal 10 included in the detection data with the location data of each electrical appliance stored in association with the user ID of the user of the mobile terminal 10, and determines that it is necessary to prompt the user to take action to reduce power consumption when the distance between these location data is less than a threshold value, and determines that it is not necessary to prompt the user to take action to reduce power consumption when the distance between these location data is equal to or greater than a threshold value. That is, the determination unit 32 compares the location data included in the detection data with the location data of the location of the electric appliance 20, and determines whether or not a notification is required to prompt the user to take an action to reduce power consumption.

[0030] Furthermore, when the detection data includes wireless communication data between the mobile terminal 10 and the electrical appliance 20, the determination unit 32 determines an electrical appliance that is a target for reducing power consumption based on the detection data. Specifically, the determination unit 32 refers to the wireless communication data and recognizes with which electrical appliance the mobile terminal 10 has performed short-range wireless communication, and determines the recognized electrical appliance as an electrical appliance that is a target for reducing power consumption.

[0031] Furthermore, when the detection data includes data indicating that the user is viewing the display area of the mobile terminal 10, the determination unit 32 determines that it is necessary to prompt the user to take action to reduce power consumption, and when the detection data includes data indicating that the user is not viewing the display area of the mobile terminal 10, the determination unit 32 determines that it is not necessary to prompt the user to take action to reduce power consumption. In other words, when the detection data includes data for determining whether or not the user is viewing the display area of the mobile terminal 10, the determination unit 32 determines whether or not a notification is required to prompt the user to take action to reduce power consumption based on the detection data.

[0032] Furthermore, when the detection data includes the schedule data of the user inputted to the mobile terminal 10, the determination unit 32 determines the contents of the notification that prompts the user to take an action to reduce power consumption based on the detection data. Specifically, the storage unit 321 of the determination unit 32 stores the schedule data acquired by the acquisition unit 31 for each user ID (i.e., home H) that is the identification information of the user, as exemplified in FIG. 6. This schedule data includes the date, the attributes of the date (whether it is a holiday for the user), the time, and the specific contents of the schedule. Furthermore, the storage unit 321 of the determination unit 32 stores, in association with each user ID (i.e., home H) that is the identification information of the user, the date and time conditions, the environmental conditions, the schedule conditions, and the user status conditions that are conditions for issuing a notification that prompts the user to take an action to reduce power consumption, and the specific actions to be included in the notification, as exemplified in FIG. 7.

[0033] In FIG. 7, when the date and time condition, the environmental condition, the schedule condition, and the user status condition are satisfied, it is determined that a notification is made to prompt an action corresponding to these conditions. In the example of FIG. 7, for example, when the weather is sunny or cloudy on a holiday morning, the user has no schedule for three hours from the current time, and the user is at home H and looking at the display area of the mobile terminal 10, the action of drying the laundry in the sun without using a dryer after washing is prompted. Also, when the conditions are satisfied that the temperature is 20 to 26°C from 20:00 to 6:00 every day and the user is at home H, the action of using an electric fan without using an air conditioner is prompted. Also, when the conditions are satisfied that the user has no schedule for two hours from the current time during each meal period and the user is at home H and looking at the mobile terminal 10, the action of washing the dishes by hand without using a dishwasher is prompted. The contents of these date and time conditions, environmental conditions, schedule conditions, and user status conditions, and the contents of the actions corresponding to these conditions may be determined in advance for all users, or may be customized for each user or for each user group having common attributes.

[0034] Returning to the explanation of Fig. 5, the notification unit 33 notifies the user's mobile terminal 10 according to the determination result by the determination unit 32. That is, when the date and time condition, the environmental condition, the schedule condition, and the user state condition are satisfied, the notification unit 33 notifies the user to take an action corresponding to these conditions. In the mobile terminal 10, the output unit 12 outputs the notification to the user by a method such as display or audio output.

[0035] Next, the operation of the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to Fig. 8. In the server device 30, the acquisition unit 31 acquires detection data detected by the mobile terminal 10 via the network 2 (step S11).

[0036] Next, in the server device 30, the determination unit 32 determines, based on the detection data acquired by the acquisition unit 31, whether to notify the user of an action for reducing power consumption of an electrical appliance used by the user (step S12).

[0037] If the result of this determination is that the user should be encouraged to take action to reduce power consumption (step S13; YES), the notification unit 33 notifies the user's mobile terminal 10 according to the result of the determination by the determination unit 32, that is, when the date and time conditions, the environmental conditions, the schedule conditions, and the user state conditions are satisfied, a notification encouraging the user to take action corresponding to these conditions (step S14). The mobile terminal 10 that receives this notification displays an image, for example, as shown in Fig. 9, on the output device 1006 (display). This image includes, for example, an estimate of the electricity bill that can be reduced by saving electricity, and the user can decide his or her own action by referring to the electricity bill.

[0038] According to the embodiment described above, it is possible to prompt the user to take action to reduce the power consumption of the electric appliance 20 without the need to detect the state of the electric appliance 20 one by one.

[0039] [Variations] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. The above-described embodiment may be modified as follows. In addition, two or more of the following modifications may be combined and implemented.

[0040] [Variation 1] Whether or not to notify the user to take an action to reduce power consumption may be determined depending on whether or not there are other people around the user or whether or not the user is talking. In this case, the detection data acquired by the acquisition unit 31 includes voice data generated around the mobile terminal 10 and collected by the input device 1005 (microphone) of the mobile terminal 10. The determination unit 32 performs voice recognition or language analysis on the voice data to determine that the notification is not to be performed if there are other people around the user or the user is talking, and determines that the notification is to be performed if there are no other people around the user or the user is not talking. In this way, the determination unit 32 determines whether or not to notify based on the detection data including the voice data, so that the user can be encouraged to take an action to save power when the user is in a state where the user is likely to accept the action.

[0041] [Variation 2] The necessity of notifying the user or the content of the notification may be determined according to the software stored in the mobile terminal 10 or the usage history of the software. In this case, the detection data acquired by the acquisition unit 31 includes data indicating the software stored in the mobile terminal 10 or the usage history of the software. The determination unit 32 analyzes the detection data including the software stored in the mobile terminal 10 or the usage history of the software, and determines to notify the user when it is determined that the user is interested in saving energy based on a correlation between the type of software or the usage history of the software, which is statistically grasped in advance, and the user's interest level in saving energy, and determines not to notify the user when it is determined that the user is not interested in saving energy. For example, when the battery saving software of the mobile terminal 10 is installed or executed on the mobile terminal 10, it is considered that the user's interest level in saving energy is high. Furthermore, when it is determined that the user is interested in saving energy, the determination unit 32 analyzes the detection data including the software stored in the mobile terminal 10 or the usage history of the software, and determines what kind of energy saving the user is interested in based on the correlation between the type of software or the usage history of the software, which is statistically known in advance, and the content of the action to realize energy saving, and determines the content of the action to realize such energy saving. For example, if software for remotely controlling an air conditioner is installed or executed on the mobile terminal 10, it is considered that the user has a high level of interest in saving energy on the air conditioner. In this way, by determining whether or not a notification to the user is necessary or the content of the notification according to the software stored in the mobile terminal 10 or the usage history of the software, it is possible to encourage the user to take energy saving action that is easy for the user to accept.

[0042] [Variation 3] The necessity of notifying the user or the content of the notification may be determined according to the user's character input history to the mobile terminal 10. In this case, the detection data acquired by the acquisition unit 31 includes data indicating the history of characters input to the mobile terminal 10 by the user. The determination unit 32 performs language analysis on the history of characters input to the mobile terminal 10, and determines to notify the user when it is determined that the user is interested in saving energy based on the correlation between the history of characters input to the mobile terminal 10, which is statistically grasped in advance, and the user's interest level in saving energy, and determines not to notify the user when it is determined that the user is not interested in saving energy. Furthermore, when it is determined that the user is interested in saving energy, the determination unit 32 analyzes the history of characters input to the mobile terminal 10, and determines what kind of energy saving the user is interested in based on the correlation between the history of characters input to the mobile terminal 10, which is statistically grasped in advance, and the content of the action to realize saving energy, and determines the content of the action to realize such saving energy. In this way, by determining whether or not a notification to the user is necessary and the content of the notification depending on the character input history of the user to the mobile terminal 10, it is possible to encourage the user to take energy-saving actions that are acceptable to the user.

[0043] [Variation 4] The notification unit 33 may reduce the frequency of notifications regarding the same content when the number of times the notification of the same content is repeated exceeds a threshold value according to the determination result. For this reason, the notification unit 33 stores the content of the notified action and the number of times the notification is made in association with the user ID of each user, as exemplified in FIG. 10. Then, when the number of times the notification of the same content is repeated exceeds a threshold value, the notification unit 33 does not make the notification until the number of times the notification of the action of the content is determined to be necessary reaches a certain number (for example, three times). As a result, for example, the notification of the same content is made only once every three times. In this way, it is possible to avoid a situation in which notifications encouraging energy-saving actions are bothersome to the user.

[0044] [Variation 5] The amount of power that the power consumption of the electric appliance 20 used by the user has been reduced by the notification given to the user may be estimated. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the information processing system 1 according to this modification, and FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of data stored by the server device 30 according to this modification. As shown in FIG. 11, the server device 30 includes an estimation unit 34 that estimates the amount of power that the power consumption of the electric appliance 20 used by the user has been reduced by the notification. As shown in FIG. 12, the estimation unit 34 stores, in association with the user ID of each user, the content of the action notified to the user, the number of notifications, the number of times the action has been permitted by the user, and the total amount of reduced power that is estimated to have been reduced by the permission. The number of times the notified action has been permitted by the user is, for example, the number of times the user has pressed the soft button "OK" in the image shown in FIG. 9, and this number is acquired by, for example, the acquisition unit 31. The amount of reduced power consumption per notified action is determined in advance by simulation or the like, and the total amount of reduced power consumption is calculated by multiplying the number of times of approval by the amount of reduced power consumption per notified action. The amount of reduced power consumption estimated by the estimation unit 34 is transmitted to the user's mobile terminal 10 and presented to the user, and is used to stimulate or promote the user's power-saving actions.

[0045] [Other variations] The block diagrams used to explain the above embodiments show functional blocks. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. The method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized by using one device that is physically or logically combined, or may be realized by using two or more devices that are physically or logically separated and directly or indirectly connected (for example, by wire, wirelessly, etc.). The functional blocks may be realized by combining the one device or the multiple devices with software.

[0046] Functions include, but are not limited to, judgment, determination, judgment, calculation, computation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, consideration, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, and assignment. For example, a functional block (component) that performs the function of transmission is called a transmitting unit or a transmitter. As described above, there is no particular limitation on the method of realization of either of these.

[0047] For example, the server device 30 in one embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs the processing of the present disclosure.

[0048] Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be applied to at least one of systems using LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other suitable systems, and next-generation systems extended based on these. In addition, a combination of multiple systems (e.g., a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G, etc.) may be applied.

[0049] The order of the steps, sequences, flow charts, etc. of each aspect / embodiment described in this disclosure may be changed unless inconsistent. For example, the methods described in this disclosure present elements of various steps using an example order, and are not limited to the particular order presented.

[0050] The input and output information may be stored in a specific location (e.g., memory) or may be managed using a management table. The input and output information may be overwritten, updated, or added to. The output information may be deleted. The input information may be transmitted to another device.

[0051] The determination may be based on a value represented by a single bit (0 or 1), a Boolean value (true or false), or a numerical comparison (e.g., comparison with a predetermined value).

[0052] Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The present disclosure can be implemented in modified and altered forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is intended to be illustrative and does not have any limiting meaning on the present disclosure.

[0053] Software, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise, should be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, threads of execution, procedures, functions, etc. Also, software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted or received over a transmission medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using wired technologies (such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)), and / or wireless technologies (such as infrared, microwave, etc.), then such wired and / or wireless technologies are included within the definition of a transmission medium.

[0054] The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, the data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, optical fields or photons, or any combination thereof. In addition, terms explained in this disclosure and terms necessary for understanding this disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings.

[0055] Furthermore, the information, parameters, etc. described in this disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, may be expressed using relative values from a predetermined value, or may be expressed using other corresponding information.

[0056] As used in this disclosure, the phrase "based on" does not mean "based only on," unless expressly stated otherwise. In other words, the phrase "based on" means both "based only on" and "based at least on."

[0057] Any reference to an element using a designation such as "first," "second," etc., used in this disclosure does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient method of distinguishing between two or more elements. Thus, a reference to a first and a second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in some way.

[0058] The "part" in the configuration of each of the above devices may be replaced with "means," "circuit," "device," etc.

[0059] When the terms "include," "including," and variations thereof are used in this disclosure, these terms are intended to be inclusive, similar to the term "comprising." Further, when used in this disclosure, the term "or" is not intended to be an exclusive or.

[0060] In this disclosure, where articles have been added due to translation, such as a, an, and the in English, the disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are in the plural form.

[0061] In the present disclosure, the term "A and B are different" may mean "A and B are different from each other." The term may also mean "A and B are each different from C." Terms such as "separate" and "coupled" may also be interpreted in the same way as "different." [Explanation of symbols]

[0062] 1: information processing system, 2: network, 10: mobile terminal, 1001: processor, 1002: memory, 1003: storage, 1004: communication device, 1005: input device, 1006: output device, 1007: short-range wireless device, 1008: positioning device, 20: electrical product, 30: server device, 31: acquisition unit, 32: determination unit, 321: storage unit, 33: notification unit, 34: estimation unit, 3001: processor, 3002: memory, 3003: storage, 3004: communication device

Claims

1. An acquisition unit that acquires detection data detected by a mobile terminal used by a user; a determination unit that determines whether to notify the user of an action for reducing power consumption of an electrical appliance used by the user separately from the mobile terminal, based on the acquired detection data; a notification unit that notifies the user's mobile terminal according to the determination result; An information processing device comprising:

2. The detection data includes location data of the mobile terminal or wireless communication data between the mobile terminal and the electrical appliance, The determination unit determines an electrical appliance that is a target for reducing power consumption based on the detection data.