Design support system, design support device, and design support program

Abstract

To provide a design support system, a design support device, and a design support program that can propose building designs according to purposes and tastes to customers, for example, who want to renovate their houses.SOLUTION: A design support device 1 receives and records various information such as time information and location information of customers who viewed an exhibition hall of houses, detection information such as various biological information and language information, and conceptual information (steps S601-S606). The design support device 1 then aggregates the various information recorded, weights the same based on design elements of a building (S607), and changes design information according to a result of weighting processing (S609).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 13

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a design support system for supporting the design of buildings, a design support device used in such a design support system, and a design support program for realizing such a design support device. [Background technology]

[0002] For example, when renovating a building such as a house, a customer (owner) considers design details such as the exterior, interior, and floor plan. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a floor plan acquisition method for considering floor plan proposals, which allows a floor plan proposal that matches a condition to be input into a terminal and is acquired. In addition, customers may visit an exhibition venue hosted by a construction company and consider design details through activities such as viewing exhibits and consulting with the construction company. Customers who visit an exhibition venue are proactive in considering the design details of the building, and it is important for both the customer and the construction company to propose appropriate design details to such customers. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2003-345858 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, the floor plan acquisition method disclosed in Patent Document 1 presents pre-recorded floor plan plans to a recipient who searches for floor plan plans. Therefore, it does not perform processing to propose desired design contents according to the purpose of a customer who is actively considering design contents after seeing various exhibits, such as a customer who visits an exhibition hall.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its main object to provide a design support system that supports the design of a building so as to achieve a desired design content.

[0006] Another object of the present invention is to provide a design support device for use in the design support system according to the present invention.

[0007] A further object of the present invention is to provide a design support program for realizing the design support apparatus according to the present invention. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] In order to solve the above problems, the design support system described in the present application is a design support system that supports the design of a building, and is characterized by comprising a detection device that detects the state of a person, and a design support device having a design support means that supports the design of a building based on detection information obtained by the detection device.

[0009] In the design support system, the detection device is wearable on a human body and detects biometric information of the person wearing the device as the state of the person.

[0010] In the design support system, the detection device detects the position of a person over time as the state of the person.

[0011] The design support system further comprises an exhibition database in which the positions of exhibits within the building's exhibition hall are pre-recorded, and the design support means of the design support device supports the design of the building based on the position detected by the detection device as the person's state and the positions of the exhibits recorded in the exhibition database.

[0012] The design support system further comprises a sound receiving means for receiving sound and an analysis means for analyzing the sound received by the sound receiving means and converting it into linguistic information, and the design support means of the design support device supports the design of a building based on the linguistic information converted by the analysis means.

[0013] The design support system further comprises a display means for displaying a plurality of pieces of conceptual information indicating concepts relating to the design of a building, and an input means for accepting one or more designated inputs from among the plurality of pieces of conceptual information displayed, and the design support means of the design support device supports the design of a building based on the conceptual information accepted as input by the input means.

[0014] The design support system further comprises a customer database in which design information relating to the design of a building is pre-recorded in association with the person whose condition is detected by the detection device, and the design support means of the design support device includes means for weighting design elements relating to the design of the building based on the detection information, means for extracting design information relating to the design of the building that is recorded in association with the person related to the detection information from the customer database, and means for modifying the extracted design information based on the weighting result.

[0015] In the design support system, the design support means of the design support device is characterized in that it changes the layout and / or components of the building to support the design of the building.

[0016] Furthermore, the design support device described in the present application is a design support device that supports the design of a building, and is characterized by having a means for acquiring detection information obtained by detection by a detection device that detects the state of a person, and a means for supporting the design of the building based on the acquired detection information.

[0017] Furthermore, the design support program described in the present application is a design support program executed by a computer to support the design of a building, and is characterized in that when the computer acquires detection information obtained by detection device that detects the state of a person, it executes a step of supporting the design of the building based on the acquired detection information.

[0018] Therefore, the design support system, the design support device, and the design support program described in this application support the design of a building based on the state of a person. Effect of the Invention

[0019] In the present invention, the state of a person is detected, and the design of a building is supported based on the detection result. For example, the design of a building is supported based on the state of the behavior of people who visited an exhibition hall. This has an excellent effect of making it possible to propose a design according to the purpose and taste of the customer. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic layout diagram showing an example of an exhibition hall layout to which the design support system described in the present application is applied. [Diagram 2] 2 is a schematic external view showing an example of the external appearance of a first detection device used in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. [Diagram 3] 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a design support device used in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 4] 2 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a first detection device used in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. [Diagram 5] 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a terminal device used in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 6] 4 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration example of a second detection device used in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. [Figure 7] 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a first state detection process of a first detection device included in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 8] 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a first sound process of a first detection device included in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 9] 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a second state detection process of a second detection device included in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 10] 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a second sound process of a second detection device included in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 11] 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a design information display process of a terminal device included in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 12] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an image displayed on a display unit of a terminal device provided in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 13] 1 is a flowchart showing an example of a design proposal process of a design support device included in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 14] 1 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 15] 1 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 16] 1 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. [Figure 17] 1 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0021] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. Note that the following embodiments are merely examples of the present invention and are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention.

[0022] <Application Examples> The design support system described in this application is a system that, for example, when a visitor considering renovating his or her home visits an exhibition hall displaying housing-related exhibits, proposes an appropriate design based on the visitor's objectives and preferences.

[0023] 1 is a schematic layout diagram showing an example of the layout of an exhibition hall to which the design support system described in the present application is applied. The exhibition hall is provided with various sections, such as a reception desk where visitors can complete their entry procedures, a consultation hall where visitors can receive consultations regarding designs for remodeling their homes, and an exhibition space where actual exhibits are displayed. In the exhibition space, various types of exhibits, such as living spaces such as living rooms and children's rooms, as well as exterior walls, entrances, bathrooms, kitchens, toilets, and stairs, are displayed in each exhibition area. For example, the exhibition space is designed so that area A contains exhibits related to bathrooms, and area F contains exhibits related to living spaces.

[0024] Various devices related to the design support system described in this application will be described. The design support system supports design using a design support device 1 using a computer such as a server computer. At the reception desk of the exhibition hall, a first detection device 2 that can be worn on the human body is loaned to visitors, and the visitors wear the first detection device 2 while viewing the exhibition hall. At the consultation hall, a terminal device 3 using a computer such as a tablet computer that is operated by the consultation staff is installed. In each area of ​​the exhibition space, a second detection device 4 (multiple "circles" in the figure) such as various sensor devices is installed.

[0025] FIG. 2 is a schematic external view showing an example of the external appearance of the first detection device 2 used in the design support system described in the present application. The first detection device 2 illustrated in FIG. 2 is configured using a computer such as a wrist-mounted wearable computer, a so-called smart watch. The visitor receives the first detection device 2 at the reception desk, wears the received first detection device 2, and views the exhibits in each area installed in the exhibition space. After viewing the exhibits, the visitor moves to a consultation venue as necessary, and performs various consultations such as house renovation while viewing a terminal device 3 operated by a consultant at the consultation venue. Note that the first detection device 2 may be configured using a computer such as a wearable computer other than a smart watch, or a wearable computer equipped with an input / output device such as a headset that can be worn on the human body, as long as it can be worn on the human body.

[0026] <Hardware configuration of various devices> Next, various devices used in the design support system described in the present application will be described. Fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration example of a design support device 1 used in the design support system described in the present application. The design support device 1 using a computer such as a server computer includes various components such as a control unit 10, a recording unit 11, and a communication unit 12.

[0027] The control unit 10 is a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes processes for controlling the entire device, and includes various circuits such as an information processing circuit, a timer circuit, and a register circuit.

[0028] The recording unit 11 is a circuit configured using non-volatile memories such as a hard disk, RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks), and flash memory, and volatile memories such as various RAMs (Random Access Memories). Programs such as a basic program (OS: Operating System) and application programs that run on the basic program are recorded in the recording unit 11. As application programs, various programs such as a design support program 110 for realizing the design support device 1 described in the present application are recorded.

[0029] Furthermore, a part of the recording area of ​​the recording unit 11 is used as various databases such as a customer database 111, a viewing history database 112, an exhibition database 113, and a component database 114. Instead of using a part of the recording area of ​​the recording unit 11 as the various databases, the various databases may be recorded in another computer such as a database server connected to the design support device 1 and may be configured to be accessed from the design support device 1 as appropriate.

[0030] The customer database 111 is a database that records personal information and design information on the construction business entity's customers (owners) in association with a customer ID that identifies the customer. The personal information recorded in the customer database 111 is information such as the customer's name, age, and family composition. The design information recorded in the customer database 111 is information related to the design of a building such as the customer's residence. The design information includes various information such as the building's layout, and the various materials used for the exterior and interior.

[0031] The viewing history database 112 is a database that records detection information that detects the state of a customer (person) while viewing an exhibition hall, in association with a customer ID, when the customer visits the exhibition hall as a visitor. The detection information includes viewing information related to viewing of the exhibition hall, biometric information of the customer (person) while viewing, and other information. Viewing information related to viewing of the exhibition hall is information recorded based on the customer's location over time while viewing, such as the route taken by the customer while viewing, the time spent in each exhibition space, and so on. Biometric information of a customer while viewing is information such as heart rate, pulse rate, and so on.

[0032] The exhibition database 113 is a database in which the positions of exhibits within the exhibition hall are recorded in advance. By associating the position information indicating the customer's position with the positions of the exhibits recorded in the exhibition database 113, viewing information to be recorded in the viewing history database 112 as a type of detection information is generated.

[0033] The component database 114 is a database related to components that are design elements used in the design of a building. In this application, the design elements refer to various design elements such as exterior materials, interior materials, structural materials, fittings, fixtures, housing equipment, toilet equipment, kitchen equipment, bathroom equipment, etc., and information on components necessary for these design elements is recorded in the component database 114. For example, information on components necessary for design elements such as kitchens, toilets, columns, beams, and stairs is recorded, including various items such as type, grade, and size.

[0034] The communication unit 12 is a device such as a LAN adapter, an antenna, and a control circuit that connects to a communication network such as the Internet, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), or a dedicated communication network, and communicates with other devices via the communication network.

[0035] A computer such as a server computer configured as above operates as the design support device 1 by executing various steps of the design support program 110 recorded in the recording unit 11 under the control of the control unit 10.

[0036] 4 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the first detection device 2 used in the design support system described in the present application. The first detection device 2 using a wearable computer such as a smart watch worn on the wrist includes various components such as a control unit 20, a recording unit 21, a detection unit 22, a sound receiving unit 23, a clock unit 24, a position information acquisition unit 25, a display unit 26, an input unit 27, a first communication unit 28, and a second communication unit 29.

[0037] The control unit 20 is a processor that executes processes to control the entire device. The recording unit 21 is a recording medium such as a non-volatile memory or a volatile memory. A customer ID is recorded in the recording unit 21 of the first detection device 2 at the time of acceptance. Note that instead of the customer ID, a device ID previously recorded in the first detection device 2 may be used, and the design support device 1 may be set to associate the customer ID with the device ID.

[0038] The detection unit 22 is a sensor and associated circuitry that detects a person's condition, and detects biometric information such as the wearer's (customer's) heart rate, pulse rate, blood pressure, body temperature, amount of sweat, number of steps, etc. The sound receiving unit 23 is a microphone and associated circuitry that receives external sounds such as conversation. The clock unit 24 is a clock and associated circuitry that detects the time and hour. The sound receiving unit 23 is installed when the first detection device 2 that can be worn near the head of the human body is provided, or an input / output device that can be worn on the head, such as a headset.

[0039] The location information acquisition unit 25 is a circuit that acquires location information. For example, a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) such as a GPS (Global Positioning System) that acquires location information from a GPS satellite is used to acquire location information. Alternatively, the location information may be acquired by communicating with a base station installed in the exhibition hall.

[0040] The display unit 26 is a device such as a liquid crystal display that displays images. The input unit 27 is a device such as a touch panel that accepts operational inputs from customers. When a smart watch is used as a wearable computer, the display unit 26 and the input unit 27 are a liquid crystal touch panel in which a thin touch panel and a liquid crystal display are stacked.

[0041] The first communication unit 28 is a device such as a LAN adapter, an antenna, and a control circuit that connects to a communication network such as the Internet, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), or a dedicated communication network, and communicates with other devices via the communication network.

[0042] The second communication unit 29 is a device such as a communication circuit for short-range wireless communication conforming to a communication standard such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

[0043] 5 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the terminal device 3 used in the design support system described in the present application. The terminal device 3 using a computer such as a tablet computer includes various components such as a control unit 30, a recording unit 31, a display unit 32, an input unit 33, a first communication unit 34, and a second communication unit 35. The various components included in the terminal device 3 are almost the same as the components of the same name included in the first detection device 2, so detailed explanations will be omitted.

[0044] 6 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the second detection device 4 used in the design support system described in the present application. The second detection device 4 is a device installed in each area of ​​the exhibition space. The second detection device 4 is equipped with various components such as a control unit 40, a recording unit 41, a detection unit 42, a sound receiving unit 43, a clock unit 44, a first communication unit 45, and a second communication unit 46. The configurations of the control unit 40, the recording unit 41, the sound receiving unit 43, the clock unit 44, the first communication unit 45, and the second communication unit 46 equipped in the second detection device 4 are almost the same as the configurations of the circuits with the same names equipped in the first detection device 2, so detailed explanations will be omitted.

[0045] The detection unit 42 included in the second detection device 4 is a sensor and an associated circuit that detects the state of a person, and detects biological information such as body temperature, facial expression, and gaze of visitors (customers) who have come to the exhibition hall.

[0046] <Software configuration of each device> Next, the processing of various devices used in the design support system will be described. Fig. 7 is a flow chart showing an example of a first state detection processing of the first detection device 2 provided in the design support system described in the present application. The first state detection processing is a processing executed by the first detection device 2 when a customer (wearer) who has received the first detection device 2 at the reception desk views the exhibition hall while wearing the first detection device 2.

[0047] The control unit 20 of the first detection device 2 acquires time information indicating the time from the clock unit 24 (S101), acquires location information indicating the location of the customer from the location information acquisition unit 25 (S102), detects the state of the customer from the detection unit 22 (S103), and records the detected information such as biometric information detected as the state of the customer in association with the acquired time information and location information in the recording unit 21 (S104). The biometric information detected in step S103 is, for example, information such as the heart rate, pulse rate, blood pressure, body temperature, amount of sweat, and number of steps of the customer (wearer).

[0048] Furthermore, the control unit 20 of the first detection device 2 transmits the customer ID previously recorded in the recording unit 21, and the detection information such as the time information, location information, and biometric information recorded in the recording unit 21 in step S104 from the first communication unit 28 or the second communication unit 29 to another device (S105).

[0049] For ease of explanation, the processes of steps S101 to S105 are shown as a series of processes, but the processes of steps S101 to S104 are loop processes that are repeatedly executed at predetermined intervals. The process of step S105 is a transmission process that transmits various information recorded in the recording unit 21 to another device when a predetermined condition is satisfied. For example, if the transmission process of step S105 is a transmission process that transmits information from the first communication unit 28 to the design support device 1 via a communication network, the transmission process is executed when a predetermined condition is satisfied, such as at a predetermined time interval, when the first state detection process is ended, etc.

[0050] Also, for example, when the transmission process of step S105 is a transmission process for transmitting from the second communication unit 29 to the terminal device 3, the transmission process is executed when a predetermined condition is satisfied, such as when the terminal device 3 approaches close enough to be able to communicate with the terminal device 3, or when a predetermined operation is received.

[0051] In this manner, the first detection device 2 executes the first state detection process.

[0052] 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a first sound process of the first detection device 2 included in the design support system described in the present application. The first sound process is a process executed by the first detection device 2 in parallel with the first state detection process or subsequent to the first state detection process.

[0053] The control unit 20 of the first detection device 2 acquires time information from the clock unit 24 (S201), receives sound from the sound receiving unit 23 (S202), analyzes the received sound and converts it into language information (S203), and records the converted language information in the recording unit 21 in association with the acquired time information (S204). The conversion process in step S203 is a process of extracting voice information related to a human voice from the sound received in step S202, performing voice recognition processing, and converting it into text data. Note that the sound received in step S202 may be recorded as sound information, and conversion to language information may be performed by another device such as the design support device 1.

[0054] Furthermore, the control unit 20 of the first detection device 2 transmits the customer ID previously recorded in the recording unit 21, and the detection information such as the time information, language information, etc. recorded in the recording unit 21 in step S204 from the first communication unit 28 or the second communication unit 29 to another device (S205).

[0055] For ease of explanation, the processes of steps S201 to S205 are shown as a series of processes, but the processes of steps S201 to S204 are loop processes that are repeatedly executed at predetermined intervals. The process of step S205 is a transmission process that transmits various information recorded in the recording unit 21 to another device when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The conditions for executing the transmission process of step S205 are the same as the conditions for executing the transmission process of step S105 of the first status detection process.

[0056] In this manner, the first detection device 2 executes the first sound processing.

[0057] 9 is a flowchart showing an example of a second state detection process of the second detection device 4 included in the design support system described in the present application. The second state detection process is a process executed by the second detection device 4 when a customer wearing the first detection device 2 approaches the installation location of the second detection device 4 and establishes short-range wireless communication.

[0058] The control unit 40 of the second detection device 4 acquires the customer ID recorded in the first detection device 2 with which short-range wireless communication has been established through the second communication unit 46 (S301), acquires time information through the clock unit 44 (S302), and detects the state of the approaching customer through the detection unit 42 (S303). The state of the customer detected in step S303 is biological information such as the customer's facial expression, line of sight, etc.

[0059] Furthermore, the control unit 40 of the second detection device 4 transmits the acquired customer ID, time information, biometric information, and other detection information from the first communication unit 45 to the design support device 1 (S304). Depending on the balance between the communication load and the recording capacity of the recording unit 41, it is also possible to design the recording unit 41 to record various types of information until certain conditions are satisfied after step S303.

[0060] In this manner, the second detection device 4 executes the second detection process.

[0061] 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the second sound processing of the second detection device 4 included in the design support system described in the present application. The second sound processing is processing that the second detection device 4 executes in parallel with the second state detection processing or subsequent to the second state detection processing. Note that the second detection device 4 that executes the second sound processing may be configured as a device different from the second detection device 4 that executes the second state detection processing.

[0062] The control unit 40 of the second detection device 4 acquires the customer ID recorded in the first detection device 2 with which short-distance wireless communication has been established through the second communication unit 46 (S401), acquires time information through the clock unit 44 (S402), receives sound through the sound receiving unit 43 (S403), and analyzes and converts the received sound into language information (S404). The conversion process in step S404 is a process of extracting voice information related to a human voice from the sound received in step S403, performing voice recognition processing, and converting the voice information into text data. Note that the sound received in step S403 may be transmitted as sound information, and the design support device 1 may perform conversion to language information. When one second detection device 4 executes the second state detection process and the second voice process, it is also possible to omit the processes in steps S401 to S402.

[0063] Furthermore, the control unit 40 of the second detection device 4 transmits the acquired customer ID and detection information such as time information and language information from the first communication unit 45 to the design support device 1 (S405). Depending on the balance between the communication load and the recording capacity of the recording unit 41, it is also possible to design the recording unit 41 to record various information until certain conditions are satisfied after step S404.

[0064] In this manner, the second detection device 4 executes the second detection process.

[0065] 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a design information display process of the terminal device 3 included in the design support system described in the present application. The design information display process is a process executed by the terminal device 3 operated by a consultant of a construction company who consults with a customer who visits a consultation venue. The terminal device 3 executes the design information display process when the first detection device 2 approaches and short-range wireless communication is established.

[0066] As a design information display process, the terminal device 3 that has established short-range wireless communication with the first detection device 2 requests the first detection device 2 to transmit various information, and the first detection device 2 that has received the request transmits the various information to the terminal device 3. Note that the system may be designed so that the customer or a counseling staff member who receives the first detection device 2 from the customer operates the first detection device 2 to actively transmit various information from the first detection device 2 to the terminal device 3.

[0067] The control unit 30 of the terminal device 3 receives the customer ID, time information, location information, and biometric information transmitted from the first detection device 2 at the second communication unit 35 (S501), and further receives the customer ID, time information, and language information (S502). In steps S501 and S502, various information that the first detection device 2 has acquired in the first state detection process and first voice process and that is recorded in the recording unit 21 of the first detection device 2 is acquired. Note that, when the first detection device 2 is transmitting various information to the design support device 1, the processes of steps S501 and S502 may be omitted.

[0068] The control unit 30 of the terminal device 3 displays multiple pieces of conceptual information indicating concepts related to the design of a building on the display unit 32 (S503), accepts input specifying conceptual information from the input unit 33 (S504), and displays design examples of the concept specified by the customer on the display unit 32.

[0069] FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit 32 of the terminal device 3 equipped with the design support system described in the present application. FIG. 12 shows an example of concept information displayed on the display unit 32 of the terminal device 3 in step S503 of the design information display process. The display unit 32 shows concept information showing four types of concepts classified under the headings of "connection," "play," "learning," and "health" for building design. Each concept is further hierarchically organized, and for example, the concept of "connection" shows subconcepts of "food space," "parents and nature," "kids," and "pets." The customer can specify one or more concepts shown on the display unit 32, and can view design examples according to the selected specification. The terminal device 3 that accepts the specification of concept information and displays the design examples can be configured as a device separate from the terminal device 3 operated at the consultation venue, and can be designed to be freely operated as one of the exhibits.

[0070] The control unit 30 transmits the customer ID, the time information, the location information, the biometric information, the language information, and the specified concept information from the first communication unit 34 to the design support device 1 (S506). The transmission of various information in step S506 is a process of transmitting the various information acquired in the processes of steps S501 to S504 to the design support device 1, and the design support device 1 executes a design proposal process, which will be described later, based on the received various information, and transmits design information resulting from the design proposal process to the terminal device 3.

[0071] The control unit 30 of the terminal device 3 receives the design information at the first communication unit 34 (S506), and displays the received design information on the display unit 32 (S507). In step S504, the customer specifies the concept information, browses various design examples, and then becomes able to browse the design information that will be a proposal for renovating his or her home.

[0072] In this manner, the terminal device 3 acquires various pieces of information from the first detection device 2 and the input operation, and cooperates with the design support device 1 to execute a design information display process for displaying the design information.

[0073] 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a design proposal process of the design support device 1 included in the design support system described in the present application. The design support device 1 executes a design proposal process for proposing design information suitable for a customer, for example, a proposal for remodeling a house, based on various information acquired from various devices such as the first detection device 2, the second detection device 4, and the terminal device 3, under the control of the control unit 10 that executes the design support program 110 recorded in the recording unit 11.

[0074] The control unit 10 of the design support device 1 receives the customer ID, time information, and biometric information via the communication unit 12 (S601), and records the received biometric information in the viewing history database 112 in association with the customer ID and the time information (S602). Step S601 is a process of acquiring information such as various detection information transmitted by the second detection device 4 in step S304 of the second state detection process, and the processes of steps S601 to S602 are executed every time various information is received from the second detection device 4.

[0075] The control unit 10 of the design support device 1 receives the customer ID, time information, and language information via the communication unit 12 (S603), and records the received language information in the viewing history database 112 in association with the customer ID and time information (S604). Step S603 is a process of acquiring information such as various detection information transmitted by the second detection device 4 in step S405 of the second audio processing, and the processes of steps S603 to S604 are executed every time various information is received from the second detection device 4.

[0076] The control unit 10 of the design support device 1 receives the customer ID, time information, location information, biometric information, language information and concept information at the communication unit 12 (S605), and records the received location information, biometric information, language information and concept information in the viewing history database 112 in association with the customer ID and time information (S606). Step S605 is a process of acquiring information such as various detection information transmitted by the terminal device 3 at step S506 of the design information display process, and the processes of steps S605 to S606 are executed each time various information is received from the terminal device 3.

[0077] The control unit 10 of the design support device 1 executes a weighting process that aggregates various information such as the detection information and concept information received in steps S602, S604, and S606 based on the customer ID and weights the design elements of the building (S607). The weighting process in step S607 is a process that analyzes the behavior of the target customer in the exhibition hall in chronological order based on the customer ID, derives the degree of interest as a feature for each design element, and weights the design elements according to the derived feature. The detection information that is the subject of the process in step S607 is information such as time information and position information when the first detection device 2 or the second detection device 4 detects the state of the customer, various biological information, and language information.

[0078] The weighting process in step S607 will be further explained. By analyzing various detection information based on the customer ID, it is possible to analyze the behavioral path and stay time of the target customer based on time information, location information, and the history of communication with the second detection device 4 installed in the exhibition hall. By correlating the behavioral path based on the location information of the customer with the location of the exhibits in the exhibition hall recorded in the exhibition database 113, it is possible to analyze the stay time for each exhibit. In addition, it is possible to infer which exhibit in which exhibition space the customer showed interest from the bioinformation acquired as the detection information, such as heart rate, pulse rate, blood pressure, body temperature, amount of sweat, facial expression, gaze, etc. Furthermore, it is possible to analyze which exhibit the customer showed interest in from the number of times and the location where such words were uttered from the linguistic information, and to increase the feature amount. Furthermore, it is possible to grasp what kind of design the customer is interested in from the concept information. In the weighting process, the feature amount is classified for each design element from this information, and weighting is performed by an appropriately set method. The weighting coefficients can be set based on the results of supervised learning based on, for example, past proposal contents and customer evaluations of the proposal contents.

[0079] For example, as a weighting process, the feature amount can be derived according to the stay time for each exhibit, and the renovation cost can be distributed according to the stay time. As a specific example, assume that the stay time for each exhibit is 60 minutes near the kitchen equipment, 20 minutes near the bathroom equipment, 10 minutes near the washbasin equipment, and 10 minutes near the toilet equipment, and the renovation cost is 10 million yen. In this case, the kitchen equipment can be distributed as 60 / 100=6 million yen, the bathroom equipment as 20 / 100=2 million yen, the washbasin equipment as 10 / 100=1 million yen, and the toilet equipment as 10 / 100=1 million yen. By distributing the cost according to the weight, it is possible to propose a design in which components of a grade according to the cost are installed. In addition, if it is determined from the concept information that the interest in "kids" is high, a change is made to expand the area of ​​the children's room, etc., and if it is determined that the interest in "entertainment" is high, a change is made to expand the living space in which expensive audiovisual equipment can be installed. In this way, various proposals can be made according to the results of the weighting based on the feature amount.

[0080] Then, the control unit 10 of the design support device 1 reads design information from the customer database 111 (S608), and modifies the read design information according to the result of the weighting process (S609). In step S608, information about the customer's current residence is read as design information from the customer database 111. In step S609, optimal components are extracted from the component database 114 according to the result of the weighting process, and the design information is associated with the components and modified from various viewpoints to create a renovation proposal.

[0081] Then, the control unit 10 of the design support device 1 transmits the changed design information from the communication unit 12 to the terminal device 3 (S610). The terminal device 3 receives the changed design information as the process of step S506 of the design information display process, and displays the received design information as the process of step S507.

[0082] As described above, the design support device 1 executes a design proposal process for proposing design contents from various acquired information. For convenience of explanation, the processes of steps S601 to S610 are described as a series of processes, but the processes of steps S601 to S606 relating to receiving and recording various information are executed each time various information is received. In addition, the processes of steps S607 to S610 are executed in response to an instruction from the terminal device 3.

[0083] <Example of design proposal> Next, an example of a design proposal in the design support system described in the present application will be described. FIG. 14 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. 14 is design information showing the layout of a client's current residence. The design information shown in FIG. 14 is information read in step S608 of the design proposal process. In the layout of the current residence, the floor areas of the kitchen A, bathroom B, washroom C, toilet D, and living / dining / kitchen space are as follows. The living / dining / kitchen space is a collective space including the living room, dining room, and kitchen A.

[0084] Kitchen A: 2.0m x 3.0m = 7.0m 2 Bathroom B: 1.5m x 2.0m = 3.0m 2 Washroom facility C: 1.5m×2.0m=3.0m 2 Toilet D: 1.0m x 1.8m-0.2m 2 =1.6m 2 LDK space: 3.5m×3.5m+2.0m×3.0m=18.3m 2

[0085] FIG. 15 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. 15 is design information showing a floor plan of a renovation proposal proposed to a customer. The renovation proposal shown in FIG. 15 shows the result of adopting a setting to change the design information by weighting according to the stay time, etc., as the weighting process of steps S607 to S609 of the design proposal process. Furthermore, when changing the design information, a setting is adopted in which, when the stay time is less than 10 minutes, parts are replaced according to the stay time and other characteristic quantities, when the stay time is 10 minutes or more but less than 20 minutes, the area is expanded or parts are replaced according to the stay time and other characteristic quantities, and when the stay time is 20 minutes or more, the area is expanded according to the stay time and other characteristic quantities and then parts are replaced. The floor plan shown in FIG. 15 shows an example of a floor plan proposed when the stay time for each exhibit is 60 minutes near the kitchen equipment, 10 minutes near the bathroom equipment, 10 minutes near the washroom equipment, 0 minutes near the toilet equipment, and 100 minutes in the expanded living / dining / kitchen space. The expanded living / dining / kitchen space referred to here is 20.0 m2, which is larger than usual. 2 The above floor area of ​​the LDK space is shown. Based on the results of research conducted by the applicant, which showed that larger LDK spaces increase happiness, there are cases where an expanded LDK space is exhibited in addition to or instead of a regular LDK space.

[0086] In the proposed floor plan, Kitchen A has a floor area of ​​4.0 m 2 The floor area of ​​bathroom B, washroom C and toilet D has not changed, but the materials for bathroom B and washroom C have been replaced. The floor area of ​​the living / dining / kitchen space (including kitchen A) is 20.0 m. 2 The expansion was carried out to 38.0m 2 It is proposed as an expanded living / dining / kitchen space that will increase happiness.

[0087] Fig. 16 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. Fig. 16 is design information showing a floor plan of a proposed renovation plan to be proposed to a client. The floor plan shown in Fig. 16 shows an example of a floor plan proposed when the duration of stay for each exhibit is 40 minutes near the kitchen facilities, 20 minutes near the bathroom facilities, 30 minutes near the washroom facilities, 30 minutes near the toilet facilities, and 85 minutes in the expanded living / dining / kitchen space.

[0088] In the proposed floor plan, Kitchen A is 1.0m 2 The bathroom has been expanded and further converted into an island. Bathroom B has a 0.6m 2 The bathroom facility C is 1.2m 2 The toilet D is being expanded by 0.5m. 2 The living / dining / kitchen area has an expansion of 17m. 2 The expansion was carried out to 35.3m 2 The necessity of creating an island kitchen is determined based on whether or not a certain condition is met, such as when a customer has stayed in an area where island kitchens are on display for a long time, or when it has been determined that the customer is interested in island kitchens based on the design information designation in the design information display process.

[0089] Fig. 17 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. Fig. 17 is design information showing a floor plan of a proposed renovation plan to be proposed to a client. The floor plan shown in Fig. 17 shows an example of a floor plan proposed when the staying time for each exhibit is 10 minutes near the kitchen facilities, 25 minutes near the bathroom facilities, 20 minutes near the washroom facilities, 0 minutes near the toilet facilities, and 25 minutes in the expanded living / dining / kitchen space.

[0090] In the proposed floor plan, the floor area of ​​Kitchen A has not changed, but the materials have been replaced to make it face-to-face. Bathroom B has a 1.6 m 2 The bathroom facility C is 0.8m 2 The toilet D, which has a dwell time of 0 minutes, remains the same as it is now. The floor area of ​​the living / dining / kitchen area is 5.0 m2 The living / dining / kitchen area has been expanded to 23.3 m2.

[0091] In addition, the above-mentioned example is an example in which the facility information is changed based on the duration of stay along the activity route in order to make it easier to understand, but it is possible to set the facility information to be changed by weighting that also takes into account the characteristics of other detected information such as biometric information.

[0092] As described above in detail, the design support device 1 described in the present application supports the design of a building, such as renovating a house, based on the detection result of the customer's condition. This provides excellent effects such as being able to propose desired design contents according to the customer's purpose and preferences.

[0093] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented in various other forms. Therefore, the embodiment is merely illustrative in all respects and should not be interpreted as being restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims, and is not limited in any way by the text of the specification. Furthermore, all modifications and changes within the equivalent scope of the claims are within the scope of the present invention.

[0094] For example, the present invention can be implemented in various system and device configurations. Specifically, the present invention can be deployed in various forms, such as using a tablet computer as the terminal device 3 and design support device 1, and changing design information on the tablet computer. In other words, the system and device configurations shown as the above embodiments show only a part of the countless forms, and it is possible to appropriately design what devices are used to configure the system and which devices execute which processes.

[0095] In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to the modification of design information for remodeling a customer's house, but the present invention is not limited to this and can also be applied to the design of a new building. In this case, design information closest to the customer's request is selected from various patterns of design information recorded in advance, and the selected design information is modified.

[0096] In addition, in the above embodiment, a form in which design information is proposed using a terminal device 3 at the consultation venue is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also possible to use a device installed at a location other than the consultation venue, for example, a computer installed at another business premises of the construction company, a personal computer at the customer's home, a smartphone, or other computer as the terminal device 3. [Explanation of symbols]

[0097] 1 Design support equipment 10 Control section 11 Recording section 110 Design Support Program 111 Customer Database 112 Viewing History Database 113 Exhibition Database 114 Materials Database 12 Communications Department 2. First detection device 22 Detection unit 23 Sound receiver 24 Clock Section 25 Location information acquisition section 3 Terminal Equipment 32 Display section 33 Input section 4. Second detection device 42 Detection unit 43 Sound receiving part 44 Clock section

Claims

1. A design support system for supporting building design, comprising: A detection device for detecting a state of a person; a design support device having a design support means for supporting a design of a building based on detection information obtained by the detection device; An exhibition database that records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition hall. Equipped with The design support means of the design support device The position of the person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person is associated with the position of the exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, thereby deriving the stay time for each exhibit, deriving the feature amount for each design element of the building based on the derived stay time for each exhibit, and supporting the design of the building based on the derived feature amount for each design element. A design support system comprising:

2. A design support system for supporting the design of a building, comprising: A detection device for detecting a state of a person; a design support device having a design support means for supporting a design of a building based on detection information obtained by the detection device; An exhibition database that records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition hall. Equipped with the detection device is wearable on a human body and capable of detecting biological information of a person wearing the detection device as a state of the person; The design support means of the design support device The position of a person over time and the biometric information of the detected person detected by the detection device as the state of the person are associated with the position of an exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, whereby biometric information for each exhibit is derived, a feature amount for each design element of a building is derived based on the derived biometric information for each exhibit, and a design of the building is supported based on the derived feature amount for each design element. A design support system comprising:

3. A design support system for supporting the design of a building, comprising: A detection device for detecting a state of a person; a design support device having a design support means for supporting a design of a building based on detection information obtained by the detection device; A sound receiving means for receiving sound; an analysis means for analyzing the sound received by the sound receiving means and converting it into linguistic information; An exhibition database that records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition hall. Equipped with The design support means of the design support device The position of a person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person and the language information converted by the analysis means are associated with the positions of exhibits recorded in the exhibit database, thereby deriving language information for each exhibit, deriving a feature amount for each design element of a building based on the derived language information for each exhibit, and supporting the design of the building based on the derived feature amount for each design element. A design support system comprising:

4. The design support system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, A display means for displaying a plurality of pieces of conceptual information showing concepts related to the design of a building; an input means for receiving input of one or more pieces of designated conceptual information from among the displayed pieces of conceptual information; Equipped with The design support means of the design support device includes: Supporting the design of a building based on the conceptual information input by the input means A design support system comprising:

5. The design support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, a customer database in which design information relating to building design is recorded in advance in association with the person whose condition is detected by the detection device; The design support means of the design support device includes: A means for weighting design elements related to the design of the building based on the detected information; A means for extracting design information relating to a building design, which is recorded in association with the person related to the detection information, from the customer database; A modification method for modifying the extracted design information based on the weighting result. Includes A design support system comprising:

6. The design support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The design support means of the design support device includes: Modifying building layouts and / or components as a support for building design A design support system comprising:

7. A design support device for supporting the design of a building, comprising: A means for acquiring detection information obtained by a detection device that detects a state of a person; A design support means for supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information; means for accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition area; Equipped with The design support means includes: The position of the person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person is associated with the position of the exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, thereby deriving the stay time for each exhibit, deriving the feature amount for each design element of the building based on the derived stay time for each exhibit, and supporting the design of the building based on the derived feature amount for each design element. A design support device comprising:

8. A design support device for supporting the design of a building, comprising: A means for acquiring detection information obtained by a detection device that detects a state of a person; A design support means for supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information; means for accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition area; Equipped with The design support means includes: The position of a person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person and the biometric information detected from the person are associated with the positions of exhibits recorded in the exhibit database, whereby biometric information is derived for each exhibit, a feature amount for each design element of a building is derived based on the derived biometric information for each exhibit, and a design of the building is supported based on the derived feature amount for each design element. A design support device comprising:

9. A design support device for supporting the design of a building, comprising: A means for acquiring detection information obtained by a detection device that detects a state of a person; A means for acquiring language information obtained by analyzing a voice uttered by a person; A design support means for supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information; means for accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition area; Equipped with The design support means includes: The system derives language information for each exhibit by associating the position and language information of the person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person with the position of the exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, derives a feature amount for each design element of the building based on the derived language information for each exhibit, and supports the design of the building based on the derived feature amount for each design element. A design support device comprising:

10. A design support program executed on a computer to support the design of a building, On the computer, acquiring detection information obtained by detection by a detection device that detects a state of a person; a design support step of supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information; accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibit area; The following is executed: The design support step includes: The position of the person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person is associated with the position of the exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, thereby deriving the stay time for each exhibit, deriving the feature amount for each design element of the building based on the derived stay time for each exhibit, and supporting the design of the building based on the derived feature amount for each design element. A design support program comprising:

11. A design support program executed by a computer to support the design of a building, comprising: On the computer, acquiring detection information obtained by detection by a detection device that detects a state of a person; a design support step of supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information; accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibit area; The following is executed: The design support step includes: The position of a person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person and the biometric information detected from the person are associated with the positions of exhibits recorded in the exhibit database, whereby biometric information is derived for each exhibit, a feature amount for each design element of a building is derived based on the derived biometric information for each exhibit, and a design of the building is supported based on the derived feature amount for each design element. A design support program comprising:

12. A design support program executed on a computer to support the design of a building, On the computer, acquiring detection information obtained by detection by a detection device that detects a state of a person; acquiring language information obtained by analyzing a speech uttered by a person; a design support step of supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information; accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibit area; The following is executed: The design support step includes: The system derives language information for each exhibit by associating the position and language information of the person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person with the position of the exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, derives a feature amount for each design element of the building based on the derived language information for each exhibit, and supports the design of the building based on the derived feature amount for each design element. A design support program comprising:

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