Keystone Habit Detection From Time-Slot Action Sequences

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional systems fail to present the user's keystone habit, which is a key habit indicated by action information.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that includes a set determination unit to determine an action set, a keystone habit acquisition unit to identify the starting point of the action set, and a keystone habit output unit to present the keystone habit, utilizing action and emotion information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If conventional action determination systems are used to determine user actions using energy consumption data, then basic action recognition is achieved, but the ability to present the user's keystone habit is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvekeystone habit informationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the determination process into distinct functional units: a set determination unit that identifies action sets from energy consumption data, a keystone habit acquisition unit that extracts the starting action, and a keystone habit output unit that presents the result. This segmentation enables specific extraction of keystone habit information without requiring complete redesign of the entire system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention extracts the keystone habit information as a separate, identifiable component from the overall action determination system. The keystone habit acquisition unit specifically isolates the starting action of the determined action set, presenting it as distinct keystone habit information that can be utilized independently for user behavior analysis and intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Measurement precision

If multiple pieces of action source information including position information are used to estimate user actions, then action estimation accuracy is improved, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaction estimation accuracyVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges multiple diverse information sources including energy consumption data, position information, and other action source information into a unified action estimation framework. By integrating these different data types through the action estimation unit, the system achieves more accurate action determination than any single source could provide alone.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The action estimation unit serves as an intermediary that processes and synthesizes multiple raw information sources. It transforms position information, energy consumption data, and other inputs into meaningful action estimates, mediating between raw data and actionable insights while managing the complexity of multi-source integration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If action sets satisfying set conditions are determined from multiple time slots, then comprehensive action analysis is achieved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaction set informationVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary organization of action information into time-slot-based structures before full analysis. By pre-structuring the action data across multiple time slots and establishing the action management framework in advance, the system reduces the computational burden during the actual determination phase, enabling faster identification of action sets that satisfy specific conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4712012A1Information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium
Publication Date: 2026.03.18 EXEVITA INC
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AI summary

Conventional techniques have not been able to present a user's keystone habit. The user's keystone habit can be presented by using an information processing apparatus including: a set determination unit configured to reference an action management unit in which pieces of action information specifying a user's actions are stored in association with four or more time slots, to acquire the number of occurrences of an action set that is a series of two or more pieces of action information that are temporally continuous, and to determine an action set whose number of occurrences satisfies a set condition on the number of occurrences of the action set; a keystone habit acquisition unit configured to acquire keystone habit information including a piece of action information that corresponds to an initial time slot among the series of two or more pieces of action information in the action set determined by the set determination unit and serves as a starting point; and a keystone habit output unit configured to output the keystone habit information.