Notification Sharing Control for Nearby Utterance Situations

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to inform nearby individuals about notifications related to the utterances of a target person, leading to potential misunderstandings or malfunctions when devices malfunction or notifications are not properly communicated.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system and non-transitory computer readable medium that enable a nearby person to be aware of the notification situation related to an utterance of a nearby person by using a management server to specify the notification situation and generate control information for devices like light emitting devices or sound sources to notify the nearby person.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If notification is performed only through a device that the target person can refer to, then the target person can receive the notification, but the nearby person cannot know the situation of the notification

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification situation informationVSAvoidnotification system

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The management server acts as an intermediary that receives notification situation information from the target person reference device and transmits it to the nearby person reference device, enabling information sharing without direct communication between the devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The notification system is segmented into multiple independent reference devices (target person reference device and nearby person reference device), each serving its specific function while being coordinated through the management server

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If the target person reference device is used exclusively for target person notification, then notification accuracy for the target person is ensured, but the device cannot serve nearby persons directly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice functionalityVSAvoidnotification situation awareness

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The management server provides universal service to multiple types of reference devices, enabling both target person reference devices and nearby person reference devices to access notification situation information through the same server interface

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Reliability

If notification is performed without informing nearby persons, then the notification process is simple, but misunderstandings may occur when notifications are not properly communicated

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification communicationVSAvoidnotification processing efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The management server preliminarily processes and transmits notification situation information to nearby person reference devices before or during the notification process, ensuring that nearby persons are informed in advance or concurrently, preventing misunderstandings

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250377713A1Information processing system, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and information processing method

Publication Date: 2025.12.11 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing system includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to: specify a notification situation, which is a situation of notification that is related to an utterance of a nearby person who is a person positioned near a target person and that is performed with respect to the target person; and generate control information that causes notification about the specified notification situation to be performed with respect to the nearby person.