IP Library Granted Patent US 7,908,144
Granted Patent B2
US 7,908,144 · App. 12/641,991 · Granted Mar 15, 2011

Information processing system and information processing method

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Patent No.
US 7,908,144
App. No.
12/641,991
Granted
Mar 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A framework is provided which performs location-based analysis using an individual feature such as a stress level obtained based on biological information. An information processing system includes an acquisition unit which acquires frequency power information of a voice inputted at a mobile terminal having a voice communication function, and position information of a base station device that relayed voice communication of the mobile terminal when the voice was inputted; a storage unit which stores the acquired frequency power information and the acquired position information in association with each other; an acceptance unit which accepts designation of an area; and an output unit which identifies the position information related to the designated area, acquires the frequency power information associated with the identified position information with reference to the storage unit, obtains a stress level of a user of the mobile terminal in the designated area based on frequency power information of a frequency greater than or equal to a threshold value within the acquired frequency power information, and outputs the stress level in association with the designated area.

Claims (18)

1. An information processing system comprising:

an acquisition unit which acquires a power spectral density of a voice inputted at a mobile terminal having a voice communication function, and position information of a base station device that relayed voice communication of said mobile terminal when said voice was inputted;

a storage unit which stores said acquired power spectral density and said acquired position information in association with each other;

an acceptance unit which accepts designation of an area; and

an output unit which identifies the position information related to said designated area with reference to said storage unit, acquires the power spectral density associated with said identified position information, calculates the average of power spectral densities corresponding to frequencies greater than or equal to a threshold value (a mean power spectral density) for each combination of said acquired power spectral density and position information, calculates the average of the mean power spectral densities in said designated area, obtains a stress level of a user of said mobile terminal in said designated area based on said calculated average of the mean power spectral densities, and outputs the stress level in association with said designated area.

2. An information processing system comprising:

an acquisition unit which acquires a power spectral density of a voice of a user, and position information of said user at a time when said voice was generated;

a storage unit which stores said acquired power spectral density and said acquired position information in association with each other; and

a feature output unit which identifies the position information related to a predetermined area with reference to said storage unit, acquires the power spectral density associated with said identified position information, calculates the average of power spectral densities corresponding to frequencies greater than or equal to a threshold value (a mean power spectral density) for each combination of said acquired power spectral density and position information, calculates the average of the mean power spectral densities in said predetermined area, obtains an individual feature about the user in said predetermined area based on said calculated average of the mean power spectral densities, and outputs the individual feature in association with said predetermined area.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein said acquisition unit acquires, as a power spectral density of a voice of said user, a power spectral density of a voice of said user which was inputted at a mobile terminal having a voice communication function, and acquires, as the position information of said user, position information of said mobile terminal at a time when said voice was inputted.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein said acquisition unit acquires, as the position information of said mobile terminal, position information of a base station device that relayed voice communication of said mobile terminal when said voice was inputted, or position information of said mobile terminal which is determined by a GPS function of said mobile terminal within a period determined based on the time when said voice was inputted.

5. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein said feature output unit obtains a stress level of the user of said mobile terminal in said predetermined area as said individual feature based on the average of the mean power spectral densities, and outputs the stress level in association with said predetermined area.

6. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein said feature output unit outputs map information for displaying said individual feature in association with said predetermined area on a map or a layout diagram of a scope including said predetermined area.

7. An operating method of a computer, wherein

said computer acquires a power spectral density of a voice inputted at a mobile terminal having a voice communication function, and position information of a base station device that relayed voice communication of said mobile terminal when said voice was inputted;

said computer stores said acquired power spectral density and said acquired position information in association with each other in a memory;

said computer accepts designation of an area; and

said computer identifies the position information related to said designated area with reference to said memory, acquires the power spectral density associated with said identified position information, calculates the average of power spectral densities corresponding to frequencies greater than or equal to a threshold value (a mean power spectral density) for each combination of said acquired power spectral density and position information, calculates the average of the mean power spectral densities in said designated area, determines a stress level of a user of said mobile terminal in said designated area corresponding to said calculated average of the mean power spectral densities with reference to a stress level determination table in which correspondence relationship of the average of the mean power spectral densities and the stress level is defined, and outputs the stress level in association with said designated area.

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