LABOR SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD
There is provided a labor support apparatus and method capable of supporting a safe, secured, efficient, and comfortable way of working from a user's point of view. A labor support apparatus for supporting a user's labor and a labor support method executed by the labor support apparatus, which are designed to select a workplace suited for the user on the basis of the user' environment and schedule and the user's work status in the past and propose the selected workplace to the user. Accordingly, it is possible to propose an optimum labor location for the user and thereby realize the labor support apparatus and method capable of supporting the safe, secured, efficient, and comfortable way of working from the user's point of view.
1 . A labor support apparatus for supporting a user's labor, comprising:
a workplace selection unit that selects a workplace suited for the user on the basis of an environment and schedule of the user and a work status of the user in past; and
a proposal unit that proposes the workplace selected by the workplace selection unit to the user.
2 . The labor support apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the workplace selection unit selects a travel time slot to travel to the workplace suited for the user on the basis of the environment and the schedule of the user in addition to the workplace; and
wherein the proposal unit selects the travel time slot to travel to the workplace, which is selected by the workplace selection unit, in addition to the workplace selected by the workplace selection unit.
3 . The labor support apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the workplace selection unit selects the workplace suited for the user on the basis of an importance degree which is set by the user in advance to each condition when selecting the workplace suited for the user.
4 . The labor support apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the workplace selection unit selects the workplace suited for the user on the basis of a today's weather condition and/or a service status of public transportation used by the user as the environment of the user.
5 . The labor support apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the workplace selection unit selects the workplace suited for the user on the basis of a schedule of individual work of the user and/or team work performed by a team, to which the user belongs, as the schedule of the user.
6 . The labor support apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the workplace selection unit selects the workplace suited for the user on the basis of an actual result of work efficiency at each workplace available to the user as the work status of the user in the past.
7 . The labor support apparatus according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a user information management unit that measures a degree of stress of the user at work as a stress degree and to what degree the user smiled at work as a smiling degree and records the measured stress degree and the measured smiling degree by associating them with the workplace,
wherein the workplace selection unit selects the workplace suited for the user on the basis of the stress degree and the smiling degree of each workplace recorded by the user information management unit as the work status of the user in the past.
8 . A labor support method executed by a labor support apparatus for supporting a user's labor, the labor support method comprising:
a first step of selecting a workplace suited for the user on the basis of an environment and schedule of the user and a work status of the user in past; and
a second step of proposing the selected workplace to the user.
9 . The labor support method according to claim 8 ,
wherein in the first step, the labor support apparatus selects a travel time slot to travel to the workplace suited for the user on the basis of the environment and the schedule of the user in addition to the workplace; and
wherein in the second step, the labor support apparatus selects the travel time slot to travel to the selected workplace in addition to the selected workplace.
10 . The labor support method according to claim 8 ,
wherein in the first step, the labor support apparatus selects the workplace suited for the user on the basis of an importance degree which is set by the user in advance to each condition when selecting the workplace suited for the user.
11 . The labor support method according to claim 8 ,
wherein in the first step, the labor support apparatus selects the workplace suited for the user on the basis of a today's weather condition and/or a service status of public transportation used by the user as the environment of the user.
12 . The labor support method according to claim 8 ,
wherein in the first step, the labor support apparatus selects the workplace suited for the user on the basis of a schedule of individual work of the user and/or team work performed by a team, to which the user belongs, as the schedule of the user.
13 . The labor support method according to claim 8 ,
wherein in the first step, the labor support apparatus selects the workplace suited for the user on the basis of an actual result of work efficiency at each workplace available to the user as the work status of the user in the past.
14 . The labor support method according to claim 8 ,
wherein the labor support apparatus measures a degree of stress of the user at work as a stress degree, measures to what degree the user smiled at work as a smiling degree, and records the measured stress degree and the measured smiling degree by associating them with the workplace; and
wherein in the first step, the labor support apparatus selects the workplace suited for the user on the basis of the stress degree and the smiling degree of each workplace recorded by the user information management unit as the work status of the user in the past.