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Granted Patent B2
US 11,627,204 · App. 17/219,130 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

Information providing method

Inventors: Masaki Yamauchi (San Jose, CA); Nanami Fujiwara (Santa Clara, CA); Shinichi Takiguchi (Santa Clara, CA); Shota Shimonaka (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04L67/63G01W1/10H04L67/306H04L67/52H04L67/535G01W2203/00
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Patent No.
US 11,627,204
App. No.
17/219,130
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information providing method includes: generating first information indicating that a user who is interested in first content is relaxing, when (i) a current behavior of the user includes a predefined behavior and (ii) the first content included in information on communication content and second content included in information indicating a shopping history are the same content; obtaining, from a second information processing apparatus connected to a first information processing apparatus, information indicating first request content over a network; and when content of the first information is included in the first request content, outputting, to the second information processing apparatus, second information including information for identifying the user or a space, using the generated first information.

Claims (28)

1. An information providing method that uses a first information processing apparatus which includes a processor and memory,

wherein a first sensor and a second sensor are disposed in a space, the second sensor being a temperature sensor, and

the processor:

obtains, via the second sensor, a current temperature of the space;

obtains, from the memory, a past statistical temperature of the space;

obtains, via the first sensor, a current activity of a user;

when (iii) the current temperature is lower than the past statistical temperature by a threshold temperature or more and (iv) the current activity of the user includes a predefined activity predefined as an activity of looking for clothes, generates first information indicating that the user feels cold;

obtains, from a second information processing apparatus connected to the first information processing apparatus, information indicating first request content over a network; and

when content of the first information is included in the first request content, outputs, to the second information processing apparatus, second information including information for identifying the user or the space, using the first information generated.

2. The information providing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first sensor includes an image sensor, and

the current activity of the user is obtained by performing activity recognition on an image captured by the image sensor.

3. The information providing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first sensor includes a wearable sensor, and

the current activity of the user is obtained using a sensor value of the wearable sensor.

4. The information providing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predefined activity predefined as an activity of looking for clothes includes an activity of opening a door of a closet.

5. The information providing method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

outputting, by the second information processing apparatus, service information for providing a service to the user via a device disposed in the space, based on the second information.

6. The information providing method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the device includes a heater, and

the service information includes a control signal that activates the heater.

7. The information providing method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the device includes a display panel, and

the service information includes information to be displayed on the display panel that is related to a food or beverage or medicine for mitigating a body from feeling cold.

8. The information providing method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the device includes a hot water unit, and

the service information includes a control signal for operating the hot water unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2021
From: YAMAUCHI, MASAKI; FUJIWARA, NANAMI; TAKIGUCHI, SHINICHI; SHIMONAKA, SHOTA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
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Continuity (11)
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