Granted Patent B2

US 12,626,609 · App. 18/596,002 · Granted May 12, 2026

Inventor: Takaya Taniguchi (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION

G09B5/02

Abstract

Claims (28)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry to:

detect an attention device group composed of at least one device that a user who is working is paying attention to;

set each device, excluding a work target device, that is included in the attention device group as a target attention device, the work target device being a device corresponding to work that the user is required to perform, and calculate a relationship score that indicates a relationship between the target attention device and the work target device, and indicates a degree of confusion of the user in choosing between the target attention device and the work target device;

refer to a presentation information database that records presentation information so as to acquire presentation information based on the calculated relationship score; and

display the presentation information on a display device to help the user to become aware of the work target device, to enable the user to choose the work target device based on the displayed presentation information and perform the work that the user is required to perform using the work target device.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processing circuitry detects the attention device group based on an area that the user is looking at.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processing circuitry detects the attention device group based on a position of a finger joint of the user.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processing circuitry calculates the relationship score based on content of work that the user is required to perform.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processing circuitry calculates the relationship score using a relationship weight defined between the work target device and each device, excluding the work target device, that is included in the attention device group.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the processing circuitry calculates the relationship score for each confusion factor that causes confusion for the user in choosing between the target attention device and the work target device, and

wherein the processing circuitry updates the relationship weight based on whether a confusion factor corresponding to acquired presentation information is correct or incorrect.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processing circuitry refers to the presentation information database to acquire pieces of presentation information according to values of the relationship scores, and

wherein the acquired pieces of presentation information are displayed on the display device in descending order of the relationship scores respectively corresponding to the acquired pieces of presentation information.

8 . An information processing method comprising:

detecting an attention device group composed of at least one device that a user who is working is paying attention to, by a computer;

setting each device, excluding a work target device, that is included in the attention device group as a target attention device, the work target device being a device corresponding to work that the user is required to perform, and calculating a relationship score that indicates a relationship between the target attention device and the work target device, and indicates a degree of confusion of the user in choosing between the target attention device and the work target device, by the computer;

referring to a presentation information database that records presentation information so as to acquire presentation information based on the calculated relationship score; and

displaying the presentation information on a display device to help the user to become aware of the work target device, to enable the user to choose the work target device based on the displayed presentation information and perform the work that the user is required to perform using the work target device.

9 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an information processing program that causes an information processing apparatus, which is a computer, to execute:

a work target detection process of detecting an attention device group composed of at least one device that a user who is working is paying attention to;

a confusion factor estimation process of setting each device, excluding a work target device, that is included in the attention device group as a target attention device, the work target device being a device corresponding to work that the user is required to perform, and calculating a relationship score that indicates a relationship between the target attention device and the work target device, and indicates a degree of confusion of the user in choosing between the target attention device and the work target device; and

a presentation information control process of referring to a presentation information database that records presentation information so as to acquire presentation information based on the calculated relationship score, and displaying the presentation information on a display device to help the user to become aware of the work target device, to enable the user to choose the work target device based on the displayed presentation information and perform the work that the user is required to perform using the work target device.

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