Abstract: A fabric inspection device includes a sheet conveying portion, an image reading portion, a timing control portion, a storage portion, a comparing control portion, and a display portion. The image reading portion reads a plurality of images of the same pattern recorded repeatedly with a predetermined pitch on a recording sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying portion. The timing control portion regulates the timing of image reading by the image reading portion. The storage portion stores the plurality of images read by the image reading portion. The comparing control portion takes, out of the plurality of images stored in the storage portion, part of an image continuously recorded on the recording sheet corresponding to the forefront one pitch as a reference image and compares the image data of a comparison image recorded later than the reference image with image data of the reference image to check for image defects.

Abstract: Order information indicating a purchase order is received from an ordering device. Whether a display terminal corresponding to the ordering device from which the order information has been sent exists or not is determined using information which indicates correspondences between ordering devices and display terminals. Message information indicating acceptance of the purchase order indicated in the order information is transmitted to the corresponding display terminal. It is determined whether status information indicating that the message information was displayed on the display of the corresponding display terminal has been received from the corresponding display terminal or not. A cancellation period during which a process for canceling the purchase order indicated in the order information is accepted is started upon reception of the status information.

Abstract: In an information processing method, a computer acquires a sleep state of a person existing in space, acquires detection data output from a sensor that detects entry of an object into the space, performs a first determination to determine whether or not the sleep state changes to awakening within a predetermined time from a time point at which the object is estimated to enter the space based on the sleep state and the detection data, generates, in association with the sleep state before the time point, awakening information for determining possibility that the person is awakened by entry of the object in a case where the person is in the sleep state before the time point of entry based on a result of the first determination, and presents the awakening information associated with the sleep state via a presentation device.

Abstract: A device control apparatus which controls a second device connected in place of a first device acquires first performance information indicative of performance of the first device and second performance information indicative of performance of the second device, generates a correction function based on a difference between the first performance information and the second performance information, generates, from first operation mode information for causing the first device to operate by first setting, the first operation mode information being generated based on log information of the first device, second operation mode information for causing the second device to operate by second setting corresponding to the first setting based on the correction function, and transmits the second operation mode information to the second device.

Abstract: A processor, when a distance indicated by a distance information is greater than or equal to a first reference distance, displays, in a display, a second number of first objects each corresponding to each or a plurality of a first number of apparatuses and indicative of a state of the corresponding apparatus, and when a distance indicated by the distance information is less than the first reference distance, selects a third number of apparatuses from among the first number of apparatuses according to a predetermined condition, the third number being smaller than the first number, to display, in the display, a fourth number of second objects each corresponding to each or a plurality of the third number of apparatuses and indicative of a state of the corresponding apparatus.

Abstract: The infrared detector acquires measurement information which is obtained by measuring infrared radiant energy amount in a measuring range including a mobile terminal; acquires information indicating a reference temperature; detects infrared radiant energy distribution area indicating an area where the infrared radiant energy amount corresponding to the mobile terminal is measured out of the measuring range, based on measurement information; and calibrates a conversion table for converting infrared radiant energy amount to a temperature value based on infrared radiant energy amount in the detected infrared radiant energy distribution area and the reference temperature.

Abstract: A fabric inspection device includes a sheet conveying portion, an image reading portion, a timing control portion, a storage portion, a comparing control portion, and a display portion. The image reading portion reads a plurality of images of the same pattern recorded repeatedly with a predetermined pitch on a recording sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying portion. The timing control portion regulates the timing of image reading by the image reading portion. The storage portion stores the plurality of images read by the image reading portion. The comparing control portion takes, out of the plurality of images stored in the storage portion, part of an image continuously recorded on the recording sheet corresponding to the forefront one pitch as a reference image and compares the image data of a comparison image recorded later than the reference image with image data of the reference image to check for image defects.

Abstract: An operation terminal includes: an imaging part configured to image a space; a human detecting part configured to detect a user based on information on the space imaged; a voice inputting part configured to receive inputting of the spoken voice of the user; a coordinates detecting part configured to detect a first coordinate of a predetermined first part of an upper limb of the user and a second coordinate of a predetermined second part of an upper half body excluding the upper limb of the user based on information acquired by a predetermined unit when the user is detected by the human detecting part; and a condition determining part configured to compare a positional relationship between the first coordinate and the second coordinate, and configured to bring the voice inputting part into a voice inputting receivable state when the positional relationship satisfies a predetermined first condition at least one time.

Abstract: A method causing a processor to execute operations includes managing a plurality of first settings, one of the plurality of first setting being to control a first device in case that an operation status of a second device which is interconnected to the first device via a network has changed, receiving a second setting, the second setting being to control a third device in case that an operation status of a fourth device which is interconnected to the third device via the network has changed, determining whether conflicting operations are to be performed on a device when the plurality of first settings and the second setting are executed, extracting a setting from the first settings and the second setting, which is a cause of the conflicting operations in case that, in the determining, the conflicting operations are determined and transmitting a notification to divide a time during which the setting extracted in the extracting is executed.

Abstract: A computer is used to obtain arrival time required for a user of a washing machine to arrive at an installation position of the washing machine based on a position of the user and the installation position, and when it is determined that the washing machine is performing washing based on operation information of the washing machine, when the arrival time is longer than washing completion time required for the washing machine to complete washing, to transmit instruction infomiation for adding a process of soaking laundry in water by the washing machine or for changing time in the process to the washing machine.

Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes: an absolute humidity set value calculation section that acquires a first absolute humidity determined from a first temperature and a first relative humidity, the first temperature and the first relative humidity being previously set; a dew-point temperature calculation section that acquires a dew-point temperature determined from the first temperature and the first relative humidity; an absolute humidity calculation section that acquires a second absolute humidity determined from a second temperature indicating a temperature inside the room and a second relative humidity indicating a relative humidity inside the room; and a heat exchanger temperature comparison and determination section and an indoor unit fan/blow-off port control section that control a dehumidification operation that stops air-blowing of an indoor unit fan, closes an blow-off port, and cools an indoor heat exchanger at the dew-point temperature when the second absolute humidity is higher than the first

Abstract: An information notification method for use in an information notification system connected to an air conditioner including a refrigerant circuit and an information communication apparatus includes detecting a connection state indicating whether the air conditioner is connected to a network, determining whether the air conditioner performed a refrigerant recovery operation on the refrigerant circuit on the basis of the operation log information that indicates an operation log of the air conditioner and that is received from the air conditioner, determining whether the air conditioner has been relocated on the basis of the detected connection state and the determination as to whether the air conditioner performed the refrigerant recovery operation, and sending, to the information communication apparatus, first information used to prompt for a test operation of the air conditioner if it is determined that the air conditioner has been relocated.

Abstract: A diagnosis method includes giving an instruction to present at least two sound collection positions of an abnormal sound of an electric apparatus to an outside; comparing a current position of the diagnosis device and one sound collection position of the at least two sound collection positions; obtaining sound data indicative of an abnormal sound of the electric apparatus collected by a microphone, based on a comparison result and storing the sound data in a sound data storage portion so as be correlated with log data and the one sound collection position; and diagnosing an abnormal sound of the electric apparatus by using at least two items of sound data and at least two sound collection positions, based on a determination result whether sound collection is completed and a determination result whether diagnosis of an abnormal sound is possible.

Abstract: A diagnosis method includes giving an instruction to present at least two sound collection positions of an abnormal sound of an electric apparatus to an outside; comparing a current position of the diagnosis device and one sound collection position of the at least two sound collection positions; obtaining sound data indicative of an abnormal sound of the electric apparatus collected by a microphone, based on a comparison result and storing the sound data in a sound data storage portion so as be correlated with log data and the one sound collection position; and diagnosing an abnormal sound of the electric apparatus by using at least two items of sound data and at least two sound collection positions, based on a determination result whether sound collection is completed and a determination result whether diagnosis of an abnormal sound is possible.

Abstract: A control method causes the processor to execute: excluding one or more pieces of first vibration data from a plurality of pieces of vibration data stored in the memory, wherein the plurality of pieces of vibration data are acquired within one period, wherein vibration times associated with the one or more pieces of first vibration data are included in an operation period in which the user performed the operation with respect to the information terminal device, and wherein the operation period is specified based on the time in the log information stored in the memory; and updating the threshold value using at least one piece of vibration data in the plurality of pieces of vibration data from which the one or more pieces of first vibration data are excluded.

Abstract: An operation mode selection image represents a first selection range of values of power consumption setting that are selectable in a first mode at the time of purchase of an air conditioner, a second selection range values of power consumption setting that are selectable in the first mode at a current time, a third selection range values of power consumption setting that are selectable in a second mode at the time of purchase of the air conditioner, and a fourth selection range values of power consumption setting that are selectable in the second mode at the current time. The relationship between the sizes of the first and second selection ranges and the relationship between the sizes of the third and fourth selection ranges represent a degree of decrease in the performance of the air conditioner over the period from the time of purchase to the current time.

Abstract: A device control apparatus which controls a second device connected in place of a first device acquires first performance information indicative of performance of the first device and second performance information indicative of performance of the second device, generates a correction function based on a difference between the first performance information and the second performance information, generates, from first operation mode information for causing the first device to operate by first setting, the first operation mode information being generated based on log information of the first device, second operation mode information for causing the second device to operate by second setting corresponding to the first setting based on the correction function, and transmits the second operation mode information to the second device.

Abstract: An air-conditioning control method includes: acquiring a first sensor value measured by a first sensor device provided at a different position within an identical space to a second sensor device at a first frequency; acquiring a second sensor value measured by the second sensor device at a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency; generating a first sensor predicted value from the second sensor value based on a correlation between the first sensor value and the second sensor value in a period in which the second sensor value is acquired and the first sensor value is not acquired; and determining an operation of an air-conditioning apparatus based on the first sensor predicted value.

Abstract: An information processing method performed with a processor includes determining whether a second dispensing amount of detergent to be dispensed in a washing apparatus in a scheduled first washing event falls below a threshold based on a remaining amount of the detergent in a detergent container of the washing apparatus and a first dispensing amount set for one washing event for washing a washing target, changing a third dispensing amount determined based on the first dispensing amount to be dispensed into the washing apparatus in a second washing event preceding the first washing event to a fourth dispensing amount equaling or exceeding the threshold when the second dispensing amount is determined to fall below the threshold, outputting information representing the fourth dispensing amount, and causing the washing apparatus to dispense the fourth dispensing amount of the detergent in the second washing event.

Abstract: Order information indicating a purchase order is received from an ordering device. Whether a display terminal corresponding to the ordering device from which the order information has been sent exists or not is determined using information which indicates correspondences between ordering devices and display terminals. Message information indicating acceptance of the purchase order indicated in the order information is transmitted to the corresponding display terminal. It is determined whether status information indicating that the message information was displayed on the display of the corresponding display terminal has been received from the corresponding display terminal or not. A cancellation period during which a process for canceling the purchase order indicated in the order information is accepted is started upon reception of the status information.