Abstract: An information presenting method includes an obtaining step, a meal recommendation determining step, a presenting step, and a rating accepting step. In the obtaining step, user information pertaining to a user is obtained. In the meal recommendation determining step, based on the user information obtained in the obtaining step, a meal recommendation corresponding to a priority status determined to have a high priority level for the user is determined from among a plurality of statuses related to the user. In the presenting step, the meal recommendation determined in the meal recommendation determining step is presented to the user. In the rating accepting step, a rating by the user of the meal recommendation presented in the presenting step is accepted. The rating indicates whether the user cooked a food in the meal recommendation or whether the user ate the food.

Abstract: An information presentation method is an information presentation method of presenting a user with a meal proposal selected from a plurality of meal proposals, and the information presentation method includes: obtaining user information associated with the user; determining condition information associated with the user based on the user information obtained and determining a plurality of intermediate words based on the condition information; presenting the user with the plurality of intermediate words; determining, of the plurality of meal proposals, a meal proposal corresponding to one or more intermediate words selected by the user; and presenting the user with the meal proposal determined. Each of the plurality of intermediate words is a word that corresponds to an attribute pertaining to one or more meal proposals among the plurality of meal proposals.

Abstract: An information notification method for providing information from a server device to a plurality of devices connected to a network, including: reading notification information stored in association with information indicating a particular action of a user; acquiring operation histories of the plurality of devices; estimating, based on operation histories of one or more devices owned by the user among the plurality of devices, a no-operation period during which the user is unlikely to operate the one or more devices; determining, based on current operation state of the one or more devices, whether the particular action has been performed outside the no-operation period; and transmitting, when outcome of the determining is affirmative, the notification information associated with the particular action to a destination device among the one or more devices owned by the user. The destination device provides the user with the notification information.

Abstract: A device communicates with a human through voice recognition of voice of the human. The device includes: a drive mechanism that drives the device; and a processor. The processor controls the drive mechanism to drive the device to a waiting place for the device to contact the human, and the waiting place is determined based on contact information that is history of contact between the device and the human.

Abstract: An information notification method for providing information from a server device to a plurality of devices connected to a network, including: reading notification information stored in association with information indicating a particular action of a user; acquiring operation histories of the plurality of devices; estimating, based on operation histories of one or more devices owned by the user among the plurality of devices, a no-operation period during which the user is unlikely to operate the one or more devices; determining, based on current operation state of the one or more devices, whether the particular action has been performed outside the no-operation period; and transmitting, when outcome of the determining is affirmative, the notification information associated with the particular action to a destination device among the one or more devices owned by the user. The destination device provides the user with the notification information.

Abstract: A device includes a camera, a microphone, a driving mechanism, and a memory. The processor determines whether or not a first person appears in a video acquired by the camera, or whether or not speech of the first person is included in a sound acquired by the microphone, when the driving mechanism is to start driving in accordance with predetermined content executed by the device. The first person being a subject person requiring predetermined attention when the device makes contact therewith. The processor determines whether or not the device is moving, when the first person appears in the video, or when the speech of the first person is included in the sound. The processor controls the driving mechanism to stop movement of the device, when the device is moving.

Abstract: In a robot, after a first value indicating acceleration in the up-and-down axis direction output from an acceleration sensor exceeds a certain threshold value, when any of the first value indicating the acceleration in the up-and-down axis direction, a second value indicating the acceleration in the front-and-back axis direction, and a third value indicating the acceleration in the left-and-right axis direction is determined to exhibit variation exceeding a certain width for a fixed period, the robot determines that a housing of the robot is being held by a user.

Abstract: A device communicates with a human through voice recognition of voice of the human. The device includes: a drive mechanism that drives the device; and a processor. The processor controls the drive mechanism to drive the device to a waiting place for the device to contact the human, and the waiting place is determined based on contact information that is history of contact between the device and the human.

Abstract: An apparatus, robot, method and recording medium is provided, wherein when it is determined that a speech of an adult includes a warning word, whether the adult is angry or scolding is determined based on a physical feature value of the speech of the adult. When it is determined that the adult is angry, at least any of the following processes is performed: (a) a process of causing a loudspeaker to output a first sound, (b) a process of causing an apparatus to perform a first operation, and (c) a process of causing a display to perform a first display.

Abstract: An information notification method for providing information from a server device to a plurality of devices connected to a network, including: reading notification information stored in association with information indicating a particular action of a user; acquiring operation histories of the plurality of devices; estimating, based on operation histories of one or more devices owned by the user among the plurality of devices, a no-operation period during which the user is unlikely to operate the one or more devices; determining, based on current operation state of the one or more devices, whether the particular action has been performed outside the no-operation period; and transmitting, when outcome of the determining is affirmative, the notification information associated with the particular action to a destination device among the one or more devices owned by the user. The destination device provides the user with the notification information.

Abstract: A robot includes a main casing, a first spherical cap and a second spherical cap, and a shaft linking the spherical caps. The robot further includes a display, a first driving mechanism causing the first and second spherical caps to be rotated by the shaft, and a second driving mechanism that causes the main casing to be rotated. The robot also includes a control circuit and an electric power source, charged by electric power from an external charger. If the remaining electric power of the electric power source is lower than or equal to a predetermined value, the second driving mechanism is controlled to stop rotation of the main casing, and the first driving mechanism is controlled to switch a rotational direction of the first spherical cap and the second spherical cap, causing the display to be reciprocally moved in a vertical direction.

Abstract: An information notification method for providing information from a server device to a plurality of devices connected to a network, including: reading notification information stored in association with information indicating a particular action of a user; acquiring operation histories of the plurality of devices; estimating, based on operation histories of one or more devices owned by the user among the plurality of devices, a no-operation period during which the user is unlikely to operate the one or more devices; determining, based on current operation state of the one or more devices, whether the particular action has been performed outside the no-operation period; and transmitting, when outcome of the determining is affirmative, the notification information associated with the particular action to a destination device among the one or more devices owned by the user. The destination device provides the user with the notification information.

Abstract: A device includes a camera, a microphone, a driving mechanism, and a memory. The processor determines whether or not a first person appears in a video acquired by the camera, or whether or not speech of the first person is included in a sound acquired by the microphone, when the driving mechanism is to start driving in accordance with predetermined content executed by the device. The first person being a subject person requiring predetermined attention when the device makes contact therewith. The processor determines whether or not the device is moving, when the first person appears in the video, or when the speech of the first person is included in the sound. The processor controls the driving mechanism to stop movement of the device, when the device is moving.

Abstract: An information providing method is an information providing method for consumer electronics devices, a display device, and a server, all of which are connected via a public network, the information providing method including: (a) receiving, by the server from the consumer electronics devices, information pieces on the consumer electronics devices; (b) filtering, by the server, the information pieces on the consumer electronics devices received in step (a), to obtain one or more filtered information pieces, and performing, by the server, processing for generating display information for display, by the display device, in a specific display format; and (c) transmitting, by the server, the display information generated in step (b) to the display device.

Abstract: An apparatus, robot, method and recording medium is provided, wherein when it is determined that a speech of an adult includes a warning word, whether the adult is angry or scolding is determined based on a physical feature value of the speech of the adult. When it is determined that the adult is angry, at least any of the following processes is performed: (a) a process of causing a loudspeaker to output a first sound, (b) a process of causing an apparatus to perform a first operation, and (c) a process of causing a display to perform a first display.

Abstract: An information sharing method that provides a graphical user interface image for sharing information relating to an appliance within a home among a plurality of users includes a receiving step of receiving, as home appliance event information, information on a state change of an appliance within a plurality of homes, a priority determining step of determining a priority of a home that is to be displayed in the graphical user interface image in accordance with an occurrence frequency of the home appliance event information within each home, and a home determining step of determining a home to be displayed in the graphical user interface image in accordance with the priority.

Abstract: In a robot, after a first value indicating acceleration in the up-and-down axis direction output from an acceleration sensor exceeds a certain threshold value, when any of the first value indicating the acceleration in the up-and-down axis direction, a second value indicating the acceleration in the front-and-back axis direction, and a third value indicating the acceleration in the left-and-right axis direction is determined to exhibit variation exceeding a certain width for a fixed period, the robot determines that a housing of the robot is being held by a user.

Abstract: A robot includes a main casing, a first spherical cap and a second spherical cap, and a shaft linking the spherical caps. The robot further includes a display, a first driving mechanism causing the first and second spherical caps to be rotated by the shaft, and a second driving mechanism that causes the main casing to be rotated. The robot also includes a control circuit and an electric power source, charged by electric power from an external charger. If the remaining electric power of the electric power source is lower than or equal to a predetermined value, the second driving mechanism is controlled to stop rotation of the main casing, and the first driving mechanism is controlled to switch a rotational direction of the first spherical cap and the second spherical cap, causing the display to be reciprocally moved in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A robot includes a spherical housing, a frame disposed in the housing, and a display that displays at least a facial feature of the robot. The robot further includes a set of driving wheels that are in contact with an inner surface of the housing to rotate the housing, and a weight driving mechanism that causes a weight to move along a predetermined axis. Also, the robot includes a power supply that is externally charged and supplies electric power to the set of driving wheels and weight driving mechanism, and a control circuit that stops rotation of the set of driving wheels and moves the weight along the predetermined axis to correspondingly move the display vertically.

Abstract: An information management method includes: receiving, from a manufacturer server via a network, device history information indicating a history of an operation of a device used by a first user and first anonymized user information generated by anonymizing, according to a predetermined rule, first user information including attribute information which allows identification of the first user; receiving, from a service provider server different from the manufacturer server via the network, service history information indicating a history of service used by a second user and second anonymized user information generated by anonymizing, according to the predetermined rule, second user information including attribute information which allows identification of the second user; and associating the device history information and the service history information and managing them as composite information, when the first anonymized user information and the second anonymized user information are determined to be identical