Abstract: A control system includes a cloud server and a terminal device. A checker of the cloud server checks pieces of MAC address data acquired by a machine MAC address acquirer against pieces of MAC address data contained in communicable-machine notification information, and specifies, among the pieces of MAC address data acquired by the machine MAC address acquirer, a piece of MAC address data that matches one of the pieces of MAC address data contained in the communicable-machine notification information. An operation authority setter generates, based on the piece of MAC address data specified by the checker, operation authority information containing a piece of MAC address data on a machine operable via the terminal device.

Abstract: An air conditioning control system includes: an air pressure measurement unit (111) configured to measure an air pressure value; an air conditioning unit (136) whose wind direction and airflow volume are changeable; a wind velocity calculation unit (132) configured to calculate a wind velocity of wind received by a portable terminal (110) from a variation in a plurality of atmospheric pressure values and to specify a presence direction that is a direction in which the portable terminal (110) is present with respect to the air conditioner (130); an air conditioning control determination unit (134) configured to determine a wind direction and an airflow volume of the air conditioning unit (136) in accordance with the wind velocity and the presence direction; and an air conditioning control unit (135) configured to control the air conditioning unit (136) so that the determined wind direction and airflow volume are obtained.

Abstract: A cloud server includes a history information acquirer that acquires history information including operation history information expressing a history of a device setting parameter of an air conditioner or a water heater, environment history information expressing the environment in which the air conditioner or the water heater operates, and user information expressing a user of the air conditioner or the water heater, a coefficient determiner that determines, based on the history information, a neural network coefficient of the neural network, and a schedule generator that uses the neural network, in which the neural network coefficient is determined by the coefficient determiner, to generate schedule information expressing a future operation schedule of the air conditioner or the water heater.

Abstract: The system includes: a controlling device (140); a transmitting device (110) to transmit a wireless signal; a receiving device (120) to detect a reception intensity of the wireless signal and to sequentially output reception intensity information indicating the detected reception intensity to the controlling device (140); and a person detecting device (130) to detect that a person exists in a predetermined range and to sequentially output predetermined person detection information to the controlling device (140), wherein the controlling device (140) specifies a signal pattern indicating a transition of the reception intensity during a predetermined period by using the reception intensity indicated by the reception intensity information input during the predetermined period, and estimates, to be the position where a person exists, the position of the person detecting device (130) in the specified signal pattern when the person detection information is input within the predetermined period.

Abstract: An equipment control device includes a person region detector that receives a thermal image corresponding to an object of image capture and detects a person region that is a region occupied by a person in the thermal image, a person feature detector that calculates basal metabolism of the person, based on a thermal image part of the person region in the thermal image, and an equipment controller that controls equipment, based on the basal metabolism of the person detected by the person feature detector.

Abstract: An air conditioning control system includes: an air pressure measurement unit (111) configured to measure an air pressure value; an air conditioning unit (136) whose wind direction and airflow volume are changeable; a wind velocity calculation unit (132) configured to calculate a wind velocity of wind received by a portable terminal (110) from a variation in a plurality of atmospheric pressure values and to specify a presence direction that is a direction in which the portable terminal (110) is present with respect to the air conditioner (130); an air conditioning control determination unit (134) configured to determine a wind direction and an airflow volume of the air conditioning unit (136) in accordance with the wind velocity and the presence direction; and an air conditioning control unit (135) configured to control the air conditioning unit (136) so that the determined wind direction and airflow volume are obtained.

Abstract: An equipment control device includes a person region detector that receives a thermal image corresponding to an object of image capture and detects a person region that is a region occupied by a person in the thermal image, a person feature detector that calculates basal metabolism of the person, based on a thermal image part of the person region in the thermal image, and an equipment controller that controls equipment, based on the basal metabolism of the person detected by the person feature detector.

Abstract: In an operation control device as a first device communicably connected to at least one second device and in an operation control method, a main controller performs a process of acquiring second device-operation information via a communication unit, a process of acquiring past second device-operation information from a storage unit, a process of selecting past second device-operation information based on similarity between current second device-operation information and the past second device-operation information acquired from the storage unit by an information acquisition unit, and a process of determining operation currently performed by the first device based on past first device-operation information stored in the storage unit while being associated with the selected past second device-operation information.

Abstract: A slave device is equipped with: a parameter setting portion for setting different values according to the content of commands sent from a master device, as parameter values for detecting anomalies; and an anomaly detecting portion for detecting anomalies by comparing the time corresponding to a parameter value that has been set by the parameter setting portion and the measured time of a process carried out in response to a command.

Abstract: In an operation control device as a first device communicably connected to at least one second device and in an operation control method, a main controller performs a process of acquiring second device-operation information via a communication unit, a process of acquiring past second device-operation information from a storage unit, a process of selecting past second device-operation information based on similarity between current second device-operation information and the past second device-operation information acquired from the storage unit by an information acquisition unit, and a process of determining operation currently performed by the first device based on past first device-operation information stored in the storage unit while being associated with the selected past second device-operation information.

Abstract: The present invention reduces the amount of time from when a device such as a digital broadcast receiver is powered on until video corresponding to a digital broadcast signal received by the device can be displayed. In order to do so: the processing load on the main control unit (101) while software data used in a startup process in the broadcast reception device are being transferred and decompressed is measured; on the basis of information about the measured processing load on the main control unit (101) over time, a compression process using a compression type and compression ratio that minimize the total time taken to transfer and decompress the software data is determined; and the software data are compressed using the determined compression process and stored in an auxiliary storage unit (107).

Abstract: An apparatus using a software start-up method, selects execution-targeted software data to be used for starting execution of the start-up processing, out of software data stored in a first storage device; starts the execution of the start-up processing by using the execution-targeted software data; searches for another software data other than the execution-targeted software data, from software data stored in the first storage device; determines whether the another software data is changed from its initial-state; and, if the another software data is changed, selects initial-state software data as the initial state of the another software data from said at least one software data stored in a second storage device, reads the initial-state software data from the second storage device, and replaces the another software data stored in the first storage device with the read initial-state software data by overwriting.

Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver schedules the startup of its software on the basis of the number of data transfer channels and core processing units available to transfer the necessary programs into main storage and execute them, the execution priority order of the programs, the time required to transfer each necessary program into main storage, and the time required to initialize each program. If a snapshot startup option exists for a program, the initialization time is compared with the time required for transferring the snapshot of the program's working data and for further post-processing. Consideration of the data transfer times and initialization times as well as execution priority enables the shortest schedule to be determined.

Abstract: An information processing system configured from multiple digital broadcast program analysis devices (100), which are information processing devices connected to a network, includes: a request analyzing section (122) for analyzing a request presented to the information processing system, and identifying functions necessary for accomplishing the request; a function cumulation section (123) for identifying, from among digital broadcast program analysis devices (100), a digital broadcast program analysis device (100) that executes each identified function; and a sequence assembly section (124) for identifying an operating sequence for execution of the identified functions by the identified digital broadcast program analysis devices (100), and for causing the identified digital broadcast program analysis devices (100) to execute the identified functions in accordance with the identified operating sequence.

Abstract: An apparatus to start channel switchover processing with reliability and to shorten an image non-displaying period.

Abstract: A slave device is equipped with: a parameter setting portion for setting different values according to the content of commands sent from a master device, as parameter values for detecting anomalies; and an anomaly detecting portion for detecting anomalies by comparing the time corresponding to a parameter value that has been set by the parameter setting portion and the measured time of a process carried out in response to a command.

Abstract: An apparatus using a software start-up method, selects execution-targeted software data to be used for starting execution of the start-up processing, out of software data stored in a first storage device; starts the execution of the start-up processing by using the execution-targeted software data; searches for another software data other than the execution-targeted software data, from software data stored in the first storage device; determines whether the another software data is changed from its initial-state; and, if the another software data is changed, selects initial-state software data as the initial state of the another software data from said at least one software data stored in a second storage device, reads the initial-state software data from the second storage device, and replaces the another software data stored in the first storage device with the read initial-state software data by overwriting.

Abstract: A decode timing generation unit is configured so that when there is a change in the video data input at the input terminal, by moving the reference time into the future, it generates a decode timing signal immediately after the first acquisition of the DTS of a decodable frame following the change. The decode timing generation unit is configured so that the decode timing signal is generated when only a portion of the decodable frame is acquired, before the entirety of the decodable frame is acquired. In addition, the display timing generation unit is configured so that when there is a change in the video data input at the input terminal, by moving the reference time into the future, it generates a display timing immediately after the first acquisition of the PTS of a decodable frame after the change.

Abstract: An apparatus to start channel switchover processing with reliability and to shorten an image non-displaying period.

Abstract: A digital broadcast receiver schedules the startup of its software on the basis of the number of data transfer channels and core processing units available to transfer the necessary programs into main storage and execute them, the execution priority order of the programs, the time required to transfer each necessary program into main storage, and the time required to initialize each program. If a snapshot startup option exists for a program, the initialization time is compared with the time required for transferring the snapshot of the program's working data and for further post-processing. Consideration of the data transfer times and initialization times as well as execution priority enables the shortest schedule to be determined.