Abstract: According to one embodiment, a forgetting to turn off power detection apparatus includes an outgoing determination unit that creates a power usage pattern based on electric energy that is calculated from past electric energy data in a consumer equipment, and determines whether or not a consumer has gone outside based on the power usage pattern. The forgetting to turn off power detection apparatus of the embodiments includes a forgetting to turn off power detection unit that receives current electric energy data in the consumer equipment, and detects forgetting to turn off power of an electric equipment of the consumer equipment based on the received electric energy data when the outgoing determination unit determines that the consumer has gone outside.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a forgetting to turn off power detection apparatus includes an outgoing determination unit that creates a power usage pattern based on electric energy that is calculated from past electric energy data in a consumer equipment, and determines whether or not a consumer has gone outside based on the power usage pattern. The forgetting to turn off power detection apparatus of the embodiments includes a forgetting to turn off power detection unit that receives current electric energy data in the consumer equipment, and detects forgetting to turn off power of an electric equipment of the consumer equipment based on the received electric energy data when the outgoing determination unit determines that the consumer has gone outside.

Abstract: A mobile information apparatus has a communication unit configured to collect usage states of a plurality of devices on a network, an estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a user on the basis of the usage states of the plurality of devices collected by the communication unit, and a moving unit configured to move a housing of the mobile information apparatus in accordance with the position of the user estimated by the estimation unit.

Abstract: A mobile information apparatus has a communication unit configured to collect usage states of a plurality of devices on a network, an estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a user on the basis of the usage states of the plurality of devices collected by the communication unit, and a moving unit configured to move a housing of the mobile information apparatus in accordance with the position of the user estimated by the estimation unit.

Abstract: A robot is autonomously moved locally by a move mechanism. In the robot, a check work memory stores a plurality of check works and check place to execute each check work in case of a user's departure to a remote location. A check work plan unit selects check works to be executed from the check work memory and generates an execution order of selected check works. A control unit controls the move mechanism to move the robot to a check place to execute a selected check work according to the execution order. A work result record unit records an execution result of each of the selected check works. A presentation unit presents the execution result to the user.

Abstract: A robot apparatus executes a monitoring operation. The robot apparatus includes an operation mode switching unit that switches an operation of the robot apparatus between a first operation mode and a second operation mode, and a control unit that controls the operation of the robot apparatus, causes the robot apparatus to execute a first monitoring operation in the first operation mode, which is corresponded to a dynamic environment where a user is at home, and causes the robot apparatus to execute a second monitoring operation in the second operation mode, which is corresponded to a static environment where the user is not at home.

Abstract: A robot apparatus includes a memory unit that stores schedule information indicative of a user identifier for designating one of a plurality of users, an action that is to be done by the user designated by the user identifier, and a start condition for the action, a determination unit that determines whether a condition designated by the start condition is established, and a support process execution unit that executes, when the condition designated by the start condition is established, a support process, based on the schedule information, for supporting the user's action corresponding to the established start condition with respect to the user designated by the user identifier corresponding to the established start condition.

Abstract: A surveillance system including a stationary unit and a surveillance robot, the stationary unit includes a first camera unit, and the surveillance robot includes a second camera unit; determination unit for determining an imaging range of the first camera unit; and unit for moving the surveillance robot such that the second camera unit images a range in a to-be-monitored range, which excludes the imaging range of the first camera unit.