JP7518539B2 - Information processing device, method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, method, and program.

Patent Document 1 discloses a system for managing greenhouse gas emission credits.

Patent No. 6625298 specification

However, there is no mechanism for users to notify others that they have offset their emissions.

The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and has an object to provide a technique capable of notifying a user that an amount of emissions of environmentally hazardous substances has been offset.

The main invention of the present invention for solving the above problem is an information processing device, comprising: a calculation unit for calculating an amount of emission of an environmental load substance related to a user's behavior; an offset processing unit for performing processing related to offsetting the amount of emission; an image input unit for receiving an input of a first image related to the behavior; an image generation unit for generating a second image indicating that the offset has been performed;
and an image synthesis unit that synthesizes the first image and the second image.

Other problems and solutions disclosed in this application will be made clear in the section on preferred embodiments of the invention and the drawings.

According to the present invention, it is possible to inform a user that an amount of emission of an environmental load substance has been offset.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an offset support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a server device 20. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a software configuration of the server device 20. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the server device 20 of the present embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating generation of a composite image.

<Summary of the Invention>
The present invention will be described below with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof.
[Item 1]
A calculation unit that calculates an amount of emission of environmental load substances related to the behavior of a user;
an offset processing unit that performs processing related to the offset of the emission amount;
an image input unit that receives an input of a first image related to the behavior;
an image generating unit that generates a second image indicating that the offset has been performed;
an image synthesis unit that synthesizes the first and second images;
An information processing device comprising:
[Item 2]
Item 1. An information processing device according to item 1,
a posting unit that posts a third image obtained by combining the first and second images to a social network;
An information processing device comprising:
[Item 3]
3. The information processing device according to claim 1,
the image generating unit creates a background-transparent image that displays at least one of the amount of the environmental load substance that has been offset, the entity that implemented the offset, and the content of the environmental value related to the offset;
An information processing device comprising:
[Item 4]
A step of calculating an amount of emission of environmental load substances related to the user's behavior;
performing a process related to the offset of the emission amount;
receiving an input of a first image relating to the behavior;
generating a second image indicating that the offset has been performed;
combining the first and second images;
How a computer executes.
[Item 5]
A step of calculating an amount of emission of environmental load substances related to the user's behavior;
performing a process related to the offset of the emission amount;
receiving an input of a first image relating to the behavior;
generating a second image indicating that the offset has been performed;
combining the first and second images;
A program for causing a computer to execute the following.

<System Overview>
An offset support system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The offset support system of this embodiment supports a user to offset environmental load substances. In this embodiment, the environmental load substances are assumed to be carbon dioxide (CO2). In the offset support system of this embodiment, the CO2 emissions related to the user's actions accompanied by CO2 emissions are calculated. Actions accompanied by CO2 emissions may include, for example, the use of transportation and the purchase of goods on an EC site. In the use of transportation, for example, CO2 is emitted by combustion in an internal combustion engine, and in the purchase of goods on an EC site, CO2 is emitted from a truck or the like during delivery of the goods. The offset support system of this embodiment can also offset CO2 emissions. The offset of environmental load substances can be performed, for example, by purchasing offset rights (environmental value) such as J-Credits.

The offset support system of this embodiment further generates an image (second image, hereinafter referred to as a frame image) to be composited with an image (first image) such as a photo related to the action involving CO2 emissions as described above. The frame image can be an image with a transparent background on which information related to the offset performed by the user is depicted. The offset support system can create an image (third image, hereinafter referred to as a composite image) indicating that the CO2 emissions related to the action have been offset by composite the frame image with an image such as a photo of the user. The offset support system of this embodiment further allows the composite image to be posted to a social networking service.

<System Configuration>
1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an offset support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The offset support system of this embodiment is configured to include a server device 20. The server device 20 is connected to each of a user terminal 10 and an SNS server 30 via a communication network 40.
The communication network 40 is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed using a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication path, Ethernet (registered trademark), or the like.

The user terminal 10 is a computer such as a smartphone, tablet computer, or personal computer operated by a user. The user can operate the user terminal 10 to access the server device 20 in order to offset CO2. The user terminal 10 also has a camera function, for example, and can take pictures.

The server device 20 is a computer that calculates the amount of CO2 emissions related to the actions of the user and offsets the CO2. The server device 20 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

The SNS server 30 is a computer that provides a social network service. The user terminal 10 and the server device 20 can post messages to the social network service by using an API provided by the SNS server 30.

<Server device 20>
2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the server device 20. Note that the illustrated configuration is an example, and other configurations may be used. The management server 2 includes a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage device 203, a communication interface 204, an input device 205, an output device 206, and a communication interface 208.
06. The storage device 203 stores various data and programs, and is, for example, a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, or a flash memory. The communication interface 204 is an interface for connecting to the communication network 3, and is, for example, an adapter for connecting to Ethernet (registered trademark), a modem for connecting to a public telephone line network, a wireless communication device for wireless communication, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) for serial communication,
The input device 205 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, etc., which input data. The output device 206 is, for example, a display, a printer, a speaker, etc., which output data. Each functional unit of the server device 20, which will be described later, is provided by the CPU 201.
The server device 20 can implement the above by reading out the program stored in the memory 202 and executing it.
The memory area can be realized as part of the memory area provided by 3.

3 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the server device 20. The server device 20 includes functional units, namely, an emission amount calculation unit 211, an offset processing unit 212, an image input unit 213, an image generation unit 214, an image synthesis unit 215, and a posting unit 216, as well as storage units, namely, a behavior information storage unit 231 and an environmental value information storage unit 232.

The emission calculation unit 211 calculates the emission amount of environmental load substances related to the user's behavior. The emission calculation unit 211 can perform the calculation by, for example, the Green House Gas (GHG) protocol. The emission calculation unit 211 acquires information (behavior information) related to the user's behavior involving CO2 emission. The behavior information includes the date and time of the behavior, the type of the behavior, and the amount of activity related to the behavior. The behavior information is registered in the behavior information storage unit 231. The behavior information storage unit 231 stores the behavior information (date and time, type of behavior, amount of activity) in association with a behavior ID that uniquely identifies the behavior and a user ID that identifies the user. The emission calculation unit 211 may receive the behavior information from, for example, the user terminal 10, or may acquire the behavior information from a business that sells products and provides services to the user (for example, a transportation server or an EC site). The emission calculation unit 211 can calculate the emission amount by multiplying the acquired activity amount by an emission coefficient defined in the GHG protocol.

The offset processing unit 212 performs processing related to the offset of CO2 emissions. Emissions can be offset, for example, by purchasing environmental value such as J-Credits on behalf of the user or the business that provided the product or service. The offset processing unit 212 can, for example, access an external server (not shown) that trades environmental value and purchase environmental value using an API provided by the external server. The offset processing unit 212
An environmental value in an amount corresponding to the amount of emissions may be purchased each time, or the server device 20 (or an entity that performs proxy invalidation, such as an administrator of the server device 20 or an administrator of the system) may purchase the environmental value in advance and perform proxy invalidation.
The offset processing unit 212 is adapted to store the amount of environmental value held by the subject of the proxy invalidation, and each time a proxy invalidation is performed, the offset processing unit 212 reduces the amount of environmental value held by the subject, and can register the amount of environmental value related to the proxy invalidation (emission amount) in the environmental value information storage unit 232 in association with the transfer destination.

Information about the purchased environmental value is registered in the environmental value information storage unit 232. The environmental value information storage unit 232 stores, in association with a user ID and an action ID that identifies an action, the date and time when the environmental value was purchased, the amount of CO2 emissions that were the subject of offset, the type of environmental value purchased (
It is possible to store the brand, the provider (or seller) of the environmental value, the amount of the environmental value purchased, the price of the purchased environmental value, etc.

The image input unit 213 accepts input of a user image (first image) related to an action involving CO2 emission. The user image may be, for example, an image taken by a camera (not shown) provided in the user terminal 10, an image acquired by the user terminal 10 from another computer, a screenshot of the screen of the user terminal 10, or an image of a purchased product provided by an EC site. In other words, the user image may be any image prepared by the user. The user image may be a moving image.

The image generating unit 214 generates a frame image (second image) indicating that the CO2 emission amount has been offset. As described above, in this embodiment, the frame image is an image with a transparent background. The image generating unit 214 can draw, for example, information on the behavior, the calculated emission amount, and the purchased environmental value as a character string on the transparent image.
4 may also be configured to draw an image such as an arbitrary logo or icon on the frame image. In this embodiment, the image generating unit 214 calculates the amount of the offset environmental load substance (CO2),
A background-transparent image will be created that displays at least one of the following: the entity that implemented the offset (provider, seller) and the details of the environmental value related to the offset (type, purchase amount, price, date and time, etc.).

The image synthesis unit 215 synthesizes the user image and the frame image to generate a synthetic image (third image).
Generate.

The posting unit 216 can transmit the composite image to the SNS server 30 and post the composite image to a social network service. The posting unit 216 can accept a message of a character string regarding the user image from the user terminal 10 and post the composite image together with the accepted message to the social network service.

<Operation>
Fig. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the server device 20 of this embodiment. Fig. 5 is a diagram for explaining the generation of a composite image.

The emission calculation unit 211 receives behavior information from the user terminal 10 (S301). The emission calculation unit 211 calculates the amount of CO2 emission by multiplying the amount of activity by the emission coefficient (S302). The offset processing unit 212 purchases environmental value according to the calculated amount of CO2 emission, and offsets the amount of CO2 emission (S303). The offset processing unit 212 may perform proxy invalidation as described above.

The image input unit 213 receives the user image from the user terminal 10 (S304). In FIG. 5, the user image 41 is an example of a snapshot taken at a tourist spot.
14 generates a frame image that depicts information related to the offset (S305).
In this example, the fact that "10 g" of CO2 emissions have been offset and the date and time when the offset was performed are depicted in the frame image 42. The image composition unit 215 creates a composite image 43 by superimposing the frame image 42 on the user image 41 (S306). As shown in Fig. 5, in the composite image 43, information indicating that 10 g of CO2 has been offset is depicted on a snapshot of a tourist spot.

The posting unit 216 transmits the composite image 43 to the SNS server 30, and posts the composite image 43 to the social network service (S307).
6 may receive a text message from the user terminal 10 and post the composite image 43 together with the text message on a social network service.

As described above, according to the offset support system of this embodiment, CO2
The system receives behavioral information related to actions that involve emissions, automatically calculates the amount of environmentally hazardous substances emitted according to the behavioral information (amount of activity), and purchases environmental value corresponding to the calculated amount of emissions.
Alternatively, the offset can be automatically performed by performing proxy invalidation processing. Furthermore, according to the offset support system of this embodiment, a frame image indicating that the offset has been performed can be superimposed on the user's image and posted on a social network service, so that people connected to the user can be informed that the environmental load substances related to the user's actions have been offset.

Although the present embodiment has been described above, the above embodiment is intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention may be modified or improved without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention.

For example, in the present embodiment, the server device 20 posts a composite image to a social network service. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The frame image may be transmitted to the SNS server 30, and the user terminal 10 may combine the user image and the frame image to post the combined image on the SNS server 30.

In the present embodiment, the behavioral information is acquired from the user terminal 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The behavioral information (amount of activity) may be acquired from a server of a service provider such as an EC site or a travel site.
Alternatively, the emission amount may be calculated on the user terminal 10 side, and the server device 20 may receive the calculation result.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 User terminal 20 Server device 30 SNS server 40 Communication network 211 Emission amount calculation unit 212 Offset processing unit 213 Image input unit 214 Image generation unit 215 Image synthesis unit 216 Posting unit 231 Behavioral information storage unit 232 Environmental value information storage unit

Claims (3)

an image input unit that receives an input of a first image related to a purchased product or an action of the user from the user;
an image generating unit that generates a second image showing information related to offsetting the emission amount of the environmental load substance related to the purchased product or the behavior of the user ;
an image synthesis unit that generates a third image by synthesizing the first image and the second image ;
A transmission unit that transmits the third image to an SNS server ;
An information processing device comprising : receiving an input of a first image related to a purchased product or an action of the user from the user;
generating a second image showing information related to offsetting the emission of environmentally harmful substances related to the purchased product or the behavior of the user ;
generating a third image by combining the first image and the second image ;
transmitting the third image to an SNS server ;
How a computer executes. receiving an input of a first image related to a purchased product or an action of the user from the user;
generating a second image showing information related to offsetting the emission of environmentally harmful substances related to the purchased product or the behavior of the user ;
generating a third image by combining the first image and the second image ;
transmitting the third image to an SNS server ;
A program for causing a computer to execute the following.

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