JP7608756B2 - Design support system, design support device, and design support program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a design support system that supports the design of buildings, a design support device used in such a design support system, and a design support program for realizing such a design support device.

For example, when renovating a building such as a house, the customer (owner) considers the design contents such as the exterior, interior, and floor plan. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a floor plan acquisition method that allows a customer to input conditions into a terminal and obtain a floor plan that matches the conditions. In addition, customers may visit an exhibition venue hosted by a construction company and consider the design contents through actions such as viewing the exhibits and consulting with the construction company. Customers who visit an exhibition venue are proactive in considering the design contents of the building, and it is important for both the customer and the construction company to propose appropriate design contents to such customers.

JP 2003-345858 A

However, the method of acquiring floor plan proposals disclosed in Patent Document 1 presents pre-recorded floor plan proposals to a recipient who searches for floor plan proposals. Therefore, it does not perform processing to propose desired design contents according to the purpose of a customer who has visited an exhibition hall and is actively considering design contents after viewing various exhibits.

The present invention was made in consideration of these circumstances, and its main objective is to provide a design support system that supports the design of buildings to achieve the desired design content.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a design support device for use in the design support system according to the present invention.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a design support program for realizing the design support device according to the present invention.

To solve the above problems, the design support system described in this application is a design support system that supports the design of a building, and is characterized by having a detection device that detects the state of a person, and a design support device having a design support means that supports the design of the building based on the detection information obtained by the detection device.

In addition, in the design support system, the detection device is wearable on the human body and detects the biometric information of the person wearing it as the state of the person.

In addition, in the design support system, the detection device detects the position of a person over time as the state of the person.

The design support system further includes an exhibition database that pre-records the positions of exhibits within the building's exhibition hall, and the design support means of the design support device supports the design of the building based on the positions detected by the detection device as the state of people and the positions of the exhibits recorded in the exhibition database.

The design support system further includes a sound receiving means for receiving sound and an analysis means for analyzing the sound received by the sound receiving means and converting it into linguistic information, and the design support means of the design support device supports the design of a building based on the linguistic information converted by the analysis means.

The design support system further includes a display means for displaying multiple pieces of conceptual information that indicate concepts related to the design of a building, and an input means for receiving input of one or more pieces of designated conceptual information from the multiple pieces of displayed conceptual information, and the design support means of the design support device supports the design of a building based on the conceptual information received as input by the input means.

The design support system further includes a customer database in which design information relating to the design of a building is pre-recorded in association with the person whose condition is detected by the detection device, and the design support means of the design support device includes a means for weighting design elements relating to the design of the building based on the detection information, a means for extracting design information relating to the design of the building that is recorded in association with the person related to the detection information from the customer database, and a modification means for modifying the extracted design information based on the weighting results.

In addition, in the design support system, the design support means of the design support device is characterized in that it changes the layout and/or components of the building to support the design of the building.

Furthermore, the design support device described in this application is a design support device that supports the design of a building, and is characterized by having a means for acquiring detection information obtained by detection of a detection device that detects the state of a person, and a means for supporting the design of the building based on the acquired detection information.

Furthermore, the design support program described in this application is a design support program executed by a computer that supports the design of a building, and is characterized in that, when detection information obtained by a detection device that detects the state of a person is acquired, the computer is caused to execute a step of supporting the design of the building based on the acquired detection information.

Therefore, the design support system, design support device, and design support program described in this application support the design of buildings based on people's conditions.

In this invention, the state of a person is detected, and the design of a building is supported based on the detected result. For example, the design of a building is supported based on the state of the behavior of people visiting an exhibition hall. This has the excellent effect of making it possible to propose a design according to the customer's purpose and preferences.

1 is a schematic layout diagram showing an example of an exhibition hall layout to which the design support system described in the present application is applied. 2 is a schematic external view showing an example of the external appearance of a first detection device used in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a design support device used in the design support system described in the present application. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a first detection device used in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a terminal device used in the design support system described in the present application. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a second detection device used in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a first state detection process of a first detection device included in the design support system described in the present application. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a first sound process of a first detection device included in the design support system described in the present application. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a second state detection process of a second detection device included in the design support system described in the present application. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a second sound process of a second detection device included in the design support system described in the present application. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a design information display process of a terminal device included in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an image displayed on a display unit of a terminal device provided in the design support system described in the present application. 1 is a flowchart showing an example of a design proposal process of a design support device included in the design support system described in the present application. 1 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. 1 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. 1 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. 1 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application.

The following describes in detail an embodiment of the present invention. Note that the following embodiment is an example of the present invention and is not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention.

<Application Examples>
The design support system described in this application is a system that, for example, when a visitor considering renovating his or her home visits an exhibition hall displaying housing-related exhibits, proposes an appropriate design based on the visitor's objectives and preferences.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the layout of an exhibition hall to which the design support system described in this application is applied. The exhibition hall is equipped with various sections, such as a reception desk where visitors can complete their entry procedures, a consultation hall where visitors can receive consultations regarding designs for remodeling homes and the like, and an exhibition space where actual exhibits are displayed. In the exhibition space, various types of exhibits, such as living spaces such as living rooms and children's rooms, as well as exterior walls, entrances, bathrooms, kitchens, toilets, and stairs, are displayed in each exhibition area. For example, area A is designed so that the exhibits relate to bathrooms, and area F contains exhibits related to living spaces.

Various devices related to the design support system described in this application are described below. The design support system supports design using a design support device 1 using a computer such as a server computer. At the reception desk of the exhibition hall, a first detection device 2 that can be worn on the human body is loaned to visitors, and the visitors wear the first detection device 2 while viewing the exhibition hall. At the consultation hall, a terminal device 3 using a computer such as a tablet computer that is operated by the consultation staff is installed. In each area of the exhibition space, a second detection device 4 (multiple "circles" in the figure) such as various sensor devices is installed.

Figure 2 is a schematic external view showing an example of the external appearance of the first detection device 2 used in the design support system described in the present application. The first detection device 2 illustrated in Figure 2 is configured using a computer such as a wrist-mounted wearable computer, a so-called smart watch. Visitors receive the first detection device 2 at the reception desk, wear the received first detection device 2, and view the exhibits in each area installed in the exhibition space. After viewing the exhibits, they move to a consultation venue as necessary, and at the consultation venue, they conduct various consultations such as house renovations while viewing a terminal device 3 operated by a consultant. Note that the first detection device 2 may be configured using a computer other than a smart watch as long as it can be worn on the human body, such as a wearable computer equipped with an input/output device such as a headset that can be worn on the human body.

<Hardware configuration of various devices>
Next, various devices used in the design support system described in the present application will be described. Fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a design support device 1 used in the design support system described in the present application. The design support device 1 using a computer such as a server computer includes various components such as a control unit 10, a recording unit 11, and a communication unit 12.

The control unit 10 is a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that executes processes to control the entire device, and includes various circuits such as an information processing circuit, a timer circuit, and a register circuit.

The recording unit 11 is a circuit configured using a hard disk, a RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks), a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory, and various volatile memories such as RAM (Random Access Memory). The recording unit 11 records programs such as a basic program (OS: Operating System) and an application program that runs on the basic program. As application programs, various programs such as a design support program 110 for realizing the design support device 1 described in this application are recorded.

A part of the recording area of the recording unit 11 is used as various databases such as a customer database 111, a viewing history database 112, an exhibition database 113, and a component database 114. Instead of using a part of the recording area of the recording unit 11 as various databases, the various databases may be recorded in another computer, such as a database server connected to the design support device 1, and may be configured to be accessed appropriately from the design support device 1.

The customer database 111 is a database that records personal information and design information about the construction business entity's customers (owners) in association with a customer ID that identifies the customer. Personal information recorded in the customer database 111 is information such as the customer's name, age, and family composition. Design information recorded in the customer database 111 is information related to the design of buildings such as the customer's residence. The design information includes various information such as the building's layout and the various materials used for the exterior and interior.

The viewing history database 112 is a database that records detection information that detects the state of a customer (person) while viewing an exhibition hall, in association with a customer ID, when the customer visits the exhibition hall as a visitor. The detection information includes viewing information related to viewing the exhibition hall, biometric information of the customer (person) while viewing, and other information. Viewing information related to viewing the exhibition hall is information recorded based on the customer's location over time while viewing, such as the route the customer took while viewing, the time spent in each exhibition space, and so on. Biometric information of a customer while viewing is information such as heart rate, pulse rate, and so on.

The exhibition database 113 is a database that pre-records the positions of exhibits within the exhibition hall. By associating location information indicating the customer's position with the positions of the exhibits recorded in the exhibition database 113, viewing information is generated that is recorded as a type of detection information in the viewing history database 112.

The component database 114 is a database of components that are design elements used in the design of a building. In this application, design elements refer to various design elements such as exterior materials, interior materials, structural materials, fixtures, housing equipment, toilet equipment, kitchen equipment, bathroom equipment, etc., and the component database 114 records information about the components necessary for these design elements. For example, information about the components necessary for design elements such as kitchens, toilets, columns, beams, and stairs is recorded, including various items such as type, grade, and size.

The communication unit 12 is a device such as a LAN adapter, an antenna, and a control circuit that connects to a communication network such as the Internet, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), or a dedicated communication network, and communicates with other devices via the communication network.

A computer such as a server computer configured as described above operates as a design support device 1 by executing various steps of the design support program 110 recorded in the recording unit 11 under the control of the control unit 10.

Figure 4 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the first detection device 2 used in the design support system described in the present application. The first detection device 2, which uses a wearable computer such as a smart watch worn on the wrist, includes various components such as a control unit 20, a recording unit 21, a detection unit 22, a sound receiving unit 23, a clock unit 24, a position information acquisition unit 25, a display unit 26, an input unit 27, a first communication unit 28, and a second communication unit 29.

The control unit 20 is a processor that executes processes to control the entire device. The recording unit 21 is a recording medium such as a non-volatile memory or a volatile memory. The customer ID is recorded in the recording unit 21 of the first detection device 2 at the time of acceptance. Note that instead of the customer ID, a device ID that is pre-recorded in the first detection device 2 may be used, and the design support device 1 may be set to associate the customer ID with the device ID.

The detection unit 22 is a sensor and associated circuitry that detects a person's condition, and detects the wearer's (customer's) biometric information such as heart rate, pulse rate, blood pressure, body temperature, amount of sweat, and number of steps. The sound receiving unit 23 is a microphone and associated circuitry that receives external sounds such as conversation. The clock unit 24 is a clock and associated circuitry that detects the time and duration. The sound receiving unit 23 is installed when the device is equipped with a first detection device 2 that can be worn near the head of the human body, or an input/output device that can be worn on the head, such as a headset.

The location information acquisition unit 25 is a circuit that acquires location information. To acquire location information, for example, a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) that acquires location information from GPS satellites is used. Location information may also be acquired by communicating with a base station installed in the exhibition hall.

The display unit 26 is a device such as a liquid crystal display that displays images. The input unit 27 is a device such as a touch panel that accepts operational inputs from customers. When a smart watch is used as the wearable computer, the display unit 26 and the input unit 27 are a liquid crystal touch panel in which a thin touch panel and a liquid crystal display are stacked.

The first communication unit 28 is a device such as a LAN adapter, an antenna, and a control circuit that connects to a communication network such as the Internet, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), or a dedicated communication network, and communicates with other devices via the communication network.

The second communication unit 29 is a device such as a communication circuit for short-range wireless communication conforming to a communication standard such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

Figure 5 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a terminal device 3 used in the design support system described in the present application. The terminal device 3, which uses a computer such as a tablet computer, has various components such as a control unit 30, a recording unit 31, a display unit 32, an input unit 33, a first communication unit 34, and a second communication unit 35. The various components of the terminal device 3 are almost the same as the components of the same name of the first detection device 2, so detailed explanations will be omitted.

Figure 6 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the second detection device 4 used in the design support system described in the present application. The second detection device 4 is a device installed in each area of the exhibition space. The second detection device 4 has various components such as a control unit 40, a recording unit 41, a detection unit 42, a sound receiving unit 43, a clock unit 44, a first communication unit 45, and a second communication unit 46. The configurations of the control unit 40, recording unit 41, sound receiving unit 43, clock unit 44, first communication unit 45, and second communication unit 46 provided in the second detection device 4 are almost the same as the configurations of the circuits with the same names provided in the first detection device 2, so detailed explanations will be omitted.

The detection unit 42 of the second detection device 4 is a sensor and associated circuit that detects the state of a person, and detects biometric information such as body temperature, facial expression, and gaze of visitors (customers) who come to the exhibition hall.

<Software configuration of each device>
Next, the processing of various devices used in the design support system will be described. Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a first state detection processing of the first detection device 2 provided in the design support system described in the present application. The first state detection processing is a processing executed by the first detection device 2 when a customer (wearer) who has received the first detection device 2 at the reception desk views the exhibition hall while wearing the first detection device 2.

The control unit 20 of the first detection device 2 acquires time information indicating the time from the clock unit 24 (S101), acquires location information indicating the customer's location from the location information acquisition unit 25 (S102), detects the customer's condition from the detection unit 22 (S103), and records the detected information such as biometric information detected as the customer's condition in the recording unit 21 in association with the acquired time information and location information (S104). The biometric information detected in step S103 is, for example, information such as the customer's (wearer's) heart rate, pulse rate, blood pressure, body temperature, amount of sweat, number of steps, etc.

Furthermore, the control unit 20 of the first detection device 2 transmits the customer ID previously recorded in the recording unit 21, and the detection information such as the time information, location information, and biometric information recorded in the recording unit 21 in step S104, from the first communication unit 28 or the second communication unit 29 to another device (S105).

For ease of explanation, steps S101 to S105 are shown as a series of processes, but steps S101 to S104 are loop processes that are repeatedly executed at a predetermined interval. The process of step S105 is a transmission process that transmits various information recorded in the recording unit 21 to another device when a predetermined condition is satisfied. For example, if the transmission process of step S105 is a transmission process that transmits information from the first communication unit 28 to the design support device 1 via a communication network, the transmission process is executed when a predetermined condition is satisfied, such as at a predetermined time interval or when the first state detection process is terminated.

For example, if the transmission process in step S105 is a transmission process for transmitting from the second communication unit 29 to the terminal device 3, the transmission process is executed when a predetermined condition is satisfied, such as when the device approaches close enough to be able to communicate with the terminal device 3, or when a predetermined operation is received.

In this manner, the first detection device 2 executes the first state detection process.

Figure 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the first audio processing of the first detection device 2 provided in the design support system described in the present application. The first audio processing is processing that the first detection device 2 executes in parallel with the first state detection processing or subsequent to the first state detection processing.

The control unit 20 of the first detection device 2 acquires time information from the clock unit 24 (S201), receives sound from the sound receiving unit 23 (S202), analyzes the received sound and converts it into language information (S203), and records the converted language information in the recording unit 21 in association with the acquired time information (S204). The conversion process in step S203 is a process in which audio information relating to a human voice is extracted from the sound received in step S202, speech recognition processing is performed, and the audio information is converted into text data. Note that the sound received in step S202 may be recorded as sound information, and conversion to language information may be performed by another device, such as the design support device 1.

Furthermore, the control unit 20 of the first detection device 2 transmits the customer ID previously recorded in the recording unit 21, and the detection information such as the time information and language information recorded in the recording unit 21 in step S204, from the first communication unit 28 or the second communication unit 29 to another device (S205).

For ease of explanation, steps S201 to S205 are shown as a series of processes, but steps S201 to S204 are loop processes that are repeatedly executed at predetermined intervals. Step S205 is a transmission process that transmits various information recorded in the recording unit 21 to another device when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The conditions for executing the transmission process of step S205 are the same as the conditions for executing the transmission process of step S105 of the first state detection process.

In this manner, the first detection device 2 executes the first audio processing.

Figure 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the second state detection process of the second detection device 4 provided in the design support system described in the present application. The second state detection process is a process executed by the second detection device 4 when a customer wearing the first detection device 2 approaches the installation location of the second detection device 4 and establishes short-range wireless communication.

The control unit 40 of the second detection device 4 acquires the customer ID recorded in the first detection device 2 with which short-range wireless communication has been established through the second communication unit 46 (S301), acquires time information through the clock unit 44 (S302), and detects the state of the approaching customer through the detection unit 42 (S303). The state of the customer detected in step S303 is biometric information such as the customer's facial expression and line of sight.

Furthermore, the control unit 40 of the second detection device 4 transmits the acquired customer ID, time information, biometric information, and other detection information from the first communication unit 45 to the design support device 1 (S304). Depending on the balance between the communication load and the recording capacity of the recording unit 41, it is also possible to design the recording unit 41 to record various information after step S303 until certain conditions are met.

In this manner, the second detection device 4 executes the second detection process.

Figure 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the second audio processing of the second detection device 4 provided in the design support system described in the present application. The second audio processing is processing that the second detection device 4 executes in parallel with the second state detection processing or subsequent to the second state detection processing. Note that the second detection device 4 that executes the second audio processing can be configured as a device different from the second detection device 4 that executes the second state detection processing.

The control unit 40 of the second detection device 4 acquires the customer ID recorded in the first detection device 2 with which short-range wireless communication has been established through the second communication unit 46 (S401), acquires time information through the clock unit 44 (S402), receives sound through the sound receiving unit 43 (S403), and analyzes and converts the received sound into language information (S404). The conversion process of step S404 is a process of extracting voice information related to a human voice from the sound received in step S403, performing voice recognition processing, and converting it into text data. Note that the sound received in step S403 may be transmitted as sound information, and conversion to language information may be performed by the design support device 1. When one second detection device 4 executes the second state detection process and the second voice process, it is also possible to omit the processes of steps S401 to S402.

Furthermore, the control unit 40 of the second detection device 4 transmits the acquired customer ID and detection information such as time information and language information from the first communication unit 45 to the design support device 1 (S405). Depending on the balance between the communication load and the recording capacity of the recording unit 41, it is also possible to design the recording unit 41 to record various information after step S404 until certain conditions are satisfied.

In this manner, the second detection device 4 executes the second detection process.

Figure 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the design information display process of the terminal device 3 provided in the design support system described in the present application. The design information display process is a process executed by the terminal device 3 operated by a consultation staff member of the construction company who accepts consultations with customers who visit the consultation venue. The terminal device 3 executes the design information display process when the first detection device 2 approaches and short-range wireless communication is established.

As part of the design information display process, the terminal device 3 that has established short-range wireless communication with the first detection device 2 requests the first detection device 2 to transmit various information, and the first detection device 2 that has received the request transmits the various information to the terminal device 3. Note that the system may be designed so that the customer or a counselor who has received the first detection device 2 from the customer operates the first detection device 2 to actively transmit various information from the first detection device 2 to the terminal device 3.

The control unit 30 of the terminal device 3 receives the customer ID, time information, location information, and biometric information transmitted from the first detection device 2 through the second communication unit 35 (S501), and further receives the customer ID, time information, and language information (S502). In steps S501 and S502, various information that the first detection device 2 has acquired through the first state detection process and first voice process and that has been recorded in the recording unit 21 of the first detection device 2 is acquired. Note that if the first detection device 2 is transmitting various information to the design support device 1, the processes of steps S501 and S502 may be omitted.

The control unit 30 of the terminal device 3 displays multiple pieces of concept information indicating concepts related to the design of the building on the display unit 32 (S503), accepts input specifying the concept information from the input unit 33 (S504), and displays design examples of the concept specified by the customer on the display unit 32.

12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit 32 of the terminal device 3 equipped with the design support system described in the present application. FIG. 12 shows an example of concept information displayed on the display unit 32 of the terminal device 3 in step S503 of the design information display process. The display unit 32 shows concept information showing four types of concepts for building design, classified under the headings of "connection," "play," "learning," and "health." Each concept is further hierarchized, and for example, the concept of "connection" shows subconcepts of "dining space," "parents and nature," "kids," and "pets." The customer can specify one or more concepts shown on the display unit 32, and can view design examples according to the selected specification. The terminal device 3 that accepts the specification of concept information and displays the design examples can be configured as a device separate from the terminal device 3 operated at the consultation venue, and can be designed to be freely operated as one of the exhibits.

The control unit 30 transmits the customer ID, time information, location information, biometric information, language information, and the specified concept information from the first communication unit 34 to the design support device 1 (S506). The transmission of various information in step S506 is a process of transmitting various information acquired in the processes of steps S501 to S504 to the design support device 1, and the design support device 1 executes a design proposal process (described later) based on the various information received, and transmits design information resulting from the design proposal process to the terminal device 3.

The control unit 30 of the terminal device 3 receives the design information via the first communication unit 34 (S506) and displays the received design information on the display unit 32 (S507). In step S504, the customer specifies the concept information, browses various design examples, and is then able to browse the design information that will be a proposal for renovating the home.

In this manner, the terminal device 3 acquires various information from the first detection device 2 and the input operation, and executes a design information display process that displays design information in cooperation with the design support device 1.

Figure 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a design proposal process of the design support device 1 provided in the design support system described in the present application. The design support device 1 executes a design proposal process that proposes design information suitable for a customer, for example, a home renovation plan, based on various information acquired from various devices such as the first detection device 2, the second detection device 4, and the terminal device 3, under the control of the control unit 10 that executes the design support program 110 recorded in the recording unit 11.

The control unit 10 of the design support device 1 receives the customer ID, time information, and biometric information via the communication unit 12 (S601), and records the received biometric information in the viewing history database 112 in association with the customer ID and time information (S602). Step S601 is a process for acquiring information such as various detection information transmitted by the second detection device 4 in step S304 of the second state detection process, and the processes of steps S601 to S602 are executed each time various information is received from the second detection device 4.

The control unit 10 of the design support device 1 receives the customer ID, time information, and language information via the communication unit 12 (S603), and records the received language information in the viewing history database 112 in association with the customer ID and time information (S604). Step S603 is a process for acquiring information such as various detection information transmitted by the second detection device 4 in step S405 of the second audio processing, and the processes of steps S603 to S604 are executed each time various information is received from the second detection device 4.

The control unit 10 of the design support device 1 receives the customer ID, time information, location information, biometric information, language information and concept information via the communication unit 12 (S605), and records the received location information, biometric information, language information and concept information in the viewing history database 112 in association with the customer ID and time information (S606). Step S605 is a process for acquiring information such as various detection information transmitted by the terminal device 3 in step S506 of the design information display process, and the processes of steps S605 to S606 are executed each time various information is received from the terminal device 3.

The control unit 10 of the design support device 1 aggregates various information such as the detection information and concept information received in steps S602, S604, and S606 based on the customer ID, and executes a weighting process to weight the design elements of the building (S607). The weighting process in step S607 is a process that analyzes the target customer's behavior in the exhibition hall in chronological order based on the customer ID, derives the degree of interest as a feature for each design element, and weights according to the derived feature. The detection information that is the subject of the process in step S607 is information such as time information and location information when the first detection device 2 or the second detection device 4 detects the customer's condition, various biometric information, and language information.

The weighting process of step S607 will be further explained. By analyzing various detection information based on the customer ID, the behavioral path and stay time of the target customer can be analyzed based on time information, location information, and the history of communication with the second detection device 4 installed in the exhibition hall. By correlating the behavioral path based on the location information of the customer with the location of the exhibit in the exhibition hall recorded in the exhibition database 113, the stay time for each exhibit can be analyzed. In addition, from the bioinformation acquired as the detection information, for example, heart rate, pulse rate, blood pressure, body temperature, amount of sweat, facial expression, gaze, etc., it is possible to infer which exhibit in which exhibition space the customer showed interest. Furthermore, from the linguistic information, the location where words indicating favor such as "like," "want," and "like" were uttered can be analyzed to analyze which exhibit the customer showed interest from the number of times and the location where such words were uttered, and the feature amount can be increased. Furthermore, from the concept information, it is possible to grasp what kind of design the customer is interested in. In the weighting process, the feature amount is classified for each design element from this information, and weighting is performed by an appropriately set method. The weighting coefficients can be set, for example, based on the results of supervised learning based on past proposals and customer evaluations of the proposals.

For example, as a weighting process, the feature amount can be derived according to the stay time for each exhibit, and the renovation cost can be distributed according to the stay time. As a specific example, assume that the stay time for each exhibit is 60 minutes near the kitchen equipment, 20 minutes near the bathroom equipment, 10 minutes near the washbasin equipment, and 10 minutes near the toilet equipment, and the renovation cost is 10 million yen. In this case, the kitchen equipment can be distributed as 60/100 = 6 million yen, the bathroom equipment as 20/100 = 2 million yen, the washbasin equipment as 10/100 = 1 million yen, and the toilet equipment as 10/100 = 1 million yen. By distributing the cost according to the weight, it is possible to propose a design in which components of a grade according to the cost are installed. In addition, if it is determined from the concept information that the interest in "kids" is high, a change is made to expand the area of the children's room, etc., and if it is determined that the interest in "entertainment" is high, a change is made to expand the living space in which expensive audiovisual equipment can be installed. In this way, various proposals can be made according to the results of the weighting based on the feature amount.

Then, the control unit 10 of the design support device 1 reads design information from the customer database 111 (S608) and modifies the read design information in accordance with the results of the weighting process (S609). In step S608, information about the customer's current residence is read as design information from the customer database 111. In step S609, optimal components are extracted from the component database 114 in accordance with the results of the weighting process, and the design information is associated with the components and modified from various perspectives to produce a renovation proposal.

Then, the control unit 10 of the design support device 1 transmits the changed design information from the communication unit 12 to the terminal device 3 (S610). The terminal device 3 receives the changed design information as the process of step S506 of the design information display process, and displays the received design information as the process of step S507.

As described above, the design support device 1 executes a design proposal process that proposes design content from various acquired information. For ease of explanation, the processes of steps S601 to S610 are described as a series of processes, but the processes related to receiving and recording various information in steps S601 to S606 are executed each time various information is received. In addition, the processes of steps S607 to S610 are executed in response to instructions from the terminal device 3.

<Example of design proposal>
Next, an example of a design proposal in the design support system described in the present application will be described. FIG. 14 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. 14 is design information showing the floor plan of a client's current residence. The design information shown in FIG. 14 is information read in step S608 of the design proposal process. In the floor plan of the current residence, the floor areas of the kitchen A, bathroom B, washroom C and toilet D, and the LDK space are as follows. The LDK space is a collective space including the living room, dining room, and kitchen A.

Kitchen A: 2.0m x 3.0m = ^7.0m2
Bathroom B: 1.5m x 2.0m = ^3.0m2
Washroom facility C: 1.5m x 2.0m = 3.0m ²
Toilet D: 1.0m x 1.8m - ^0.2m2 = ^1.6m2
LDK space: 3.5m x 3.5m + 2.0m x 3.0m = 18.3m ²

FIG. 15 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in the present application. FIG. 15 is design information showing a floor plan of a renovation proposal proposed to a customer. The renovation proposal shown in FIG. 15 shows the result of adopting a setting to change the design information by weighting according to the stay time, etc., as the weighting process of steps S607 to S609 of the design proposal process. Furthermore, when changing the design information, a setting is adopted in which, when the stay time is less than 10 minutes, parts are replaced according to the stay time and other characteristic quantities, when the stay time is 10 minutes or more but less than 20 minutes, the area is expanded or parts are replaced according to the stay time and other characteristic quantities, and when the stay time is 20 minutes or more, the area is expanded according to the stay time and other characteristic quantities and then parts are replaced. The floor plan shown in FIG. 15 shows an example of a floor plan proposed when the stay time for each exhibit is 60 minutes near the kitchen equipment, 10 minutes near the bathroom equipment, 10 minutes near the washroom equipment, 0 minutes near the toilet equipment, and 100 minutes in the expanded LDK space. The expanded LDK space referred to here is an LDK space with a floor area of 20.0 ^m2 or more, which is larger than usual. Based on the results of research conducted by the applicant of this application that shows that larger LDK spaces increase happiness levels, there are cases where an expanded LDK space is exhibited in addition to or instead of a regular LDK space.

In the proposed floor plan, the kitchen A has been expanded by 4.0 ^m2 in floor area. The bathroom B, washroom C, and toilet D have no changes in floor area, but the components of the bathroom B and washroom C have been replaced. The floor area of the LDK space (including kitchen A) has been expanded by 20.0 ^m2 to 38.0 ^m2 , and is proposed as an expanded LDK space with a high level of happiness.

Figure 16 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in this application. Figure 16 is design information showing the floor plan of a proposed renovation to be proposed to a client. The floor plan shown in Figure 16 shows an example of a proposed floor plan when the duration of stay for each exhibit is 40 minutes near the kitchen facilities, 20 minutes near the bathroom facilities, 30 minutes near the washroom facilities, 30 minutes near the toilet facilities, and 85 minutes in the expanded living/dining/kitchen space.

In the proposed floor plan, kitchen A has been expanded by 1.0 ^m2 and has been made into an island. Bathroom B has been expanded by 0.6 ^m2 . Washroom C has been expanded by 1.2 ^m2 . Toilet D has been expanded by 0.5 ^m2 . The floor area of the LDK space has been expanded by 17 ^m2 to an expanded LDK space of 35.3 ^m2 . The necessity of making it into an island is determined based on whether or not a certain condition is met, such as when a customer has stayed in an area where island kitchens are on display for a long time, or when it is determined that the customer is interested in island kitchens based on the design information specified in the design information display process.

Figure 17 is a floor plan showing an example of design information used in the design support system described in this application. Figure 17 is design information showing the floor plan of a proposed renovation to be proposed to a client. The floor plan shown in Figure 17 shows an example of a proposed floor plan when the duration of stay for each exhibit is 10 minutes near the kitchen facilities, 25 minutes near the bathroom facilities, 20 minutes near the washroom facilities, 0 minutes near the toilet facilities, and 25 minutes in the expanded living/dining/kitchen space.

In the proposed floor plan, the floor area of Kitchen A remains unchanged, but the materials have been replaced to make it face-to-face. Bathroom B has been expanded by 1.6 ^m2 . Washroom C has been expanded by 0.8 ^m2 . Toilet D, which has a zero-minute dwell time, remains the same as it is. The floor area of the LDK space has been expanded by 5.0 ^m2 , making it an expanded LDK space of 23.3 m2.

The above example is an example in which facility information is changed based on the duration of stay along the route of movement in order to make it easier to understand, but it is possible to set the facility information to be changed by weighting it based on the characteristics of other detected information, such as biometric information.

As described above in detail, the design support device 1 described in this application supports the design of buildings such as home renovations based on the detection results of the customer's condition. This has the excellent effect of making it possible to propose desired design contents according to the customer's objectives and preferences.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and can be implemented in various other forms. Therefore, such embodiment is merely illustrative in all respects and should not be interpreted as being restrictive. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims, and is not bound by the text of the specification. Furthermore, all modifications and changes that fall within the equivalent scope of the claims are within the scope of the present invention.

For example, the present invention can be implemented in various system and device configurations. Specifically, it can be deployed in various forms, such as using a tablet computer as the terminal device 3 and design support device 1, and changing design information on the tablet computer. In other words, the system and device configurations shown in the above embodiments show only a few of the countless forms, and it is possible to appropriately design what devices are used to configure the system and which devices execute which processes.

In addition, in the above embodiment, a form applied to changing design information for renovating a customer's home was shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can also be applied to the design of a new building. In that case, design information that is closest to the customer's needs is selected from various patterns of design information recorded in advance, and changes are made to the selected design information.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the design information is proposed using the terminal device 3 at the consultation venue, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also possible to use a device installed at a location other than the consultation venue, such as a computer installed at another business premises of the construction company, a personal computer at the customer's home, or another computer such as a smartphone, as the terminal device 3.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 design support device 10 control unit 11 recording unit 110 design support program 111 customer database 112 viewing history database 113 exhibition database 114 component database 12 communication unit 2 first detection device 22 detection unit 23 sound receiving unit 24 clock unit 25 position information acquisition unit 3 terminal device 32 display unit 33 input unit 4 second detection device 42 detection unit 43 sound receiving unit 44 clock unit

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A design support system for supporting building design, comprising:
A detection device for detecting a state of a person;
a design support device having a design support means for supporting a design of a building based on detection information obtained by the detection device ;
An exhibition database that records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition hall.
Equipped with
The design support means of the design support device
The position of the person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person is associated with the position of the exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, thereby deriving the stay time for each exhibit, deriving the feature amount for each design element of the building based on the derived stay time for each exhibit, and supporting the design of the building based on the derived feature amount for each design element.
A design support system comprising: A design support system for supporting building design , comprising:
A detection device for detecting a state of a person;
a design support device having a design support means for supporting a design of a building based on detection information obtained by the detection device;
An exhibition database that records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition hall.
Equipped with
the detection device is wearable on a human body and capable of detecting biological information of a person wearing the detection device as a state of the person;
The design support means of the design support device
The position of a person over time and the biometric information of the detected person detected by the detection device as the state of the person are associated with the position of an exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, whereby biometric information for each exhibit is derived, a feature amount for each design element of a building is derived based on the derived biometric information for each exhibit, and a design of the building is supported based on the derived feature amount for each design element.
A design support system comprising: A design support system for supporting building design , comprising:
A detection device for detecting a state of a person;
a design support device having a design support means for supporting a design of a building based on detection information obtained by the detection device;
A sound receiving means for receiving sound;
an analysis means for analyzing the sound received by the sound receiving means and converting it into linguistic information ;
An exhibition database that records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition hall.
Equipped with
The design support means of the design support device
A design support system characterized by deriving language information for each exhibit by associating the position of a person over time detected by the detection device as the person's state and the language information converted by the analysis means with the positions of exhibits recorded in the exhibition database, deriving features for each design element of a building based on the derived language information for each exhibit, and supporting the design of a building based on the derived features for each design element . The design support system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
A display means for displaying a plurality of pieces of conceptual information showing concepts related to the design of a building;
and an input means for receiving an input of one or more pieces of designated conceptual information from among the displayed pieces of conceptual information;
The design support means of the design support device includes:
A design support system that supports the design of a building based on conceptual information input by said input means. The design support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
a customer database in which design information relating to building design is recorded in advance in association with the person whose condition is detected by the detection device;
The design support means of the design support device includes:
A means for weighting design elements related to the design of the building based on the detected information;
A means for extracting design information relating to a building design, which is recorded in association with the person related to the detection information, from the customer database;
and a modification means for modifying the extracted design information based on a result of the weighting. The design support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 ,
The design support means of the design support device includes:
A design support system for changing a layout and/or components of a building as support for the design of the building. A design support device for supporting the design of a building, comprising:
A means for acquiring detection information obtained by a detection device that detects a state of a person;
A design support means for supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information;
means for accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition area;
Equipped with
The design support means includes:
The position of the person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person is associated with the position of the exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, thereby deriving the stay time for each exhibit, deriving the feature amount for each design element of the building based on the derived stay time for each exhibit, and supporting the design of the building based on the derived feature amount for each design element.
A design support device comprising: A design support device for supporting the design of a building, comprising:
A means for acquiring detection information obtained by a detection device that detects a state of a person;
A design support means for supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information;
means for accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition area;
Equipped with
The design support means includes:
The position of a person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person and the biometric information detected from the person are associated with the positions of exhibits recorded in the exhibit database, whereby biometric information is derived for each exhibit, a feature amount for each design element of a building is derived based on the derived biometric information for each exhibit, and a design of the building is supported based on the derived feature amount for each design element.
A design support device comprising: A design support device for supporting the design of a building, comprising:
A means for acquiring detection information obtained by a detection device that detects a state of a person;
A means for acquiring language information obtained by analyzing a voice uttered by a person;
A design support means for supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information;
means for accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibition area;
Equipped with
The design support means includes:
The system derives language information for each exhibit by associating the position and language information of the person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person with the position of the exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, derives a feature amount for each design element of the building based on the derived language information for each exhibit, and supports the design of the building based on the derived feature amount for each design element.
A design support device comprising: A design support program executed on a computer to support the design of a building,
On the computer,
acquiring detection information obtained by detection by a detection device that detects a state of a person ;
a design support step of supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information;
accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibit area;
The following is executed:
The design support step includes:
The position of the person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person is associated with the position of the exhibit recorded in the exhibit database, thereby deriving the stay time for each exhibit, deriving the feature amount for each design element of the building based on the derived stay time for each exhibit, and supporting the design of the building based on the derived feature amount for each design element.
A design support program comprising: A design support program executed on a computer to support the design of a building,
On the computer,
acquiring detection information obtained by detection by a detection device that detects a state of a person;
a design support step of supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information;
accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within the building's exhibit area;
The following is executed:
The design support step includes:
The position of a person over time detected by the detection device as the state of the person and the biometric information detected from the person are associated with the positions of exhibits recorded in the exhibit database, whereby biometric information is derived for each exhibit, a feature amount for each design element of a building is derived based on the derived biometric information for each exhibit, and a design of the building is supported based on the derived feature amount for each design element.
A design support program comprising: A design support program executed on a computer to support the design of a building,
On the computer,
acquiring detection information obtained by detection by a detection device that detects a state of a person;
acquiring language information obtained by analyzing a speech uttered by a person;
a design support step of supporting the design of a building based on the acquired detection information;
accessing an exhibit database that pre-records the locations of exhibits within an exhibition area of the building;
The design support step includes:
A design support program characterized by: deriving language information for each exhibit by associating the position and language information of a person over time detected by the detection device as the person's state with the positions of exhibits recorded in the exhibition database; deriving features for each design element of a building based on the derived language information for each exhibit; and supporting the design of a building based on the derived features for each design element.

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