Patent ID: 8650135
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06K,G06T,G08C,H04Q,H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A building management apparatus in a building having a plurality of areas, comprising: a central processing unit to execute various functions of the building management apparatus; a prediction unit to predict a destination of a move of a person; a control unit to control equipment inclusive of main equipment or sub-equipment installed in the building based on the destination of the move; one or more imaging units to capture images of at least one of the plurality of areas; and a human-flow-line detecting unit to detect a person and a flow line of the person from the images captured by the imaging units, wherein the prediction unit predicts the destination of the move of the person based on the flow line, wherein the destination is a future destination of the person, wherein the prediction unit predicts the destination of the move of the person based on a speed or acceleration of the flow line, wherein the building management apparatus further comprises: a line-of-sight detecting unit to detect the person's line of sight from the images captured by the imaging units, wherein the prediction unit predicts the destination of the move of the person based on the line of sight, a personal-belonging detecting unit to detect the person's personal belonging from the images captured by the imaging units, wherein the prediction unit predicts the destination of the move of the person and the purpose of the move based on the personal belonging, a behavior-pattern detecting unit to detect the person's behavior pattern based on any one or a combination of the images captured by the imaging units, the flow line, the line of sight, and the personal belonging, wherein the prediction unit predicts the destination of the move of the person and the purpose of the move based on the behavior pattern, a memory unit to store predetermined relationships between at least one of the personal belonging and the behavior pattern and a set of the destination of the move and the purpose of the move, wherein the prediction unit predicts the destination of the move of the person and the purpose of the move based on at least one of the personal belonging and the behavior pattern and the relationships stored in the memory unit, a plurality of imaging units, which are the above-noted imaging units, operable to capture images of the plurality of areas; a destination-of-move detecting unit to detect the destination of the move to which the person has actually moved based on the images or the flow line; a purpose-of-move detecting unit to detect the purpose of the move of the person based on whether an operation is performed with respect to the equipment situated in the destination of the move to which the person has actually moved; and a generation unit to generate an additional relationship that links the behavior pattern detected by the behavior-pattern detecting unit to the destination of the move and the purpose of the move, and wherein the memory unit stores the additional relationship.