Patent ID: 8447761

Claim:
A user interface device that provides a user interface according to a lifestyle of a user, said user interface device comprising: an object information detecting unit configured to detect object information representing an object around the user; a relevance degree calculating unit including a processor configured to calculate a relevance degree of the user to the object, using the object information; an appearance information extracting unit configured to extract appearance information from the object information, and add the relevance degree to the extracted appearance information, the appearance information representing an appearance of the object; a lifestyle database which stores the appearance information to which the relevance degree has been added; a lifestyle determining unit configured to determine lifestyle information representing the lifestyle of the user, from the appearance information stored in the lifestyle database, based on the relevance degree; and a user interface control unit configured to control the user interface based on the lifestyle information determined by said lifestyle determining unit, wherein said object information detecting unit is configured to extract the object information representing, as the object, at least one of a piece of furniture, an electrical appliance, play equipment, housing-related material, and a pet animal that are present around the user, wherein said appearance information extracting unit is configured to extract, as the appearance information, information indicating at least one of a color, a texture, a pattern, a shape, and a genre of the object, wherein said lifestyle determining unit is configured to determine information indicating a material of the object, as the appearance information representing the lifestyle of the user, wherein said user interface control unit is configured to select a material of a display object to be displayed on a display unit, based on the appearance information determined by said lifestyle determining unit, and wherein the information indicating the material of the object includes at least one of the color, the pattern, and the texture of the object.