Air conditioner control apparatus, air conditioner control system, air conditioner control method, and storage medium

Abstract

A control apparatus ( 103 ) includes a history acquisition unit ( 104 ) and a control unit ( 105 ). The history acquisition unit ( 104 ) processes image information including an image in which a target space is captured, and acquires appearance history information ( 106 a ) including a history of appearances of one or more persons being active in the target space. The control unit ( 105 ) outputs control information for controlling an air conditioner ( 102 ), based on the appearance history information ( 106 a ).

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An air conditioner control apparatus comprising:
 at least one memory configured to store instructions; and   at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:   processing an image information including an image in which a target space is captured; acquiring an appearance history information including a history of appearances of one or more persons being active in the target space; and   outputting a control information for controlling an air conditioner, based on the appearance history information.   
     
     
         2 . The air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 outputting the control information includes controlling the air conditioner, based on a result of performing statistical processing on the history of the appearances.   
     
     
         3 . The air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the statistical processing includes statistical processing related to at least one of an attribute of the target space or a region included in the target space, an appearance of a person present in the target space or the region, and an attribute of a person present in the target space or the region.   
     
     
         4 . The air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the statistical processing includes statistical processing related to a time change in at least one of an attribute of the target space or a region included in the target space, an appearance of a person present in the target space or the region, and an attribute of a person present in the target space or the region.   
     
     
         5 . The air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 outputting the control information includes controlling the air conditioner, based on a control pattern information including a control content of the air conditioner according to a result of the statistical processing.   
     
     
         6 . The air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 5 , the instructions to perform operations further comprising
 creating the control pattern information, based on a result of performing statistical processing on a motion history of the air conditioner.   
     
     
         7 . The air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 5 , the instructions to perform operations further comprising
 creating, when setting of the air conditioner is manually changed, the control pattern information for the air conditioner on which the change is made, based on change information about the change.   
     
     
         8 . The air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 outputting the control information further includes controlling the air conditioner, based on schedule information including at least one of a use schedule of the target space and a schedule of a user of the target space.   
     
     
         9 . The air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 outputting the control information includes outputting the control information for adjusting a space different from the target space, based on the appearance history information.   
     
     
         10 . The air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the target space is plural, and   processing the image information includes processing a plurality of the pieces of image information each including an image in which the plurality of target spaces are captured, and acquiring the appearance history information including a plurality of pieces of the appearance history information being a history of appearances of one or more persons being active in each of the plurality of target spaces.   
     
     
         11 . The air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein
 outputting the control information includes outputting the control information for controlling at least one air conditioner associated with at least one of the plurality of target spaces.   
     
     
         12 . An air conditioner control system comprising:
 the air conditioner control apparatus according to  claim 1 ;   a capturing apparatus that captures the target space; and   the air conditioner.   
     
     
         13 . An air conditioner control method comprising,
 by a computer:   processing an image information including an image in which a target space is captured;   acquiring an appearance history information including a history of appearances of one or more persons being active in the target space; and   outputting a control information for controlling an air conditioner, based on the appearance history information.   
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute:
 processing an image information including an image in which a target space is captured;   acquiring an appearance history information including a history of appearances of one or more persons being active in the target space; and   outputting a control information for controlling an air conditioner, based on the appearance history information.