An equipment control system includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to control equipment based on an authority. The authority is set for each of a plurality of individuals and a relative positional relationship. The relative positional relationship is a relative positional relationship between the equipment and each of the plurality of individuals.

A system, method, and computer program product for automatically managing an environment for a physical zone over a period of time. Position coordinates are received from a plurality of entities. It is determined which of the entities will occupy the physical zone over a time frame, the physical zone including at least one environmental characteristic. Environmental preferences are accessed for the entities determined to occupy the physical zone for the time frame. The environmental characteristic of the physical zone is adjusted for the time frame based on the accessed environmental preferences for the entities.

A device for providing functionalities includes at least one storage unit providing a first parameter set and a second parameter set. The first parameter set indicates which functionalities are to be made available by the device to other devices. The second parameter set indicates which functionalities are to be made available by the other devices to the device. The device further includes a communication interface configured to obtain a third parameter set from a second device. The third parameter set indicates which functionalities are to be made available by the second device. The device further includes a processing unit configured to compare the third parameter set with the second parameter set, to select one or more functionalities made available by the second device for use, and to establish a payload connection with the second device if at least one functionality has been selected for use.

A vision-assist device may include one or more sensors configured to generate data corresponding to one or more objects present in an environment, and a processor communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors. The processor is programmed to identify one or more objects present in the environment based on the data generated by the one or more sensors, classify the environment based on the one or more identified objects, and modify at least one parameter of the vision-assist device based on the classification of the environment.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for adaptively controlling functions of a target system by conditions or by users by controlling the target system based on operating environment of the target system. An adaptive system control apparatus includes an operating environment identification module configured to identify operating environment of a target system based on the sensing data detected by a sensor; a system state estimation module configured to estimate current state of the target system based on the identified operating environment information; a system control module configured to control the target system based on the estimated current state information; and a control result learning module configured to learn the control result of the target system by receiving feedback data from a user.

To provide an engineering tool including a basic processing unit that performs a process of program editing according to an input operation by an input device, and a display processing unit that displays an operation screen for the program editing on a display device. The basic processing unit can accept the input operation by a plurality of input devices, as a plurality of human interfaces, and when a human interface corresponding to a level of operation skill in the input operation is selected from the human interfaces, the basic processing unit performs a process in accordance with the input operation by an input device corresponding to the selected human interface, and the display processing unit displays the operation screen corresponding to the selected human interface on the display device.