US 11,928,618 B2
Transport allocation planning system, information processing apparatus, and method for controlling transport allocation planning system
Kojin Yano, Tokyo (JP); Satoru Hori, Tokyo (JP); and Kei Suzuki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/270,463
Filed by HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/038718
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/071352, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-188055 (JP), filed on Oct. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325199 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0631 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport allocation planning system comprising:
a transport allocation planning apparatus including a first processor configured to create a transport allocation plan of a transportation facility; and
a user apparatus that is an information processing apparatus, which includes a second processor, which is communicably connected to the transport allocation planning apparatus and which is operated by a user of the transportation facility,
wherein the first processor of the transport allocation planning apparatus is configured to:
transmit, to the user apparatus, an inquiry related to a movement demand which is information indicating an intention related to a movement of the user, and receive an answer to the inquiry,
estimate a movement demand of the user based on the answer, and
create a transport allocation plan based on the estimated movement demand,
wherein the user apparatus includes:
a memory, coupled to the second processor, that stores sensor information that is information indicating a current state or a past state of the user apparatus and a plurality of utility calculation models for respectively calculating a utility of the user during a movement, each of the plurality of utility calculation models respectively corresponding to a content of the inquiry from the transport allocation planning apparatus, and each utility calculation model is an equation,
wherein the second processor of the user apparatus is configured to:
receive the inquiry from the transport allocation planning apparatus and acquires the at least one utility calculation model among the plurality of utility calculation models based on the content of the inquiry,
calculate the utility of the user by applying the sensor information to the acquired utility calculation model, and
generate, based on the utility, an answer to the inquiry received from the transport allocation planning apparatus, and transmits the generated answer to the transport allocation planning apparatus.