| CPC G07C 1/02 (2013.01) [G07C 11/00 (2013.01); G07C 2011/04 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A 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:
computing, for each of a plurality of gates for entering a specific area, a waiting time index value indicating a length of waiting time for using the gate;
detecting, from among the plurality of gates, a first gate and a second gate of which relation between the waiting time index values satisfies a first criterion; and
causing a terminal associated with the first gate to output priority use information, which allows prioritized use of the second gate, wherein
the waiting time index value of the first gate is greater than the waiting time index value of the second gate, and
the detecting the first gate and the second gate comprises at least one of:
comparing, for each pair of any two gates that can be extracted from the plurality of gates, waiting time index values computed for the gates that composing the pair with each other, and thereby determining whether a relation between the waiting time index values satisfies the first criterion, and
selecting, from among the plurality of the gates, a candidate gate as a candidate for the first gate in order from a first one of the plurality of gates having a greatest waiting time index value of the plurality of gates, and searching for an other gate that satisfies the first criterion between the candidate gate selected as the candidate for the first gate and the other gate in order from a second one of the gates having a smallest waiting time index value of the plurality of gates.
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