US 12,333,620 B2
Operation control apparatus, operation control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Shigeru Sekine, Tokyo (JP); and Tsuyoshi Shibata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/797,178
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/006740
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/166147, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058114 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01); G08G 5/30 (2025.01)
CPC G06Q 50/26 (2013.01) [G08G 5/30 (2025.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first image capture unit configured to capture a first image of a first area in an airport;
a storage unit configured to store flight information for each of a plurality of flights including a number of persons on board; and
an operation control apparatus configure to control a plurality of escalators based at least on the first image and the flight information, the operator controller apparatus comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from the first image capture unit, the first image of the first area in the airport as captured by the first image capture unit;
retrieving, from the storage unit, the fight information stored in the storage unit for each of the plurality of flights including the information on the number of persons on board;
generating, based on the first image data and the flight information, first congestion data indicating a degree of congestion at the first area in the airport; and
when the degree of congestion indicated by the first congestion data that has been generated is greater than a threshold, controlling, by the operation control apparatus and based on the first congestion data that the operation control apparatus has generated based on the first image data and the flight information, the plurality of escalators that is are positioned between a second area in the airport and the first area and that are used by airplane passengers, to reduce the degree of congestion indicated by the first congestion data,
wherein controlling the plurality of escalators comprises either or both of:
the operation control apparatus reducing a number of the escalators that are currently operational; and
the operation control apparatus reducing a speed of the escalators causing a reduction of a number of persons moving from the second area to the first area and accordingly reducing the degree of congestion.