Control system, control device, motion control method, and motion control program

Abstract

To provide a control system, a control device, an operation control method, and an operation control program that realize both suppression of power consumption of a terminal device installed in a facility such as a hotel, an airport, and a golf course, and improvement of an operating rate of the terminal device.SOLUTION: A check-in system 100 includes: a specific processing unit 111 that extracts the cumulative number of procedures for each of a plurality of specific time periods from procedure frequency history data 123, and specifies an average value obtained by arithmetic averaging of a plurality of cumulative number of procedures as the specific cumulative number; a procedure frequency determination unit 112 that determines, on the basis of the specified specific cumulative number of times, the number that a check-in terminal 20 is used for a check-in procedure during the predicted time period; and an operation determination processing unit 113 that determines, on the basis of the number of predicted procedures determined and a predetermined determination threshold value that is determined on the basis of a maximum number that the check-in terminal 20 can execute processing related to a check-in procedure, whether or not to operate the check-in terminal 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Claims

1. A control system that controls the operation of terminal devices used by users during the procedures for using facilities with multiple users, A specific processing unit identifies a specific cumulative number of uses in a specific time period that correlates with a predetermined predicted time period from the present onward, based on aggregated data including the cumulative number of past uses of the terminal device for each predetermined time period. A prediction count determination unit determines the predicted number of uses of the terminal device during the predicted time period, based on the specified cumulative number of uses identified by the specified processing unit and the reservation rate of the target device on the predicted day to which the predicted time period belongs. A control system comprising: an operation determination unit that determines whether or not to operate the terminal device based on the predicted number of uses determined by the predicted number of uses determination unit and a threshold value determined based on the maximum number of processing times that the terminal device can execute within the time corresponding to the predicted time period.

2. The control system according to claim 1, wherein, when the aggregated data includes multiple specific time periods that correlate with the predicted time period, the specific processing unit extracts multiple cumulative usage counts corresponding to each of the multiple specific time periods from the aggregated data, and determines the average or median of the multiple cumulative usage counts as the specific cumulative usage count.

3. The aforementioned prediction count determination unit is: The control system according to claim 1 or 2, which calculates the ratio of the reservation rate to the utilization rate from the utilization rate of the target to be used on a specific day to which the specified time period belongs and the reservation rate, and calculates the predicted number of uses by multiplying the said ratio by the cumulative number of uses of the specified target.

4. The control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the specified time period is the same time period as the predicted time period on the same day of the week in a week prior to the predicted day to which the predicted time period belongs, or the same time period as the predicted time period on each of a plurality of the same days of the week during a predetermined period prior to the predicted day.

5. The control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the specified time period is the same time period as the predicted time period on a day having the same attributes as the predicted day to which the predicted time period belongs.

6. The aforementioned facility has n terminal devices (where n is an integer of 2 or more) installed, If the maximum number of processing cycles is x and the predicted number of usage cycles is P, The control system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the operation determination unit determines, when the predicted number of uses P satisfies the conditions shown in the following formula, to put k terminal devices (where k is an integer between 0 and n) into a stopped state and operate n-k terminal devices. (n - k - 1) * x < P (where k = 0) (nk-1)・x<P≦(n-k)・x (however, 1≦k<n)

7. If one of the aforementioned terminal devices is installed in the aforementioned facility, The aforementioned operation determination unit, If the predicted number of uses is less than or equal to a first threshold determined within the range of less than the maximum number of processing cycles, it is determined that the terminal device should be put into a stopped state. A control system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which determines whether to operate the terminal device when the predicted number of uses is greater than the first threshold.

8. A control system for controlling the operation of a terminal device used by a user during the procedure for using a facility having multiple users, A specific processing unit identifies a specific cumulative number of uses in a specific time period that correlates with a predetermined predicted time period from the present onward, based on aggregated data including the cumulative number of past uses of the terminal device for each predetermined time period. A prediction count determination unit that determines the predicted number of times the terminal device will be used during the predicted time period based on the specified cumulative number of uses identified by the specified processing unit, An operation determination unit determines whether or not to operate the terminal device based on the predicted number of uses determined by the predicted number of uses determination unit and a threshold value determined based on the maximum number of processing steps that the terminal device can perform within the time period corresponding to the predicted time period. A reservation information acquisition unit that acquires reservation information for the target of use on the predicted day to which the predicted time period belongs, A control system comprising: a correction processing unit that corrects the maximum number of processing cycles of the terminal device on the predicted date based on user information included in the reservation information.

9. The control system according to claim 8, wherein the correction processing unit calculates the percentage of foreign nationals of the user based on the nationality information included in the user information, and corrects the maximum number of processing times by a first correction rate determined according to the percentage of foreign nationals.

10. The control system according to claim 8, wherein the correction processing unit corrects the maximum number of processing times by a second correction rate determined according to the total number of users included in the user information.

11. A control device that controls the operation of a terminal device used by a user during the procedure for using a facility that has multiple users, A specific processing unit identifies a specific cumulative number of uses in a specific time period that correlates with a predetermined predicted time period from the present onward, based on aggregated data including the cumulative number of past uses of the terminal device for each predetermined time period. A prediction count determination unit determines the predicted number of uses of the terminal device during the predicted time period, based on the specified cumulative number of uses identified by the specified processing unit and the reservation rate of the target device on the predicted day to which the predicted time period belongs. An operation determination unit determines whether or not to operate the terminal device based on the predicted number of uses determined by the predicted number of uses determination unit and a threshold value determined based on the maximum number of processing steps that the terminal device can perform within the time period corresponding to the predicted time period. A control device comprising: an operation control unit that controls the operation of the terminal device based on the determination result by the operation determination unit.

12. An operation control method for controlling the operation of a terminal device used by a user during the procedure for using a facility that has multiple users, A specific step of identifying a specific cumulative number of uses in a specific time period that correlates with a predetermined predicted time period from the present onward, based on aggregated data including the cumulative number of past uses of the terminal device for each predetermined time period, A prediction count determination step that determines the predicted number of uses of the terminal device during the predicted time period, based on the specified cumulative number of uses identified by the specified step and the reservation rate of the target user on the predicted day to which the predicted time period belongs. An operation determination step that determines whether or not to operate the terminal device based on the predicted number of uses determined in the predicted number of uses determination step and a threshold determined based on the maximum number of processing steps that the terminal device can perform within the time corresponding to the predicted time period, An operation control method that includes an operation control step, which controls the operation of the terminal device based on the determination result of the operation determination step, and which is performed by one or more processors.

13. An operation control program for causing one or more processors to perform each of the steps described in claim 12.

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