Coordinated Facility Control for Multiple Movable Apparatuses
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for controlling movable apparatuses and facility systems, such as automatic doors and elevators, suffer from inefficiencies leading to standby losses and increased energy consumption, which are not adequately addressed by existing technologies.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device that includes a movable apparatus operation plan acquisition unit, a facility restriction information acquisition unit, a loss calculation unit, and a control method determination unit to optimize the control methods for movable apparatuses and facilities, minimizing overall losses by considering various factors like operation plans, facility restrictions, and potential delays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple movable apparatuses independently issue requests for facility utilization, then facility utilization frequency increases, but standby time and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple facility utilization requests from different movable apparatuses into a single coordinated control sequence. The information processing device aggregates requests for the same facility (e.g., automatic door, elevator) and determines an optimized control method that processes multiple apparatuses together, reducing the number of times the facility needs to be activated and minimizing standby time for each apparatus.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary coordination of facility utilization requests before the actual utilization occurs. By acquiring operation plans in advance and determining optimal control methods beforehand, the system prepares coordinated schedules that reduce standby time and energy consumption while maintaining high facility utilization frequency.
2Loss of energy
If facility control is optimized to reduce standby time, then energy consumption decreases, but control system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an information processing device as an intermediary between movable apparatuses and facility systems. This mediator acquires operation plans from multiple apparatuses, coordinates their facility utilization requests, and determines optimized control methods. By centralizing the coordination function in a dedicated intermediary system, the complexity of optimizing energy consumption across multiple independent control systems is consolidated into a single coordinated control mechanism.
3Productivity
If multiple movable apparatuses are coordinated to utilize facilities efficiently, then overall system efficiency improves, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary operation plan information from multiple movable apparatuses that is required for facility coordination. The information processing device acquires operation plans, identifies facility utilization requests, and processes only the relevant coordination data needed to determine optimized control methods. This selective extraction and processing of information reduces the overall information processing load while maintaining system efficiency improvements.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing device for reducing a loss in a movable apparatus and a facility acquires operation plans of a plurality of movable apparatuses; acquires restriction information on a facility to be utilized by the movable apparatuses; calculates, regarding a plurality of candidates for a control method for the movable apparatuses and the facility for the movable apparatuses utilizing the facility on the basis of at least the restriction information, a loss caused in a case in which each of the candidates is performed; and determines a control method from the candidates on the basis of the losses calculated by the loss calculation unit.