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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing robot systems struggle to grasp the overall flow of people and excitement levels in a facility, limiting their ability to effectively manage and optimize service provision across the entire area.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and method utilizing a network of sensors and actuators to detect non-ideal situations and transmit control signals to adjust environmental factors such as temperature, lighting, and air conditioning to optimize the experience in specific areas, thereby influencing crowd distribution and excitement levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single robot apparatus is used to provide services, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ability to grasp the overall situation and flow of people in the entire hall deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the monitoring task into multiple segments by deploying multiple sensor terminals throughout the hall. Each sensor terminal independently monitors its local area, and the control server integrates these segmented data sources to achieve comprehensive situation awareness without requiring a single complex robot apparatus.
Solution Approach 2:
A control server is introduced as an intermediary between the sensor terminals and the robot apparatus. The control server receives sensor data from multiple distributed terminals, processes the information to determine ideal situations, and generates control signals to actuators, enabling centralized coordination without increasing robot complexity.
2Measurement precision
If multiple sensor terminals are deployed throughout the place, then the measurement precision of overall situation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each sensor terminal is designed as a universal, multi-functional unit that can detect various parameters (number of people, flow direction, excitement level) using the same hardware structure. This standardization allows multiple terminals to be deployed without proportionally increasing system complexity, as each unit performs the same set of functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The control server continuously receives sensor data, compares the current situation with the ideal situation, and generates control signals to actuators. This closed-loop feedback system automates the coordination of multiple sensor terminals, reducing the need for manual intervention and simplifying the management of the sensor network.
3Area of stationary object
If the robot apparatus moves to different locations to monitor situations, then the coverage area is improved, but the productivity of service provision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring function is segmented from the service provision function. Multiple fixed sensor terminals are deployed to provide continuous comprehensive monitoring coverage, while the robot apparatus remains stationary or moves minimally to provide services. This segmentation eliminates the trade-off between coverage area and service efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The control server acts as an intermediary that processes sensor data and generates control signals to actuators (such as air conditioners, speakers, or display devices) to influence crowd behavior. This allows the system to achieve monitoring and control objectives without requiring the robot apparatus to physically move to different locations.
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AI summary
An information processing device including a communication portion capable of receiving sensor data detected from a plurality of sensors arranged in predetermined regions and transmitting control signals to a plurality of actuators arranged around the sensors such that the actuators are, at least one by one, associated with each of the sensors. The information processing device further includes a control portion that performs control such that the sensor arranged in a specific region determined not to have an ideal situation is specified on the basis of the sensor data detected from the plurality of sensors, the actuator corresponding to the specified sensor is specified from the plurality of actuators, and the control signal for bringing the specific region into the ideal situation is generated and transmitted to the specified actuator through the communication portion.