Patent ID: 11934963
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An information processing method for classifying an instance comprising:
obtaining, by a processor from different sources in an electronic format via a network, different types of first data, the first data including an instance, the instance being actual data without metadata, and the different sources including a sensor system including a plurality of sensors installed in at least one facility, a control system which controls the at least one facility, and a management system which manages operation activities of the at least one facility;
inferring and determining, by the processor, a subclass among a plurality of subclasses the instance belongs to by referring to at least either definition data or log data stored in a storage device;
determining whether the instance included in the first data belongs to the subclass which is not defined in the definition data;
in response to determining that the instance included in the first data belongs to the subclass which is not defined in the definition data, displaying a graphical user interface for a user to edit the definition data;
receiving, via the graphical user interface, user's input that updates the definition data to include definition of the subclass;
storing the updated definition data in the storage device; and
controlling, by the processor via electronic control signals provided to the control system, operations of the at least one facility by utilizing the instance included in the first data obtained across the plurality of sensors, the control system, and the management system of the at least one facility based on the determined subclass the instance belongs to,
wherein:
the definition data defines the plurality of subclasses as subclasses of either physical world classes describing physical entities or cyber world classes describing concepts,
the log data includes a set of the first data obtained in the past, and
each of the first data in the log data including the instance the corresponding subclass is defined in the definition data.