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

Claim 18:
19. An information processing device configured to classify an instance, comprising:
a processing circuit configured to:
obtain, 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; and
infer and determine a subclass among a plurality of subclasses the instance belongs to by referring to at least either definition data or log data;
a storage configured to save the definition data and the log data;
determine 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, display a graphical user interface for a user to edit the definition data;
receive, via the graphical user interface, user's input that updates the definition data to include definition of the subclass;
store the updated definition data in the storage device; and
control, 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.