Patent ID: 11928618
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method for controlling a transport allocation planning system including a transport allocation planning apparatus that is an information processing apparatus which creates a transport allocation plan of a transportation facility and a user apparatus that is an information processing apparatus which is communicably connected to the transport allocation planning apparatus and which is operated by a user of the transportation facility, the method for controlling a transport allocation planning system comprising:
the transport allocation planning apparatus executing:
a step of transmitting, to the user apparatus, an inquiry related to a movement demand which is information indicating an intention related to a movement of the user, and receiving an answer to the inquiry;
a step of estimating a movement demand of the user based on the answer; and
a step of creating a transport allocation plan based on the estimated movement demand; and

the user apparatus executing:
a step of storing sensor information that is information indicating a current state or a past state of the user apparatus and a plurality of utility calculation models for respectively calculating a utility of the user during a movement, each of the plurality of utility calculation models respectively corresponding to a content of the inquiry from the transport allocation planning apparatus, and each utility calculation model is an equation;
a step of receiving the inquiry from the transport allocation planning apparatus and acquiring the at least one utility calculation model among the plurality of utility calculation models based on the content of the inquiry;
a step of calculating the utility of the user by applying the sensor information to the acquired utility calculation model; and
a step of generating, based on the utility, an answer to the inquiry received from the transport allocation planning apparatus, and transmitting the generated answer to the transport allocation planning apparatus.