Geographic space management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9639537-B2
Application number	US-201514744066-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2015
Priority date	Jun 19, 2015
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

At least one subsystem among the plurality of subsystems includes a managing section operable to manage individual event information for events occurring in a management target region of the at least one subsystem among the plurality of regions and adjacent event information for events occurring in a partial range from a boundary of the management target region among routes in an adjacent region that is adjacent to the management target region, and an event selecting section operable to select events about which the moving object is to be informed, from the individual event information and the adjacent event information managed by the at least one subsystem. Also provided is a method and computer program product.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a plurality of subsystems operable to respectively manage maps of a plurality of regions obtained by dividing a geographic space including a route on which a moving object moves; and
a receiving section that receives an observation position of the moving object, wherein at least one subsystem among the plurality of subsystems includes:
a managing section operable to manage individual event information for events occurring in a management target region of the at least one subsystem among the plurality of regions and adjacent event information for events occurring in a partial range from a boundary of the management target region among routes in an adjacent region that is adjacent to the management target region, wherein the managing section is further operable to select events while prioritizing events occurring within the partial range from each of a plurality of intersection locations where each of the routes intersects with the boundary of the management target region, and manage the selected events as the adjacent event information, and wherein the managing section is further operable to calculate a range that can be reached in a threshold time by the moving object that has passed through each of the intersection locations, based on a history of movement of a plurality of moving objects, and set the calculated range as the partial range; and
an event selecting section operable to select events about which the moving object is to be informed, from the individual event information and the adjacent event information managed by the at least one subsystem.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the managing section is further operable to select events while prioritizing events occurring within a range from each of the intersection locations that is less than or equal to a maximum search distance, and manage the selected events as the adjacent event information.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the managing section is further operable to select events while prioritizing events occurring within a range from each of the intersection locations that can be reached within a threshold time, and manage the selected events as the adjacent event information.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the managing section is further operable to change the range in which events are selected with priority in correspondence with the intersection locations, based on a characteristic of the route that intersects with the management target region at each of the intersection locations.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein
the managing section is further operable to change the range in which events are selected with priority in correspondence with the intersection locations, based on at least one characteristic, including a speed limit, an average speed, and a traffic state, of the route that intersects with the management target region at each of the intersection locations.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Gotoh Yasuhisa
• Miyahira Tomohiro
• Sasaki Taku
• Tanibayashi Makoto

Classifications

• G01C21/26

  specially adapted for navigation in a road network · CPC title

• G06F17/30061 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01C21/3691 Primary

  Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions (arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09) · CPC title

• G01C21/30

  Map- or contour-matching · CPC title

• G06F16/444

  Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces · CPC title