IP Library Granted Patent US 11,403,567
Granted Patent B2
US 11,403,567 · App. 16/105,951 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Apparatus, management system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06Q10/02G10L25/18G10L25/78
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Patent No.
US 11,403,567
App. No.
16/105,951
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus includes an extension unit that, if it is estimated that a user who is using a space will not exit in a reservation period and a next reservation of the space satisfies a certain condition, extends a current reservation of the space.

Claims (32)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a hardware transceiver, communicating with a plurality of devices configured in a space and collecting operation conditions of the plurality of devices through a network; and

a processor, in response to a majority of the plurality of devices being used and a next reservation of the space satisfying a certain condition, extending a current reservation of the space, wherein the majority of the plurality of devices being used is determined based on the collected operation conditions of the devices comprising a human detection sensor, a lighting device, a printing device, a computer, a display device, an input device, a control device, a communication interface, a door open/close mechanism, an open/close locking mechanism, a monitoring camera, a speaker, a microphone, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a mat sensor, and an air monitor in the space.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, if the user has not permitted extension of the current reservation in advance, the current reservation is not extended.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the user is asked whether to extend the current reservation before the current reservation ends.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the user is notified that the current reservation has been extended before the current reservation ends.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the user is asked whether to extend the current reservation before the current reservation ends.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein a terminal operated by the user is used to determine whether to extend the current reservation.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the certain condition is that there be a predetermined period of time or more between an end of the current reservation of the space that is being used by the user and a start of the next reservation.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the certain condition is that an alternative available space to be presented to a next user exist in a same place.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the certain condition is that a next user accept to change the next reservation of the space.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, if the next reservation does not satisfy the certain condition, an alternative available space is obtained.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein the alternative available space is presented.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 ,

wherein another space in a same place takes priority in the presentation of the alternative available space.

13. A management system comprising:

a hardware transceiver, communicating with a plurality of devices configured in a space and collecting operation conditions of the plurality of devices through a network;

a database storing space management data; and

a processor, in response to a majority of the plurality of devices being used and a next reservation of the space satisfying a certain condition, extending a current reservation of the space, wherein the majority of the plurality of devices being used is determined based on the collected operation conditions of the devices comprising a human detection sensor, a lighting device, a printing device, a computer, a display device, an input device, a control device, a communication interface, a door open/close mechanism, an open/close locking mechanism, a monitoring camera, a speaker, a microphone, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a mat sensor, and an air monitor in the space.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a processor of a computer to:

communicate with a plurality of devices configured in a space and collect operation conditions of the plurality of devices through a network by a hardware transceiver; and

in response to a majority of the plurality of devices being used and a next reservation of the space satisfying a certain condition, extend a current reservation of the space, wherein the majority of the plurality of devices being used is determined based on the collected operation conditions of the devices comprising a human detection sensor, a lighting device, a printing device, a computer, a display device, an input device, a control device, a communication interface, a door open/close mechanism, an open/close locking mechanism, a monitoring camera, a speaker, a microphone, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a mat sensor, and an air monitor in the space.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 19, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056294/0305 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2018
From: TOKUCHI, KENGO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046718/0174 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-207329 · Oct 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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