Control and communication system and method
First Claim
1. A control and communication system comprising:
- an object centre assigned to an object, a control centre in communication contact with the object centre, means for implementing communication between the object centre and the control centre and means providing information for controlling the object to the object centre and/or to the control centre,;
an object space-information database in the object centre, the database storing an object plan for the object, wherein the control of the object is adjusted to the object plan;
a regional control centre assigned to a given zone, the regional control centre having a regional space-information databases storing a regional plan compiled on the basis of the object plans of the objects assigned to the regional control centre;
a main control centre capable of co-ordinating the regional plans, the main control centre being in connection with, as well as organising, the operation of the regional control centres, wherein the main control centre has a central space-information database storing a central plan that covers the zones, and;
means of co-ordinating the regional plans forwarded from the regional control centres to the main control centre, a central plan approved by the regional control centres is prepared by the main control centre, wherein regional plans not requiring central planning are returned by the main control centre to the regional control centres, and the regional plans are updated at the regional control centres on the basis of the returned plans and the central plan, and the object plans are updated at the object centres on the basis of the regional plans.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a control and communication system and method for objects, the system comprising an object space-information database in an object centre of the object, the database storing an object plan for the object, wherein the control of the object is adjusted to the object plan, a regional control centre having a regional space-information database storing a regional plan, and a main control centre having a central space-information database storing a central plan. The central plan approved by the regional control centres is prepared by the main control centre, the regional plans are updated at the regional control centres on the basis of the central plan, and the object plans are updated at the object centres on the basis of the regional plans.
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24 Claims
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1. A control and communication system comprising:
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an object centre assigned to an object, a control centre in communication contact with the object centre, means for implementing communication between the object centre and the control centre and means providing information for controlling the object to the object centre and/or to the control centre,;
an object space-information database in the object centre, the database storing an object plan for the object, wherein the control of the object is adjusted to the object plan;
a regional control centre assigned to a given zone, the regional control centre having a regional space-information databases storing a regional plan compiled on the basis of the object plans of the objects assigned to the regional control centre;
a main control centre capable of co-ordinating the regional plans, the main control centre being in connection with, as well as organising, the operation of the regional control centres, wherein the main control centre has a central space-information database storing a central plan that covers the zones, and;
means of co-ordinating the regional plans forwarded from the regional control centres to the main control centre, a central plan approved by the regional control centres is prepared by the main control centre, wherein regional plans not requiring central planning are returned by the main control centre to the regional control centres, and the regional plans are updated at the regional control centres on the basis of the returned plans and the central plan, and the object plans are updated at the object centres on the basis of the regional plans. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A control and communication method for objects, wherein each object has an object centre comprising an object plan, and wherein the object plans are collected in a control centre and the control is carried out on the basis of a co-ordination of the plans via a communication contact between the objects and the control centre, the method comprising the steps of;
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compiling a regional plan in a regional control centre assigned to a given zone, on the basis of the object plans of the objects assigned to a regional control centre,;
preparing a central plan covering the zones at a main control centre by coordinating the regional plans sent by the regional control centres to the main control centre, wherein the main control centre is capable of organising the operation of the regional control centres, said central plan is prepared on the basis of approvals of the regional control centres;
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updating the regional plans on the basis of the central plan at the regional control centres, updating the object plans on the basis of the regional plans at the object centres and adjusting the control of the objects to the object plan, wherein the approval of the central plan for each zone is implemented in a way that a regional part of the central plan, which is not suitable for the regional control centre, is replanned at the regional control centre, and then the replanned regional plan is forwarded to the main control centre for co-ordination with the other regional plans. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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