SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONTROL SYSTEM, SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND MEDIUM

• US 20130262580A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: MATSUDA, Yoshiyuki, Ochiai, Makoto, Kobayashi, Yoshitaka, Sugiyama, Motoo
• Application Number:
  US13/840,431
• Publication Number:
  US 20130262580A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/321 Interlayer communication protocols or service data unit [SDU] definitions; Interfaces between layers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/322 Intralayer communication protocols among peer entities or protocol data unit [PDU] definitions

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a social infrastructure control system includes upper layer system and lower layer system. Lower layer system includes sensor, uploader and controller. Sensor detects event concerning social infrastructure and outputs event information. Uploader uploads event information to upper layer system via communication line. Controller controls social infrastructure based on control data transmitted from upper layer system or event information. Upper layer system includes processor and transmitter. Processor generates control data used to control social infrastructure based on event information. Transmitter transmits control data to controller via communication line.

Claims

1. A social infrastructure control system comprising:

an upper layer control system; and

a lower layer control system, wherein

the lower layer control system comprising;

a sensor configured to detect event concerning a social infrastructure, and to output event information;

an upload unit configured to upload, via a communication line, the event information to the upper layer control system; and

a control unit configured to control the social infrastructure based on control data transmitted from the upper layer control system or the event information, wherein

the upper layer control system comprising;

a data processing unit configured to generate, based on the event information, the control data used to control the social infrastructure; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit, via the communication line, the control data to the control unit.

2. The social infrastructure control system of claim 1, further comprising:

an intermediate layer control system, wherein

the upload unit uploads the event information to the upper layer control system or the intermediate layer control system, and

the intermediate layer control system includes the data processing unit and the transmission unit.

3. The social infrastructure control system of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of optimization algorithm; and

a read unit configured to read the optimization algorithm of a target social infrastructure from the storage unit, wherein

the data processing unit optimizes the event information based on the red optimization algorithm and generates the control data for each social infrastructure.

4. The social infrastructure control system of claim 3, wherein the read unit reads the optimization algorithm of the target social infrastructure in accordance with an individual need of the social infrastructure.

5. The social infrastructure control system of claim 3, wherein the social infrastructure is controlled by one of the control system, and

the read unit reads the optimization algorithm of the target social infrastructure based on a layer of the social infrastructure.

6. The social infrastructure control system of claim 1, further comprising a charge management unit configured to manage charging data based on a unit price preset for the transmitted control data.

7. The social infrastructure control system of claim 1, wherein if a failure has occurred in reception of the transmitted control data, the control unit autonomously controls the social infrastructure based on the detected event information.

8. The social infrastructure control system of claim 1, wherein the upper layer control system comprises a cloud computing system including a database configured to store the event information.

9. The social infrastructure control system of claim 1, wherein

the sensor detects the event information for each of a plurality of social infrastructures of different types,

the upload unit uploads the event information detected for each of the plurality of social infrastructures, and

the system further comprises a management unit configured to manage the plurality of social infrastructures based on the uploaded event information for each of the plurality of social infrastructures.

10. A server of upper layer control system configured to be capable of communicating with a lower layer control system including a control apparatus configured to control a social infrastructure based on control data or event information of the social infrastructure, the server of upper layer control system comprising:

a collection unit configured to collect event information concerning event of the social infrastructure from the lower layer control system;

a database configured to store the collected event information;

a data processing unit configured to generate, based on the event information stored in the database, control data used to control the social infrastructure; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the control data to the control apparatus.

11. The server of upper layer control system of claim 10, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store an optimization algorithm for each of a plurality of local systems; and

a read unit configured to read the optimization algorithm of a target local system from the storage unit, wherein

the data processing unit optimizes the event information stored in the database based on the red optimization algorithm and generates the control data for each local system.

12. The server of upper layer control system of claim 11, wherein the read unit reads the optimization algorithm of the target local system in accordance with an individual need of the local system.

13. The server of upper layer control system of claim 11, wherein when the plurality of local systems are hierarchically formed into a plurality of layers, the read unit reads the optimization algorithm of the target local system based on a layer of the local system.

14. The server of upper layer control system of claim 10, further comprising a charge management unit configured to manage charging data based on a unit price preset for the transmitted control data.

15. A server of lower layer control system configured to be capable of communicating with an upper layer control system that generates control data for controlling a social infrastructure, the server of lower layer control system comprising:

a collection unit configured to collect event information concerning event of the social infrastructure;

a transmission unit configured to transmit the collected event information to the upper layer control system;

a reception unit configured to receive the control data transmitted from the upper layer control system; and

a control unit configured to control the social infrastructure based on the received control data or the event information.

16. The server of lower layer control system of claim 15, wherein if a failure has occurred in reception of the control data, the server of lower layer control system autonomously controls the social infrastructure based on the collected event information.

17. A control method which is applicable for a social infrastructure control system including an upper layer control system and a lower layer control system, the method comprising:

outputting, by the lower control system, event information with detecting event concerning a social infrastructure;

uploading, by the lower layer control system, event information to the upper layer control system via a communication line;

generating, by the upper layer control system, control data used to control the social infrastructure based on the event information;

transmitting, by the upper layer control system, the control data to the lower layer control system via the communication line; and

controlling, by the lower layer control system, the social infrastructure based on the control data or event information.

18. The control method of claim 17, wherein the generating comprising:

reading, from a storage unit configured to store a plurality of optimization algorithm, the optimization algorithm of a target social infrastructure; and

optimizing the event information based on the red optimization algorithm to generate the control data for each social infrastructure.

19. The control method of claim 17, further comprising managing, by the upper layer control system, charging data based on a unit price preset for the transmitted control data.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executed by a computer, the program comprising statements for causing the computer to perform the method according to one of claims 17 to 23.

20. A control method which is applicable for an upper layer control system implemented in a social infrastructure control system that includes the upper layer control system and a lower layer control system that include a control apparatus configured to control a social infrastructure based on control data or event information of the social infrastructure, the method comprising:

generating, based on the event information concerning event of the social infrastructure, control data used to control the social infrastructure; and

transmitting, via a communication line, the control data to the lower layer control system.

21. The control method of claim 20, wherein the generating comprising:

reading, from a storage unit configured to store a plurality of optimization algorithm, the optimization algorithm of a target social infrastructure; and

optimizing the event information based on the red optimization algorithm to generate the control data for each social infrastructure.

22. The control method of claim 20, further comprising managing charging data based on a unit price preset for the transmitted control data.

23. A control method which is applicable for a lower layer control system implemented in a social infrastructure control system including an upper layer control system and the lower layer control system, the method comprising:

outputting event information with detecting event concerning a social infrastructure;

uploading the event information to the upper layer control system via a communication line; and

controlling the social infrastructure based on the control data transmitted and generated by the upper layer control system based on the uploaded event information or the event information.