APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20150268049A1
• Filed: 02/26/2015
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: HASEGAWA, Eiji
• Granted Patent: US 9,829,323 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

An apparatus includes a memory and a processor that is coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to obtain position information that indicates a position of the apparatus, calculate a movement amount of the apparatus based on the acquired position information, and execute a search for a device on an occasion where the calculated movement amount reaches a first value.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor that is coupled to the memory and configured to;

obtain position information that indicates a position of the apparatus,

calculate a movement amount of the apparatus based on the acquired position information, and

execute a search for a device on an occasion where the calculated movement amount reaches a first value.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is configured to record device information that identifies the device and the position information in a case where the device is detected by the search.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is configured to:

reset the movement amount and execute calculation of the movement amount in a case where the movement amount reaches the first value,

execute the search at each time when the movement amount reaches the first value, and

record the device information and the position information in a case where the device is repeatedly detected in plural times of searches.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the processor is configured to stop the search in a case where the device is not detected in the search.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the processor is configured to stop the search after the device is repeatedly detected in the plural times of searches and obtain and record the position information of the apparatus at each time when the movement amount reaches the first value.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the processor is configured to start the search on an occasion where the apparatus changes from a stop state to a moving state.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the processor is configured to start the search on an occasion where the apparatus changes from a stop state to a moving state.

8. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the processor is configured to obtain the position information of the apparatus on an occasion where the device is detected.

9. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the search for the device is executed by outputting an electromagnetic wave from the apparatus, and

the processor is configured to lower an intensity of the electromagnetic wave after the device is repeatedly detected in the plural times of searches.

10. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the processor is configured to calculate the movement amount of the apparatus after the device is repeatedly detected in the plural times of searches and execute the search for the device on an occasion where the calculated movement amount reaches a second value that is different from the first value.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the processor is configured to notify an information processing apparatus of the position information and the device information that are recorded.

12. An information processing method comprising:

obtaining position information that indicates a position of the apparatus;

calculating a movement amount of an apparatus; and

executing a search for a device by using the apparatus on an occasion where the calculated movement amount reaches a first value.

13. An information processing system comprising:

an information processing device that manages position information of a device; and

an apparatus that has a memory and a processor that is coupled to the memory, wherein

the processor is configured to

obtain position information that indicates a position of the apparatus,

calculate a movement amount of the apparatus,

execute a search for the device on an occasion where the calculated movement amount reaches a first value, and

notify the information processing device of device information that identifies the device and the position information of the apparatus in a case where the device is detected by the search.