Method for facility location
First Claim
1. In an information processing apparatus including a processing device, an input device, an output device and a memory having stored therein geographic information of a region including positional information of existing facilities in said region and positional information of users of said facilities, a method of locating a plurality of facilities in said region such that access times required by said users to access said facilities are within a permissible range, comprising the steps, performed by said information processing apparatus, of:
- calculating user areas corresponding to said facilities using said geographic information;
determining for each user area which of said users belong to said user area using said geographic information;
calculating for each user of each user area an access time required by said user to access a facility belonging to said user area using said geographic information;
judging whether said access time of each user of each user area is within said permissible range;
determining a group of users for each user area whose access times exceed said permissible range using said geographic information;
calculating a point representing a position of said group of users whose access times exceed said permissible range using said geographic information; and
establishing a facility at said point or relocating a facility in said user area to which said group of users whose access times exceed said permissible range belongs such that said access times for each user of said group of users whose access times exceed said permissible range come within said permissible range.
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus and a method being performed in the information processing apparatus which includes an input device, an output device, a memory having stored therein geographic information of a region including positional information of existing facilities in the region and positional information of users of the facilities and an information processing device for processing the geographic and positional information. The information processing device performs various processing steps using the geographic information to locate the facilities in the region such that the access times required by the users to access the facilities are within a permissible range.
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26 Claims
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1. In an information processing apparatus including a processing device, an input device, an output device and a memory having stored therein geographic information of a region including positional information of existing facilities in said region and positional information of users of said facilities, a method of locating a plurality of facilities in said region such that access times required by said users to access said facilities are within a permissible range, comprising the steps, performed by said information processing apparatus, of:
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calculating user areas corresponding to said facilities using said geographic information; determining for each user area which of said users belong to said user area using said geographic information; calculating for each user of each user area an access time required by said user to access a facility belonging to said user area using said geographic information; judging whether said access time of each user of each user area is within said permissible range; determining a group of users for each user area whose access times exceed said permissible range using said geographic information; calculating a point representing a position of said group of users whose access times exceed said permissible range using said geographic information; and establishing a facility at said point or relocating a facility in said user area to which said group of users whose access times exceed said permissible range belongs such that said access times for each user of said group of users whose access times exceed said permissible range come within said permissible range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23)
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11. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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an input device for inputting data; an output device for outputting data; a memory having stored therein geographic information of a region including positional information of existing facilities in said region and positional information of users of said facilities; and an information processing device, connected to said input and output devices and said memory for processing said geographic and positional information so as to locate a plurality of facilities in said region such that access times required by said users to access said facilities are within a permissible range, wherein said information processing device calculates user areas corresponding to said facilities using said geographic information, determines for each user area which of said users belong to said user using said geographic information, calculates for each user of each user area an access time required by said user to access a facility belonging to said user area using said geographic information, judges whether said access time of each user of each user area is within said permissible range, determines a group of users for each user area whose access times exceed said permissible range using said geographic information, calculates a point representing a position of said group of users whose access times exceed said permissible range, and establishes a facility at said point or relocates a facility in said user area to which said group of users whose access times exceed said permissible range belongs such that said access times for each user of said group of users whose access times exceed said permissible range come within said permissible range. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26)
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