Management of evacuation with mobile objects

• US 9,513,134 B1
• Filed: 12/16/2015
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Hiromi, Tsuchiya, Atsushi, Yamamoto, Gaku
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tan Q
• Application Number:
  US14/970,609
• Time in Patent Office: 356 Days
• Field of Search: 701/118, 701/117, 701/482, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/456.1, 455/521, 455/411.12, 340/601, 340/539.11, 340/577
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/10 responsive to calamitous events, e.g. tornados or earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0141 for traffic information dissemination
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096816 where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09685 where the complete route is computed only once and not updated
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/207 with respect to certain areas, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas with possible alerting when inside or outside boundaries
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Evacuation of mobile objects is managed by a system including a processor; and one or more computer readable mediums collectively including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive information of occurrence of a disaster, obtain information of a plurality of evacuation areas, obtain a plurality of locations, each location corresponding to a mobile object among a plurality of mobile objects in a geographic space, distribute the plurality of mobile objects into the plurality of evacuation areas according to a distribution based on the information of the plurality of evacuation areas and the plurality of locations.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

one or more computer readable mediums collectively including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive information of occurrence of a disaster;

determine a plurality of evacuation areas based on the disaster;

determine a plurality of locations of a plurality of mobile objects in a geographic space, wherein the mobile objects move throughout the geographic space; and

coordinate the movement of the plurality of mobile objects to the plurality of evacuation areas, wherein coordinating the movement comprises;

obtain a location of an evacuee in the geographic space;

assign a mobile object of the plurality of mobile objects to the evacuee; and

direct the assigned mobile object to transport the evacuee to an evacuation area among the plurality of evacuation areas.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein

the instructions further cause the processor to estimate a congestion of at least one route in the geographic space;

and

the coordination of movement is further based on the congestion of the at least one route.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

cause the assigned mobile object to move to the location of the at least one evacuee.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

select a mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects to assign to at least one evacuee based on a number of evacuees at a location of the at least one evacuee and a maximum number of passengers of the selected mobile object.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

send a message indicating that the assigned mobile object is coming to the location of the at least one evacuee to a communication device of the at least one evacuee.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

obtain a location of at least one evacuee, cause at least one mobile object, which is not assigned to the at least one evacuee, to move to an evacuation area without any evacuees on board.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

assign a higher priority of evacuation to at least one mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects with at least one evacuee on board than at least one mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects without any evacuees on board, and cause the plurality of mobile objects to move to the plurality of evacuation areas based on the priority of evacuation.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to

cause a first mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects having a higher priority than a second mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects to pass the second mobile object.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

cause a first mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects having a higher priority than a second mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects to move before causing the second mobile object to move.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive information from a mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects, the information including a status of a route, and cause at least one mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects to select or avoid the route based on the status of the route.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile object comprises a vehicle.

12. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving information of occurrence of a disaster;

determining of a plurality of evacuation areas based on the disaster;

determining a plurality of locations of a plurality of mobile objects in a geographic space, wherein the mobile objects move throughout the geographic space; and

coordinating the movement of the plurality of mobile objects into the plurality of evacuation areas according to a distribution based on the information of the plurality of evacuation areas and the plurality of locations, wherein coordinating the movement comprises;

obtaining a location of an evacuee in the geographic space;

assigning a mobile object of the plurality of mobile objects to the evacuee; and

directing the assigned mobile object to transport the evacuee to an evacuation area among the plurality of evacuation areas.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, further comprising estimating a congestion of at least one route in the geographic space;

and wherein the coordinating the movement is further based on the congestion of the at least one route.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, further comprising:

causing the assigned mobile object to move to the location of the at least one evacuee.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, further comprising selecting a mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects to assign to at least one evacuee based on a number of evacuees at a location of the at least one evacuee and a maximum number of passengers of the selected mobile object.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the mobile object comprises a vehicle.

17. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

receive information of occurrence of a disaster;

determine a plurality of evacuation areas based on the disaster;

determine a plurality of locations of a plurality of mobile objects in a geographic space, wherein the mobile objects move throughout the geographic space; and

coordinate the movement of the plurality of mobile objects to the plurality of evacuation areas, wherein coordinating the movement comprises;

obtain a location of an evacuee in the geographic space;

assign a mobile object of the plurality of mobile objects to the evacuee; and

direct the assigned mobile object to transport the evacuee to an evacuation area among the plurality of evacuation areas.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein

the instructions further cause the computer to estimate a congestion of at least one route in the geographic space;

and

the coordination of movement is further based on the congestion of the at least one route.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the instructions further cause the computer to:

cause the assigned mobile object to move to the location of the at least one evacuee.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the mobile object comprises a vehicle.