# US 12,761,200 B2 · Management apparatus, management method, and non-transitory computer readable medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,761,200 B2 - Document ID: US12761200B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 19/080,908 - Filed: 2025-03-16 - Published: 2025-09-18 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2024-03-18 - Assignees: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation - Applicants: Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation - Inventors: Toshikazu Yoshimine; Takaaki Furuya; Keiichiro Kuwata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12761200B2 ## CPC - G01N 33/0073: {Control unit therefor} - G01N 33/0006: {Calibrating gas analysers} - G01N 33/0031: {comprising two or more sensors, e.g. a sensor array} - G01N 33/0063: {using a threshold to release an alarm or displaying means} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract A management apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires first measurement information from a plurality of first sensors configured to measure a physical quantity related to environment in each of a plurality of areas, and acquires second measurement information from at least one second sensor configured to be mounted on at least one mobile object and to a measure physical quantity related to environment in each of the plurality of areas; an identification unit that identifies an abnormal area, where the physical quantity shows an abnormal value, based on each of the first measurement information and the second measurement information; and an authentication unit that authenticates that consistency between the first measurement information and the second measurement information is high when an abnormal area identified unit based on the first measurement information is an area identical to an abnormal area identified based on the second measurement information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A management apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires first measurement information from each of a plurality of first sensors installed in each of a plurality of areas and to measure a gas outflow amount in each of the plurality of areas, and acquires second measurement information from at least one second sensor mounted on at least one mobile object and to measure the gas outflow amount in each of the plurality of areas by movement of the at least one mobile object; an identification unit that identifies an abnormal area, among the plurality of areas, where the gas outflow amount shows an abnormal value, based on each of the first measurement information and the second measurement information; an authentication unit that authenticates that consistency between the first measurement information and the second measurement information is high when an abnormal area identified by the identification unit based on the first measurement information is an area identical to an abnormal area identified by the identification unit based on the second measurement information; a generation unit that generates correction information of a reference value of each of the plurality of first sensors based on the second measurement information, or generates correction information of a reference value of the at least one second sensor based on the first measurement information, or generates correction information of reference values of the plurality of first sensors and the at least one second sensor based on the first measurement information and the second measurement information; and an output unit that outputs an alert signal to a terminal that manages a first sensor which has provided the first measurement information not showing an abnormal value, when the gas outflow amount based on first measurement information of the first sensor in the abnormal area among the plurality of first sensors does not show an abnormal value, wherein the plurality of first sensors send first calibration information including calibration date and time of performing calibration, together with the first measurement information to the management apparatus when calibration has been performed, the at least one second sensor sends second calibration information including calibration date and time of performing calibration together with the second measurement information to the management apparatus when calibration has been performed, and the generation unit determines whether to generate correction information of the reference value of each of the plurality of first sensors, or to generate correction information of the reference value of the at least one second sensor, based on at least one of the first calibration information or the second calibration information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a communication control unit that sends the correction information each of the plurality of first sensors to each of the plurality of first sensors, or sends the correction information of the at least one second sensor to the at least one second sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a registration unit that registers, to a storage unit, identification information of the first sensor that has provided the first measurement information, or identification information of the at least one second sensor that has provided the second measurement information, when a difference between the gas outflow amount based on the first measurement information of each of the plurality of first sensors and the gas outflow amount based on the second measurement information of the at least one second sensor in an identical area of the plurality of areas, is greater than a predetermined difference. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The management apparatus according to claim 3, wherein regarding the gas outflow amount x acquired by the first measurement information of the plurality of first sensors and the second measurement information of the at least one second sensor during a predetermined period in the identical area, when an average value of the gas outflow amount x is set as μ, a standard deviation of the gas outflow amount x is set as σ, and a level of divergence α is set as (x−μ)2/σ2, and when the level of divergence α is equal to or greater than a particular value, the registration unit registers, to the storage unit, identification information of the first sensor or the second sensor that has measured the gas outflow amount x. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an identification unit that identifies an abnormal area, among the plurality of areas, where the gas outflow amount shows an abnormal value, based on the first measurement information or the second measurement information; and a registration unit that registers, to a storage unit, identification information of the first sensor that has provided the first measurement information that does not show an abnormal value or the at least one second sensor that has provided the second measurement information, when either of the gas outflow amount based on the first measurement information of the first sensor in the abnormal area among the plurality of first sensors, or the gas outflow amount based on the second measurement information of the second sensor in the abnormal area among at least one second sensor does not show an abnormal value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an identification unit that identifies an abnormal area among the plurality of areas, where the gas outflow amount shows an abnormal value, based on the first measurement information; and an instruction unit that instructs the at least one second sensor to send second measurement information of the abnormal area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an authentication unit that authenticates that consistency between the first measurement information and the second measurement information is high when a difference between the gas outflow amount based on the first measurement information and the gas outflow amount based on the second measurement information in an identical area is within a predetermined range. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an identification unit that identifies an abnormal area, among the plurality of areas, where the gas outflow amount shows an abnormal value, based on the second measurement information; and an instruction unit that instructs the first sensor that performs measurement at a first sampling rate inside the abnormal area, among the plurality of first sensors, to perform measurement at a second sampling rate which is different from the first sampling rate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the acquisition unit acquires, from each of the plurality of first sensors, statistical information acquired by statistically processing the gas outflow amount in each of the plurality of areas, as the first measurement information; and the management apparatus further comprises: an identification unit that identifies an abnormal area, among the plurality of areas, where the gas outflow amount shows an abnormal value, based on the first measurement information; and an instruction unit that instructs the first sensor in the abnormal area, among the plurality of first sensors, to send third measurement information with an amount of data different from that of the first measurement information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one mobile object is at least one of an unmanned aerial vehicle or an artificial satellite. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A management system, comprising: a management apparatus according to claim 1; the plurality of first sensors; and the at least one mobile object. ### Claim 12 A management method, comprising: acquiring, by an acquisition unit, first measurement information from each of a plurality of first sensors configured to be installed in each of a plurality of areas and to measure a gas outflow amount in each of the plurality of areas, and acquiring second measurement information from at least one second sensor configured to be mounted on at least one mobile object and to measure the gas outflow amount in each of the plurality of areas by movement of the at least one mobile object; identifying, by an identification unit, an abnormal area, among the plurality of areas, where the gas outflow amount shows an abnormal value, based on each of the first measurement information and the second measurement information; authenticating, by an authentication unit, that consistency between the first measurement information and the second measurement information is high when an abnormal area identified by the identification unit based on the first measurement information is an area identical to an abnormal area identified by the identification unit based on the second measurement information; a generation unit that generates correction information of a reference value of each of the plurality of first sensors based on the second measurement information, or generates correction information of a reference value of the at least one second sensor based on the first measurement information, or generates correction information of reference values of the plurality of first sensors and the at least one second sensor based on the first measurement information and the second measurement information; and an output unit that outputs an alert signal to a terminal that manages a first sensor which has provided the first measurement information not showing an abnormal value, when the gas outflow amount based on first measurement information of the first sensor in the abnormal area among the plurality of first sensors does not show an abnormal value, wherein the plurality of first sensors send first calibration information including calibration date and time of performing calibration, together with the first measurement information to the management apparatus when calibration has been performed, the at least one second sensor sends second calibration information including calibration date and time of performing calibration together with the second measurement information to the management apparatus when calibration has been performed, and the generation unit determines whether to generate correction information of the reference value of each of the plurality of first sensors, or to generate correction information of the reference value of the at least one second sensor, based on at least one of the first calibration information or the second calibration information. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing a program, when executed by a computer, the program causing the computer to perform: acquiring first measurement information from each of a plurality of first sensors configured to be installed in each of a plurality of areas and to measure a gas outflow amount in each of the plurality of areas, and acquiring second measurement information from at least one second sensor configured to be mounted on at least one mobile object and to measure the gas outflow amount in each of the plurality of areas by movement of the at least one mobile object; identifying an abnormal area, among the plurality of areas, where the gas outflow amount shows an abnormal value, based on each of the first measurement information and the second measurement information; authenticating that consistency between the first measurement information and the second measurement information is high when an abnormal area identified in the identifying based on the first measurement information is an area identical to an abnormal area identified in the identifying based on the second measurement information; a generation unit that generates correction information of a reference value of each of the plurality of first sensors based on the second measurement information, or generates correction information of a reference value of the at least one second sensor based on the first measurement information, or generates correction information of reference values of the plurality of first sensors and the at least one second sensor based on the first measurement information and the second measurement information; and an output unit that outputs an alert signal to a terminal that manages a first sensor which has provided the first measurement information not showing an abnormal value, when the gas outflow amount based on first measurement information of the first sensor in the abnormal area among the plurality of first sensors does not show an abnormal value, wherein the plurality of first sensors send first calibration information including calibration date and time of performing calibration, together with the first measurement information to the management apparatus when calibration has been performed, the at least one second sensor sends second calibration information including calibration date and time of performing calibration together with the second measurement information to the management apparatus when calibration has been performed, and the generation unit determines whether to generate correction information of the reference value of each of the plurality of first sensors, or to generate correction information of the reference value of the at least one second sensor, based on at least one of the first calibration information or the second calibration information.