# US 2014/0195144 A1 · Analysis method, and analysis apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195144 A1 - Document ID: US20140195144A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/077,866 - Filed: 2013-11-12 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10 - Assignees: Fujitsu Limited - Applicants: Fujitsu Limited - Inventors: Hiroaki MORIKAWA; Tatsuya ASAI; Takashi KATOH; Shinichiro TAGO; Hiroya INAKOSHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195144A1 ## CPC - G01C 21/3679: {Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities (G01C21/3611 takes precedence)} - G01C 21/343: {Calculating itineraries (travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047)} - G06F 11/3656: {using a specific debug interface} - H04L 67/306: User profiles - H04M 1/72457: according to geographic location - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An analysis method executed by a computer, the analysis method includes: detecting a plurality of staying points where one or more mobile bodies stayed in accordance with a plurality of trace data associated with trajectories of the one or more mobile bodies; comparing, in accordance with the plurality of trace data, a first ending time of stay in a first staying point selected from among the plurality of staying points with second ending times of stay in one or more second staying points which are similar to the first staying point; and determining feature of the first staying point in accordance with a result of the comparison. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An analysis method executed by a computer, the analysis method comprising: detecting a plurality of staying points where one or more mobile bodies stayed in accordance with a plurality of trace data associated with trajectories of the one or more mobile bodies; comparing, in accordance with the plurality of trace data, a first ending time of stay in a first staying point selected from among the plurality of staying points with second ending times of stay in one or more second staying points which are similar to the first staying point; and determining feature of the first staying point in accordance with a result of the comparison. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The analysis method according to claim 1, wherein, when the first ending time and the second ending times coincide with each other, the feature indicates that the first staying point is a point where a mobile body which stayed in the first staying point and mobile bodies which stayed in the one or more second staying points depart at the same timing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The analysis method according to claim 2, further comprising: dividing a region including at least one of the plurality of staying points into a plurality of unit regions, wherein the one or more second staying points are included in a unit region including the first staying point. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The analysis method according to claim 1, further comprising: counting the number of one or more second staying points, wherein the feature is further determined in accordance with the number. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The analysis method according to claim 4, wherein, when the number is a threshold or more, the feature represents that a number of mobile bodies among the one or more mobile bodies stay in the first staying point. ### Claim 6 An analysis method executed by a computer, the analysis method comprising: comparing, with one another, ending times of stay of individual trace data in staying points detected in accordance with the trace data of a plurality of mobile bodies; and determining types of the staying points in accordance with a result of the comparison of ending times. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The analysis method according to claim 6, further comprising: counting the number of a plurality of trace data from which the staying points are detected, wherein, in the determining, types of the staying points are further determined in accordance with a result of the counting of the number of trace data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The analysis method according to claim 6, further comprising: dividing a region including the staying points detected for individual trace data into unit regions, wherein, in the comparing, ending times of stay in the staying points which are included in the unit regions and which are detected for the individual trace data are compared with one another for individual divided unit regions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The analysis method according to claim 7, further comprising: dividing a region including the staying points detected for individual trace data into unit regions, wherein, in the counting, the number of staying points which are included in the unit regions and which are detected for individual trace data is counted for individual divided unit regions. ### Claim 10 An analysis apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: detect a plurality of staying points where one or more mobile bodies stayed in accordance with a plurality of trace data associated with trajectories of the one or more mobile bodies, compare, in accordance with the plurality of trace data, a first ending time of stay in a first staying point selected from among the plurality of staying points with second ending times of stay in one or more second staying points which are similar to the first staying point, and determine feature of the first staying point in accordance with a result of the comparison. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The analysis apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, when the first ending time and the second ending times coincide with each other, the feature indicates that the first staying point is a point where a mobile body which stayed in the first staying point and mobile bodies which stayed in the one or more second staying points depart at the same timing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The analysis apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to divide a region including at least one of the plurality of staying points into a plurality of unit regions, and the one or more second staying points are included in a unit region including the first staying point. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The analysis apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to count the number of one or more second staying points, and the feature is further determined in accordance with the number. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The analysis apparatus according to claim 13, wherein, when the number is a threshold or more, the feature represents that a number of mobile bodies among the one or more mobile bodies stay in the first staying point.