Control apparatus, control system, and control method

A control apparatus, which is configured to control a data acquisition apparatus group comprising at least one data acquisition apparatus capable of acquiring a position and an image of an object present in a space to execute a plurality of different pieces of processing for one of the space and the object, the control apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to execute programs relating to the plurality of different pieces of processing;
• a storage device configured to store the programs;
• and
• a communication interface capable of communicating to and from the data acquisition apparatus group,
• wherein the storage device is configured to store, when the processor executes any one of the plurality of different pieces of processing, as data on a first object, time series data on a series of positions and images of the first object that has been collected since the at least one data acquisition apparatus detected the first object, and
• wherein the processor is configured to execute, in each processing of the plurality of different pieces of processing:
• acquisition processing of acquiring, from the at least one data acquisition apparatus, as data on a second object, time series data on a series of positions and images of the second object that has been collected since the at least one data acquisition apparatus detected the second object;
• determination processing of determining whether or not the first object and the second object are identical to each other based on the images of the first object in the data on the first object stored in the storage device and the images of the second object in the data on the second object acquired through the acquisition processing;
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• storage processing of storing, when the determination processing results in a determination that the first object and the second object are identical to each other, the data on the second object and the data on the first object into the storage device in association with each other, and when the determination processing results in a determination that the first object and the second object are not identical to each other, the data on the second object and the data on the first object into the storage device without associating the data on the second object with the data on the first object.

A control system, comprising:

• a data acquisition apparatus group comprising at least one data acquisition apparatus capable of acquiring a position and an image of an object present in a space;
• and
• a control apparatus configured to control the data acquisition apparatus group to execute a plurality of different pieces of processing for one of the space and the object,
• the control apparatus comprising:
• a processor configured to execute programs relating to the plurality of different pieces of processing;
• a storage device configured to store the programs;
• and
• a communication interface capable of communicating to and from the data acquisition apparatus group,
• wherein the storage device is configured to store, when the processor executes any one of the plurality of different pieces of processing, as data on a first object, time series data on a series of positions and images of the first object that has been collected since the at least one data acquisition apparatus detected the first object, and
• wherein the processor is configured to execute, in each processing of the plurality of different pieces of processing:
• acquisition processing of acquiring, from the at least one data acquisition apparatus, as data on a second object, time series data on a series of pieces of information on the second object that has been collected since the at least one data acquisition apparatus detected the second object;
• determination processing of determining whether or not the first object and the second object are identical to each other based on information on the first object in the data on the first object stored in the storage device and information on the second object in the data on the second object acquired through the acquisition processing;
• and
• storage processing of storing, when the determination processing results in a determination that the first object and the second object are identical to each other, the data on the second object and the data on the first object into the storage device in association with each other, and when the determination processing results in a determination that the first object and the second object are not identical to each other, the data on the second object and the data on the first object into the storage device without associating the data on the second object with the data on the first object.

A control method, which is executed by a control apparatus configured to control a data acquisition apparatus group comprising at least one data acquisition apparatus capable of acquiring a position and an image of an object present in a space to execute a plurality of different pieces of processing for one of the space and the object,

• the control apparatus comprising:
• a processor configured to execute programs relating to the plurality of different pieces of processing;
• a storage device configured to store the programs;
• and
• a communication interface capable of communicating to and from the data acquisition apparatus group,
• the storage device being configured to store, when the processor executes any one of the plurality of different pieces of processing, as data on a first object, time series data on a series of positions and images of the first object that has been collected since the at least one data acquisition apparatus detected the first object,
• the control method comprising executing, by the processor, in each processing of the plurality of different pieces of processing:
• acquisition processing of acquiring, from the at least one data acquisition apparatus, as data on a second object, time series data on a series of information on the second object that has been collected since the at least one data acquisition apparatus detected the second object;
• determination processing of determining whether or not the first object and the second object are identical to each other based on information on the first object in the data on the first object stored in the storage device and information on the second object in the data on the second object acquired through the acquisition processing;
• and
• storage processing of storing, when the determination processing results in a determination that the first object and the second object are identical to each other, the data on the second object and the data on the first object into the storage device in association with each other, and when the determination processing results in a determination that the first object and the second object are not identical to each other, the data on the second object and the data on the first object into the storage device without associating the data on the second object with the data on the first object.