# US 2021/0241558 A1 · System and facility > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241558 A1 - Document ID: US20210241558A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/913,422 - Filed: 2020-06-26 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-05 - Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroyuki FUNO; Satoru TSUTO; Naoyasu TERAO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241558A1 ## CPC - G07C 9/00904: {for hotels, motels, office buildings or the like} - G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events - G06Q 10/0281: {for arena or stadium seating} - G07C 9/00571: {operated by interacting with a central unit} - G07C 9/257: {electronically (G07C9/26 takes precedence)} - G06F 1/28: Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A system includes an operation receiving unit and an operation control apparatus. The operation receiving unit is operated by a user. The operation control apparatus controls a first device at a facility to enter an operating state in response to a user operation being performed at the operation receiving unit during a first time period determined by reservation information. The operation control apparatus also controls a second device at the facility to enter an operating state in response to arrival of a time determined by the first time period, regardless of presence of a user operation at the operation receiving unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: an operation receiving unit that is operated by a user; and an operation control apparatus that controls a first device at a facility to enter an operating state in response to a user operation being performed at the operation receiving unit during a first time period determined by reservation information, and controls a second device at the facility to enter an operating state in response to arrival of a time determined by the first time period, regardless of presence of a user operation at the operation receiving unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the reservation information is information on a reservation of the facility. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the facility has a door that serves as an entrance to the facility, and the operation receiving unit is the door. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system according to claim 3, further comprising: a locking unit that unlocks, based on first authentication of a first user for whom the facility is reserved for the first time period, the door during a first unlockable time window from a first time point that is earlier than a start time of the first time period by a predetermined allowance time and to a second time point determined based on an end time of the first time period. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system according to claim 4, wherein the locking unit unlocks, based on second authentication of a second user for whom the facility is reserved for a second time period, the door for the second user, and wherein, in a case where the second time period is consecutive to the first time period, the first unlockable time window for the first user ends at the end time of the first time period instead of at the second time point, and a second unlockable time window for the second user begins at a start time of the second time period. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the first device includes a lighting device, and wherein the second device is a communication network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system according to claim 6, wherein the controlling of the first device by the operation control apparatus to enter the operating state includes controlling the lighting device to turn on. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system according to claim 6, wherein the operation control apparatus controls the communication network to become accessible by a first user for whom the facility is reserved for the first time period and controls the communication network to become inaccessible by the first user at an end time of the first time period. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, further comprising: an image capturing unit disposed at the facility, wherein the operation control apparatus performs control of a third device at the facility in accordance with a result of comparison of a plurality of user images of different moments captured by the image capturing unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system according to claim 9, wherein the third device is the first device or the second device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system according to claim 9, further comprising: an authenticator configured to: authenticate the first user during a first authentication time window that is from a first time point to a second time point, the first time point being earlier than a start time of the first time period by a predetermined allowance time, the second time point being determined based on an end time of the first time period, and wherein, in a case where a second time period consecutive to the first time period is reserved for a second user and the authenticating unit has not authenticated the second user by a start time of the second time period, the operation control apparatus controls a third device at the facility to execute a first function upon a determination that a first user image captured by the image capturing unit during the first time period and a second user image captured by the image capturing unit during the second time period contain different users. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, further comprising: an image capturing unit disposed at the facility; and an authenticator that authenticates a first user, for whom the facility is reserved for the first time period, during a first authentication time window that is from a first time point to a second time point, the first time point being earlier than a start time of the first time period by a predetermined time, the second time point being determined by an end time of the first time period, wherein the operation control apparatus controls a third device at the facility in a first manner upon a determination that a comparison result of a plurality of user images of different moments captured by the image capturing unit is consistent with an authentication result, and controls the third device at the facility in a second manner upon a determination that the comparison result of the plurality of user images is inconsistent with the authentication result. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system according to claim 12, wherein the third device is the first device or the second device. ### Claim 14 A facility which is separated from outside, comprising: a door; a recognizing unit that recognizes the door being operated; a locking unit that unlocks the door during a first unlockable time window based on first authentication of a first user for whom the facility is reserved for a first time period, the first unlockable time window beginning at a first time point that is earlier than a start time of the first time period by a predetermined allowance time and expiring at a second time point determined based on an end time of the first time period; a first device disposed inside the facility that enters an operating state in response to the door being opened for the first time in operating hours of the facility; and a second device disposed inside the facility that enters an operating state at the start time of the first time period and exits the operating state in which the second device has been in at an end time of the first time period. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The facility according to claim 14, wherein the second time point is a time point later than the end time of the first time period. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The facility according to claim 15, wherein the locking unit unlocks the door during a second time window based on second authentication of a second user for whom the facility is reserved for a second time period, and wherein, in a case where the second time period is consecutive to the first time period, the first unlockable time window expires at the end time of the first time period instead of at the second time point, and the second unlockable time window begins at a start time of the second time period. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The facility according to claim 14, wherein the first device includes a power supply device and a lighting device, and wherein the second device includes a communication network. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The facility according to claim 17, wherein the lighting device turns on in response to the door being opened. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The facility according to claim 14, further comprising: an image capturing unit that captures user images at different times, wherein at least one of the first device and the second device operates in a first manner upon a determination that a comparison result of the user images captured by the image capturing unit is consistent with an authentication result of the first user, and the at least one of the first device and the second device operates in a second manner upon a determination that the comparison result of the user images captured by the image capturing unit is inconsistent with the authentication result. ### Claim 20 A system comprising: operation receiving means being operated by a user; and operation control means for controlling a first device at a facility to enter an operating state in response to a user operation being performed at the operation receiving means during a first time period determined by reservation information and for controlling a second device at the facility to enter an operating state in response to arrival of a time determined by the first time period, regardless of presence of a user operation at the operation receiving means.