Time management system, server, and control method thereof
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi ICHIKAWA
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Abstract
A time management system includes a terminal, a server, and a calculation unit. The terminal moves with the vehicle using the berth. The server connects the terminal via a network. The calculation unit calculates an estimated arrival time when the vehicle moving arrives at the berth based on position information. The server allocates a usage time of using the berth by the vehicle arriving at the berth at the estimated arrival time based on the estimated arrival time calculated by the calculation unit and a vacancy situation of the berth, and notifies the terminal moving together with the vehicle of the usage time allocated by the allocation unit. The terminal includes an output unit that the usage time notified from the server.
Claims20
A time management system for at least a first vehicle that uses a berth, the time management system comprising:
- a first terminal configured to move with the first vehicle, the first terminal comprising a transmitter;
- a calculator configured to calculate a first estimated arrival time when the first vehicle will arrive at the berth based on position information between the first terminal and the berth;
- and
- a server configured to connect to the first terminal via a network, the server comprising:
- a processor configured to allocate a first usage time of using the berth by the first vehicle based on the first estimated arrival time and a vacancy situation of the berth, and
- to notify the first terminal of the first usage time, the transmitter being configured to output the first usage time received from the server.
A server for facilitating communication with a first terminal configured to move with a first vehicle that uses a first berth and a second terminal configured to move together with a second vehicle that uses the first berth, the server comprising:
- a processor configured to
- communicate with the first terminal;
- calculate a first estimated arrival time based on a first position of the first vehicle relative to the first berth, the first estimated arrival time being when the first vehicle is estimated to arrive at the first berth;
- allocate a first usage time of using the first berth by the first vehicle based on the first estimated arrival time and a vacancy situation of the first berth;
- and
- notify the first terminal of the first usage time.
A control method for a processor having a communication unit for communicating with a terminal configured to move with a vehicle that uses a berth, the method comprising:
- calculating, by the processor, an estimated arrival time based on a position of the vehicle relative to the berth, the estimated arrival time being when the vehicle is estimated to arrive at the berth;
- allocating, by the processor, a usage time of using the berth by the vehicle based on the estimated arrival time and a vacancy situation of the berth;
- and
- notifying the terminal of the usage time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.