International Business Machines Corporation

Tomohiro Miyahira

Yasuhisa Gotoh

Taku Sasaki

Makoto Tanibayashi

Gaku Yamamoto

Yoshiroh Kamiyama

Hiromi Hatori

Eisuke Kanzaki

Hiroya Ogihara

Hiroshi Itoh

Masahiro Furukawa

Susumu Shimotono

Christopher Johan Schaubach

Eiichi Tazoe

Yukari Miki

Mitsuru Chinen

Masahide Washizawa

Akihiro Nakao

Chris Schaubach

At least one subsystem among the plurality of subsystems includes a managing section operable to manage individual route information for routes in a management target region of the at least one subsystem among the plurality of regions and adjacent route information for routes positioned in a partial range from a boundary of the management target region among routes in an adjacent region that is adjacent to the management target region, and an identifying section operable to identify the route on which the moving object is positioned based on the observation position, by using the individual route information and the adjacent route information managed by the at least one subsystem. Also provided is a method and computer program product.

Geographic space management

A system comprising: an event server including a plurality of event agents for handling events occurring in a geographic space; a selector operable to select an event agent among the plurality of event agents for handling an event candidate based on a type of a source information; and a mobile object server including a mobile object agent assigned to a moving object in the geographic space, wherein the mobile object server is operable to execute the mobile object agent to collect information of an event from the selected event agent and provide the moving object with information that assists the moving object with traveling in the geographic space.

Management of events and moving objects

A system is provided that manages a geographic space including a route on which a moving object moves, including a plurality of subsystems operable to respectively manage maps of a plurality of regions obtained by dividing the geographic space, and a region manager operable to adjust loads of the subsystems by dynamically changing a boundary of at least one region among the plurality of regions. Also provided is a method and computer program product.

A system is provided that manages a geographic space including a route on which a moving object moves, including a subsystem operable to manage a map of the geographic space, and an update manager operable to change a boundary of an update block, which is a unit of an update contained in the map, according to an extent to which the update block is updated. Also provided is a method and computer program product.

An embodiment includes a mobile object server and a registration server. The mobile object server is receives information from each of a plurality of mobile objects within a geographic space and performs a process associated with each mobile object. The mobile object server performs processes by mobile object agents associated with the plurality of mobile objects. The registration server registers a first additional process that is to be performed in addition to a first basic process common to the plurality of mobile objects. The first additional process is associated with one mobile object. The registration server registers the first additional process with one mobile object agent. The registration server registers the first additional process and a call-up condition by the one mobile object agent. The mobile object server calls up the first additional process in response to the call-up condition being satisfied during performance of the one mobile object agent.

Management of mobile objects and service platform for mobile objects

To provide different services and information in real time to each automobile or each driver with a high-quality driving assistance or automatic driving system that manages a plurality of mobile objects by communicating with the mobile objects, provided is a system including a mobile object server operable to receive information from each of a plurality of mobile objects within a geographic space and perform a process associated with each mobile object; and a registration server operable to register a first additional process that is to be performed in addition to a first basic process common to the plurality of mobile objects, in association with one mobile object among the plurality of mobile objects. Also provided are a method and program product.

At least one subsystem among the plurality of subsystems includes a managing section operable to manage individual event information for events occurring in a management target region of the at least one subsystem among the plurality of regions and adjacent event information for events occurring in a partial range from a boundary of the management target region among routes in an adjacent region that is adjacent to the management target region, and an event selecting section operable to select events about which the moving object is to be informed, from the individual event information and the adjacent event information managed by the at least one subsystem. Also provided is a method and computer program product.

A method and system are provided to support automated modification to a multiple node tree structure. Each clause and each logical operator are defined in the tree structure as nodes. In addition, each link emanating from a child node to a parent node is defined as a child link, and each link emanating from a parent node to a child node is defined as a parent link. The selection and location of an operator for placement in the tree structure will be automated in response to the position selected.

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Tomohiro Miyahira