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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2017
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masako Minato, Fuchu, JP;
Masahiko Murakami, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Horio, Yokohama, JP;
Shunsuke Yamaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Daijiro Komaki, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A device selection method includes receiving a start demand of a service from a first device, acquiring positional-information of the first device, estimating a service continuation-time of the service, based on a history of the service continuation-time corresponding to an area to which the positional-information belongs by referring to the history of the service continuation-time for which the service is continuously provided for each area, estimating a battery continuation-time of the first device, based on a remaining battery quantity of the first device and a battery consumption rate of the first device at a time of receiving the start demand, selecting the first device or a second device installed in the area to which the positional-information belongs, based on the service continuation-time and the battery continuation-time, and causing a device selected between the first device and the second device to execute sensing of media data used for the service.