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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Sekine, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation control apparatus () includes a data acquisition unit () and an apparatus control unit (). The data acquisition unit () acquires first congestion data. In a present example, the data acquisition unit () generates the first congestion data by processing an image generated by an image capture unit. The image processing performed herein includes, for example, processing of counting the number of persons in a crowd. The apparatus control unit () controls an apparatus to be controlled by using the first congestion data. For example, when the first congestion data exceed a reference value, the apparatus control unit () reduces the number of operating apparatuses to be controlled and lowers a response speed of the apparatus to be controlled in such a way that the number of persons moving from a second area to a first area per unit time decreases.