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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2023
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;
Ken Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Takenouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kusakabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yuto Akimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a determination apparatus for determining congestion of persons includes a first database, a stay information acquisition unit, and a first determination unit. The database stores position information indicative of a position of a person together with time information, in association with identification information of the person. The acquisition unit acquires information on one or more persons who have made a stay and to acquire, for each of the one or more persons who have made a stay, information on a time slot during which the stay was made, based on the position information and the time information stored in the first database in association with the identification information of the each of the one or more persons. The determination unit determines that an area in which multiple people have stayed for a predetermined continuous time length or more is a congested area.