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Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2007
Applicants:

Yohei Kawabe, Yokohama, JP;

Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yohei Kawabe, Yokohama, JP;

Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 19/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system is configured by a movement record acquiring unit that acquires a cargo movement record through data communication with a communication apparatus included in a transportation means to store the cargo movement record into a cargo movement record database, a load amount identifying unit that identifies cargos having the overlapping periods between the loading time and unloading time and transported by the same transportation means among the cargos to store a load record into a load record database, an average load amount calculating unit that calculates an average value of the past load amount in the loading period as an average load amount, an energy consumption calculating unit that calculates the energy consumption of each cargo, and an output processing unit that outputs the energy consumption of each cargo to an output interface.


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