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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Takashi Ohsawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ohsawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A task management apparatus includes a task information acquisition unit, an execution location position information acquisition unit, an execution candidate position information acquisition unit and a selection unit. The task information acquisition unit acquires task information for a task being executed by one of a plurality of execution candidates at one of a plurality of execution locations. The execution location position information acquisition unit acquires execution location position information for respective positions of the execution locations. The execution candidate position information acquisition unit acquires execution candidate position information on respective positions of the execution candidates. The selection unit selects one execution location and one execution candidate from the plurality of execution locations and the plurality of execution candidates, respectively, based on respective movement costs which are calculated from the acquired execution location position information and the acquired execution candidate position information.