Apparatus, method, program, and recording medium for supporting arrangement of operation areas layout
US8566065B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P90/02
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for supporting arrangement of operation areas layout includes: a storage unit that stores therein data on a position, a shape, and a use period of each operation area which has already been arranged in a prescribed site; a display control unit that references the data stored in the storage unit and makes a display unit display a top view illustrating arrangement of the operation areas at a given point of time on a temporal axis; and an operation areas layout arrangement processing unit that receives an input of a data on a position, a shape, and a use period of an operation area to be added into the prescribed site, references the data stored in the storage unit, and, if the received and added operation area is not determined to interfere with other already-arranged operation area, stores the data on the added operation area in the storage unit.
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