Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Real-time wait estimation and prediction via embedded sensors
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Application No.: US16202433Application Date: 2018-11-28
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Publication No.: US10832356B2Publication Date: 2020-11-10
- Inventor: Rahul Ghosh , William R. Lariccia , Ravi K. Muthukrishnan , Aaron J. Quirk , Xian Jun Zhu
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Alexander Jochym; Amy J. Pattillo
- Main IPC: G06Q50/00
- IPC: G06Q50/00 ; G06Q50/12 ; G01G19/52 ; G01G19/44

Abstract:
A management system receives inputs over a period of time from outputs of one or more sensors placed within a proximity to a service area, the one or more sensors for detecting at least one of at least one weight and at least one sound. The management system dynamically estimating, based on a rate of a percentage of change of the at least one weight over the period of time and types of sounds of the at least one sound for the service area, one or more wait times until a completion of use of the service area. The management system dynamically generating one or more wait time estimates in real time for the service area based on the one or more wait times and a current number of users waiting in a queue for the service area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190096010A1 REAL-TIME WAIT ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION VIA EMBEDDED SENSORS Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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