Abstract: A resource allocation device includes: a request receiving unit that receives a request to allocate a state management unit for sharing a state for each group composed of a plurality of user terminals within a group, to any of a plurality of DCs deployed in a distributed cloud environment; and an allocation calculation unit that calculates an allocation cost of allocating the state management unit to each DC by using an allocation index corresponding to a requirement requested by the group, and determines a DC to which the state management unit is allocated, in accordance with the allocation cost.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for classifying targets into a known-object group and an unknown-object group. The apparatus includes a speech/image data storage unit configured to store a spoken sound of a name of an object and an image of the object; a unit configured to calculate a speech confidence level of a speech for the name of the object with reference to a spoken sound of a name of a known object; a unit configured to calculate an image confidence level of an image of an object with respect to an image of a known object; and a unit configured to compare an evaluation value, which is obtained by combining the speech confidence level and image confidence level, with a threshold value, and classify a target object into an object group determined according to whether the spoken sound of the name and the image are known or unknown.