公开(公告)号：US20220197275A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17500359

申请日：2021-10-13

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Shiro Oda ,  Tetsuya Taira ,  Satoshi Toyoshima ,  Yuta Watanabe ,  Takeshi Matsui ,  Takayoshi Nasu ,  Kei Yoshikawa ,  Yusuke Ota ,  Yutaro Ishida ,  Yuji Onuma ,  Kyosuke Arai

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G07C5/00

Abstract: A transport system transports a transported object using an autonomously moveable mobile robot. The transport system stores management information including a use start time, a use end time, and a use location for each equipment to be lent that is transported as the transported object by the mobile robot. The transport system executes a determination process for determining whether an interval from the use end time to a next use start time is equal to or longer than a predetermined time for each equipment based on the management information. The transport system transports the equipment to its storage location after an end of use of the equipment when the interval is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, and transports the equipment to a next use location of the equipment after the end of the use of the equipment when the interval is shorter than the predetermined time.

公开(公告)号：US10957067B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16358988

申请日：2019-03-20

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Kei Yoshikawa ,  Shintaro Yoshizawa ,  Yuto Mori

IPC: G06T7/70 ,  G06T7/80

Abstract: A control apparatus capable of efficiently detecting a target object even when the target object is shielded by other objects is provided. An object recognition unit 114 recognizes a target object 80 present in a 3D environment 4 by using measurement data acquired from a sensor 12. An information generation unit 116 generates 3D environmental information by integrating a plurality of measurement data. A position determination unit 120 determines an optimal position of the sensor 12 for performing the next measurement. A sensor control unit 140 moves the sensor 12 to the determined optimal position. The position determination unit 120 determines, by using the 3D environmental information, a position of the sensor 12 where the sensor 12 can take an image in which a size of an area shielded by at least one first object is larger as the optimal position.