公开(公告)号：US12032384B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17542633

申请日：2021-12-06

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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

IPC: G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0253 ,  G05D1/0274

Abstract: A robot control system according to an embodiment is a robot control system that controls a mobile robot configured to be able to move autonomously inside a facility. When the mobile robot moves from a first area inside the facility to a second area through a partition configured to be openable and closable, a moving route of the mobile robot is set based on the mobile robot that is determined from an image captured by a first camera that photographs the first area and an obstacle that is determined from an image captured by a second camera that photographs the second area.

公开(公告)号：US20230368517A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18122419

申请日：2023-03-16

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Kei Yoshikawa ,  Shiro Oda ,  Susumu Shimizu ,  Takeshi Matsui

IPC: G06V10/70 ,  G06V10/764 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G06V10/147

CPC classification number: G06V10/87 ,  G06V10/764 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G06V10/147

Abstract: A control system according to the present disclosure executes system control that controls a system including a mobile robot that autonomously moves. The control system executes a group classification process of recognizing a feature of a person present around the mobile robot and classifying, based on the feature, the person into a preset first group or second group. The control system above selects a first operation mode when the person belonging to the first group is present around the mobile robot and selects a second operation mode that is different from the first operation mode when the person belonging to the first group is not present around the mobile robot. The control system above controls, when the second operation mode is selected, the group classification process so as to execute a process with a smaller processing load than a processing load when the first operation mode is selected.

公开(公告)号：US20220204268A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17507036

申请日：2021-10-21

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: B65G1/137

Abstract: A management system includes an autonomously movable mobile robot configured to be managed by the management system and transport a transport article. The mobile robot includes a storage locker capable of containing a transport article and being electrically locked or unlocked. The management system is configured to determine whether to unlock the storage locker according to a security level set for unlocking the storage locker. The management system is configured to, when the management system receives a notification of an emergency event, lower the security level.

公开(公告)号：US20220203551A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17494386

申请日：2021-10-05

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: B25J11/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/16

Abstract: A luggage transport system includes: a transport robot that transports luggage to a destination while moving such that a distance from an obstacle does not become equal to or smaller than a predetermined value; and a predetermined value changing unit for changing the predetermined value according to at least one of the luggage, a moving speed of the transport robot, and a state of a road surface on which the transport robot moves.

公开(公告)号：US20240343539A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18586873

申请日：2024-02-26

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Satoshi TOYOSHIMA ,  Shiro Oda ,  Takeshi Matsui

IPC: B66F9/06 ,  B66F9/075 ,  G08B21/18

CPC classification number: B66F9/063 ,  B66F9/0755 ,  G08B21/182

Abstract: A transfer robot that conveys a predetermined package loaded on a load-carrying platform includes: the load-carrying platform; a first determining device configured to determine whether an object is loaded on the load-carrying platform; a second determining device configured to determine whether the predetermined package is loaded on the load-carrying platform; and at least one of a controller configured to control the transfer robot such that the transfer robot performs a predetermined operation and a warning device configured to issue a warning, when the first determining device determines that the object is loaded on the load-carrying platform and the second determining device determines that the predetermined package is not loaded on the load-carrying platform.

公开(公告)号：US12093025B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-17

申请号：US17545300

申请日：2021-12-08

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: G05B19/418 ,  G06F9/4401

CPC classification number: G05B19/41895 ,  G06F9/4401

Abstract: In a conveyance system, a conveyance object is conveyed by use of a plurality of mobile robots autonomously movable inside a facility. In a case where a blockade request event occurs in at least one area inside the facility, the conveyance system receives occurrence information transmitted from a facility management system configured to manage the facility and causes the mobile robots to execute an operation restriction to restrict operations of the mobile robots. In a case where a predetermined condition for the blockade request event is established after the mobile robots execute the operation restriction, the conveyance system reboots the mobile robots.

公开(公告)号：US11914363B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17544190

申请日：2021-12-07

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 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0297

Abstract: A mobile robot receives first transmission information transmitted from a server device to manage the mobile robot in a state where wireless communication with the server device is possible, directly executes wireless communication with another mobile robot among the mobile robots and executes a reception process of receiving the first transmission information transmitted from the server device to manage the mobile robot from the other mobile robot in a case where wireless communication with the server device is not possible.

公开(公告)号：US11755009B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

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: G07C5/00 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G07C5/006 ,  G05D2201/0216

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：US11713058B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US17193027

申请日：2021-03-05

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Teppei Fukuzawa ,  Takeshi Matsui ,  Yoshinari Takeyama

IPC: B60W60/00 ,  H04L9/40 ,  B60R16/023 ,  B60W50/04

CPC classification number: B60W60/00188 ,  B60R16/0231 ,  B60W50/04 ,  H04L63/1441

Abstract: A vehicle control system comprising: a driving control device that includes a first processor and controls a driving section at a vehicle; a control instructing device includes a second processor and controls the driving control device by giving instructions by communication to the driving control device; and a communication path connects a plurality of control devices, including the control instructing and the driving control devices, the plurality of control devices communicate with one another, wherein the vehicle control system is structured wherein the first and second processors respectively compare a communication period of communication with another control device via the communication path, and a reference period that is stored in advance, based on results of comparisons on the communication period and the reference period that have been carried out by the first processor and the second processor, the second processor judges that there is an attack on the communication path.

公开(公告)号：US20220203553A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17558834

申请日：2021-12-22

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: B25J11/00 ,  B25J9/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G01G19/52

Abstract: A robot control system according to a present embodiment is a robot control system for controlling a mobile robot that is configured to autonomously within a facility. When it is detected that one or more used trays, among a plurality of trays used for meal service within the facility, are returned to a first prescribed place, the system instructs the mobile robot to collect the trays returned to the first prescribed place and deliver the trays to a second prescribed place.