公开(公告)号：US20230229156A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US17968019

申请日：2022-10-18

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Masanori SHIMIZU ,  Hideto WATANABE ,  Tetsuo HORI ,  Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO ,  Tetsuya YOSHIKAWA

IPC: G05B23/02 ,  G06Q10/08

CPC classification number: G05B23/0283 ,  G05B23/0289 ,  G06Q10/087

Abstract: The technology disclosed in the present specification is embodied as a support device for supporting maintenance on an apparatus including an expendable component. The support device includes at least one computer. The at least one computer executes: a process of acquiring an index indicative of a consumption level of the expendable component; a process of, at a time point when the index indicative the consumption level reaches a predetermined threshold, specifying a necessary period of time required for replacement of the expendable component at the time point; and a process of restricting an operation of the apparatus when a remaining period of time of the expendable component, the remaining period of time being associated with the threshold, is shorter than the necessary period of time required for the replacement.