US 12,246,643 B2
Control system, control method, and non-transitory storage medium
Takumi Sakamoto, Toyota (JP); Shiro Oda, Anjo (JP); and Takeshi Matsui, Nisshin (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/631,110.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-068265 (JP), filed on Apr. 19, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0351513 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G05D 1/617 (2024.01)
CPC B60Q 1/507 (2022.05) [B60Q 1/543 (2022.05); G05D 1/617 (2024.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system that controls a system including an autonomously movable mobile robot configured to transport a transport object, wherein
the mobile robot includes at least one light-emitting unit, and
the control system is configured to change a light emission pattern of the light-emitting unit according to transport object information indicating whether the mobile robot is transporting the transport object, wherein
the system includes a server that is connectable to the mobile robot via wireless communication, and
the control system is configured to determine, based on an image of the mobile robot captured by a camera, the transport object information from the light emission pattern shown by the image, at least when the server is unable to communicate with the mobile robot.