US 11,953,892 B2
Selection support device, selection support method, and storage medium
Megumi Hirakawa, Tokyo (JP); Satoshi Murata, Tokyo (JP); Sota Sakaguchi, Tokyo (JP); Shohei Namiki, Tokyo (JP); Ryota Hisada, Tokyo (JP); and Ryuichi Kimata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/830,544.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-098130 (JP), filed on Jun. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0397890 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G05B 19/4065 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4187 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4065 (2013.01); G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31325 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45106 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for a lawn mowing work on a work field, comprising:
a plurality of lawn mowers, each lawn mower including a sensor configured to measure a working time of lawn mower, and
a selection support device that supports selection of a lawn mower to be used for the lawn mowing work from among the plurality of lawn mowers,
wherein the selection support device comprises:
a receiving unit configured to receive a proposal request related to selection of a lawn mower to be used for the lawn mowing work through a user's terminal;
a history information acquisition unit configured to acquire history information which indicates past uses of each lawn mower based on a measurement result of the sensor from a database;
a specifying unit configured to specify a cumulative working time of past uses of each lawn mower based on the history information;
a selection unit configured to automatically and preferentially select a lawn mower with a small cumulative working time of past uses as a lawn mower to be used for the lawn mowing work through comparison of specified cumulative working times; and
a sending unit configured to send information regarding a lawn mower selected by the selection unit to the user's terminal.