US 12,468,313 B2
Moving object operation management device
Toru Takashima, Susono (JP); Keigo Noguchi, Toyota (JP); Atsushi Tojo, Susono (JP); and Shun Maruyama, Numazu (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on May 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/659,029.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-135748 (JP), filed on Aug. 23, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0068180 A1, Feb. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. G05D 1/644 (2024.01); G05D 1/693 (2024.01); G05D 105/20 (2024.01); G05D 105/28 (2024.01); G05D 107/70 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/644 (2024.01) [G05D 1/693 (2024.01); G05D 2105/20 (2024.01); G05D 2105/28 (2024.01); G05D 2107/70 (2024.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A moving object operation management device that manages operation of a plurality of moving objects configured to move in a passage provided in an area and perform work at a specific place, the moving object operation management device being configured to
when the work of a certain moving object hinders movement of another moving object in the passage, set a section including the place where the work is performed as an exclusive section, and
when the exclusive section for one of two moving objects and the exclusive section for the other moving object are adjacent to each other and movement of the one moving object to a next destination by a shortest path is hindered by the exclusive section for the other moving object,
selectively generate a first operation instruction and a second operation instruction by comparing an arrival time of the one moving object at the next destination between the first operation instruction and the second operation instruction,
the first operation instruction being an instruction to move the one moving object to the next destination by a path bypassing the exclusive section for the other moving object, and
the second operation instruction being an instruction to move the one moving object to the next destination by the shortest path after the exclusive section for the other moving object is cancelled, wherein the second operation instruction is an instruction to cause the one moving object to wait in the exclusive section for the one moving object, and move to the next destination by the shortest path after the other moving object moves toward a next destination without passing through the exclusive section for the one moving object.