Conveyance control system, conveyance control program, and conveyance control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11822314-B2
Application number	US-202017097118-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2020
Priority date	Nov 25, 2019
Publication date	Nov 21, 2023
Grant date	Nov 21, 2023

Abstract

A conveyance control system according to the present disclosure is a conveyance control system configured to control a conveyance robot to autonomously move and convey a conveyance object to a destination, the conveyance control system including: a reception unit configured to receive, from a scheduled recipient of the conveyance object, a request signal for requesting a third party to collect the conveyance object halfway through conveyance of the conveyance object; and an issuance unit configured to issue, to a terminal of the third party, a temporary electronic key for enabling the conveyance object to be taken out from the conveyance robot based on a set condition when the reception unit receives the request signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A conveyance control system configured to control a conveyance robot to autonomously move and convey a conveyance object to a destination, the conveyance control system comprising:
a reception unit configured to receive, from a scheduled recipient of the conveyance object, a request signal for requesting a third party to collect the conveyance object halfway through conveyance of the conveyance object; and
an issuance unit configured to issue, to a terminal of the third party, a temporary electronic key for enabling the conveyance object to be taken out from the conveyance robot based on a set condition when the reception unit receives the request signal.

2. The conveyance control system according to claim 1 , wherein the issuance unit issues the electronic key to the terminal of the third party located within a reference range from the conveyance robot.

3. The conveyance control system according to claim 1 , wherein the issuance unit issues the electronic key to the terminal of the third party registered in a registration list.

4. The conveyance control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data obtained by shooting the third party who has come to collect the conveyance object halfway through conveyance of the conveyance object;
a transmission unit configured to transmit the imaging data to a terminal of the scheduled recipient; and
an unlocking control unit configured to, when the transmission unit has transmitted the imaging data and then the reception unit receives a permission signal indicating that permission to perform unlocking is given from the scheduled recipient, perform unlocking with the electronic key.

5. The conveyance control system according to claim 4 , wherein the unlocking control unit determines, based on an attribute set in the conveyance object, whether to perform unlocking with the electronic key when the reception unit receives the permission signal or to perform unlocking with the electronic key without the reception unit receiving the permission signal.

6. The conveyance control system according to claim 5 , wherein the transmission unit transmits the imaging data to the terminal of the scheduled recipient even when the unlocking control unit performs unlocking with the electronic key without the reception unit receiving the permission signal.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a conveyance control program for controlling a conveyance robot to autonomously move and convey a conveyance object to a destination, the conveyance control program causing a computer to execute:
a movement step of causing the conveyance robot to move toward the destination;
a check step of checking, while the movement step is being executed, whether a request signal for requesting a third party to collect the conveyance object halfway through conveyance of the conveyance object is received from a scheduled recipient of the conveyance object; and
an issuance step of issuing, to a terminal of the third party, a temporary electronic key for enabling the conveyance object to be taken out from the conveyance robot based on a set condition when it is confirmed that the request signal has been received in the check step.

8. A conveyance control method for controlling a conveyance robot to autonomously move and convey a conveyance object to a destination, the conveyance control method comprising:
causing the conveyance robot to move toward the destination;
checking, during the movement of the conveyance robot, whether a request signal for requesting a third party to collect the conveyance object halfway through conveyance of the conveyance object is received from a scheduled recipient of the conveyance object; and
issuing, to a terminal of the third party, a temporary electronic key for enabling the conveyance object to be taken out from the conveyance robot based on a set condition when it is confirmed that the request signal has been received.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takai Tomohisa
• Yamaguchi Yuhei
• Toyoshima Satoshi
• Watanabe Yuta
• Honda Mikio
• Oda Shiro
• Taira Tetsuya
• Otsuki Nobuhisa

Classifications

• G05B19/4155 Primary

  characterised by program execution, i.e. part program or machine function execution, e.g. selection of a program · CPC title

• G07C9/00182

  operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks · CPC title

• G05B2219/50391

  Robot · CPC title

• G06Q10/08 Primary

  Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management · CPC title

• G07C9/00309

  operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks · CPC title