Control device, system, and adjustment method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsChikage Kubo, Kenichi Yamada, Yuki Tatsumoto, Hiromitsu Fujii, Mitsuhiro Naito
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Abstract
A control device includes a control unit configured to acquire target data indicating a production target in a factory and detect production progress in the factory, compare the production target indicated by the acquired target data with the detected production progress, and predict, based on an obtained comparison result, a finishing time period within which one or more users working in the factory are expected to finish work and adjust, based on the predicted finishing time period, a time period within which one or more vehicles for commuting are expected to transport the one or more users.
Claims15
A control device comprising:
- a communication unit configured to communicate with terminal devices, vehicles, and a production control system that manages a production process of a factory;
- and
- a control unit comprising a processor programmed to:
- acquire, via the communication unit, target data indicating a target quantity of products to be produced in the factory within a predefined period of time from the production control system;
- and
- detect a quantity of the products produced in the factory during the predefined period of time by:
- acquiring data indicating the quantity of the products produced in the factory during the predefined period of time from the production control system via the communication unit;
- or
- detecting the quantity of the products produced in the factory by acquiring an image captured by a camera installed in the factory via the communication unit and analyzing the acquired image;
- calculate a remaining quantity of the products by subtracting the detected quantity from the target quantity indicated by the acquired target data;
- predict, based on the calculated remaining quantity, a finishing time period within which one or more users working in the factory are expected to finish work;
- adjust a time period within which one or more vehicles for commuting are expected to transport the one or more users based on the predicted finishing time period;
- transmit, via the communication unit, notification data to one or more terminal devices respectively associated with the one or more users notifying the one or more users of the adjusted time period;
- and
- notify, via the communication unit, the one or more vehicles or drivers of the one or more vehicles of a command to cause the one or more vehicles to transport the one or more users in a time period adjusted according to the predicted finishing time period.
An adjustment method implemented by a control unit including a communication unit configured to communicate with terminal devices, vehicles, and a production control system that manages a production process of a factory, and a control unit comprising a processor, the adjustment method comprising:
- acquiring, by the communication unit, target data indicating a target quantity of products to be produced in the factory within a predefined period of time from the production control system;
- detecting, by the processor, a quantity of the products produced in the factory during the predefined period of time by:
- acquiring data indicating the quantity of the products produced in the factory during the predefined period of time from the production control system via the communication unit;
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- detecting the quantity of the products produced in the factory by acquiring an image captured by a camera installed in the factory via the communication unit and analyzing the acquired image;
- predicting, by the processor, based on the calculated remaining quantity, a finishing time period within which one or more users working in the factory are expected to finish work;
- adjusting, by the processor, a time period within which one or more vehicles for commuting are expected to transport the one or more users based on the predicted finishing time period;
- transmitting, via the communication unit, notification data to one or more terminal devices respectively associated with the one or more users notifying the one or more users of the adjusted time period;
- and
- notifying, via the communication unit, the one or more vehicles or drivers of the one or more vehicles of a command to cause the one or more vehicles to transport the one or more users in a time period adjusted according to the predicted finishing time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.