Mobile unit management device, management method, and storage medium
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMichio Yamashita, Hideyuki Aisu, Shizu Sakakibara
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a mobile unit management device includes a processor with hardware, configured to generate an operation schedule of at least one mobile unit, control an operation of the mobile unit based on the operation schedule, upon a need arising for updating of the operation schedule, estimate a future position of the mobile unit based on an old operation schedule that has not yet been executed on the mobile unit, generate a new operation schedule based on the future position, integrate the old operation schedule and the new operation schedule into an integrated operation schedule, and control the operation of the mobile unit based on the integrated operation schedule.
Claims9
A mobile unit management device comprising a processor with hardware, configured to:
- generate an operation schedule of at least one mobile unit;
- control an operation of the mobile unit based on the operation schedule;
- upon a need arising for updating of the operation schedule, estimate a future position of the mobile unit based on an old operation schedule that has not yet been executed on the mobile unit;
- generate a new operation schedule based on the future position;
- integrate the old operation schedule and the new operation schedule into an integrated operation schedule;
- and
- control the operation of the mobile unit based on the integrated operation schedule,
- wherein
- the processor controls the operation of the mobile unit by transmitting control commands based on the operation schedule to the mobile unit, wherein the number of control commands transmitted at a time is predetermined, and
- the processor maintains, among first control commands generated based on the old operation schedule, a first control command which has not yet been transmitted to the mobile unit and is for moving the mobile unit to the future position, and updates a first control command for moving the mobile unit to a position after the future position to a second control command generated based on the new operation schedule.
A mobile unit management method comprising:
- generating an operation schedule of at least one mobile unit;
- controlling an operation of the mobile unit based on the operation schedule;
- upon a need arising for updating the operation schedule, estimating a future position of the mobile unit based on an old operation schedule that has not yet been executed on the mobile unit;
- generating a new operation schedule based on the future position;
- integrating the old operation schedule and the new operation schedule into an integrated operation schedule;
- and
- controlling the operation of the mobile unit based on the integrated operation schedule,
- wherein the method further includes
- controlling the operation of the mobile unit by transmitting control commands based on the operation schedule to the mobile unit, wherein the number of control commands transmitted at a time is predetermined, and
- maintaining, among first control commands generated based on the old operation schedule, a first control command which has not yet been transmitted to the mobile unit and is for moving the mobile unit to the future position, and updating a first control command for moving the mobile unit to a position after the future position to a second control command generated based on the new operation schedule.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a mobile unit management program that when executed causes a mobile unit management device to perform a method comprising:
- generating an operation schedule of at least one mobile unit;
- controlling an operation of the mobile unit based on the operation schedule;
- upon a need arising for updating the operation schedule, estimating a future position of the mobile unit based on an old operation schedule that has not yet been executed on the mobile unit;
- generating a new operation schedule based on the future position;
- integrating the old operation schedule and the new operation schedule into an integrated operation schedule;
- and
- controlling the operation of the mobile unit based on the integrated operation schedule,
- wherein the method further includes
- controlling the operation of the mobile unit by transmitting control commands based on the operation schedule to the mobile unit, wherein the number of control commands transmitted at a time is predetermined, and
- maintaining, among first control commands generated based on the old operation schedule, a first control command which has not yet been transmitted to the mobile unit and is for moving the mobile unit to the future position, and updating a first control command for moving the mobile unit to a position after the future position to a second control command generated based on the new operation schedule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.