Device determination system, device determination method, and device determination program

A device determination method, comprising:

• capturing, by an image capturing device, an image of a stacking area provided with an assistance device configured to assist a work for a workpiece stacked in the stacking area and having portability so as to be freely arranged;
• and
• determining, by a control device, an arrangement position and an arrangement orientation of the assistance device in the stacking area based on the captured image captured by the image capturing device, wherein
• in the determining, an indicator by which a position and an orientation of the assistance device reflected in the captured image can be identified is detected from the captured image so as to determine the arrangement position and the arrangement orientation;
• and
• wherein the assistance device is configured to assist a work of a loading machine which supplies the workpiece stacked in the stacking area to a working machine, and is a lifting device for lifting and separating, from other workpieces, an uppermost workpiece of a plurality of the workpieces placed in the stacking area,
• a plurality of the assistance device are provided, and
• the device determination method comprises:
• detecting the workpiece in the stacking area based on the captured image by the control device;
• and
• determining whether or not the plurality of assistance device are arranged for the workpiece detected through the detecting by the control device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a device determination program causing a computer to execute:

• acquiring a captured image obtained by capturing, with an image capturing device, an image of a stacking area provided with an assistance device configured to assist a work for a workpiece stacked in the stacking area and having portability so as be freely arranged;
• determining an arrangement position and an arrangement orientation of the assistance device in the stacking area based on the captured image that is acquired;
• detecting the workpiece in the stacking area based on the captured image;
• and
• determining whether or not a plurality of the assistance device are arranged for the workpiece detected through the detecting, wherein
• in the determining, an indicator by which a position and an orientation of the assistance device reflected in the captured image can be identified is detected from the captured image so that the arrangement position and the arrangement orientation are determined;
• and
• wherein the assistance device is configured to assist a work of a loading machine which supplies the workpiece stacked in the stacking area to a working machine, and is a lifting device for lifting and separating, from other workpieces, an uppermost workpiece of a plurality of the workpieces placed in the stacking area.