Controller and control method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKento Iwahori, Daiki Yokoyama
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Abstract
A controller includes a determining unit configured to determine a work assistance operation to be performed by a target moving object, the work assistance operation being an operation to assist work on a moving object, the target moving object including at least one of the moving object and another moving object being located around the moving object, the moving object configured to be operable by unmanned driving, the another moving object configured to be operable by unmanned driving and an instructing unit configured to instruct the target moving object to perform the work assistance operation determined by the determining unit.
Claims12
A controller comprising:
- a memory storing a program;
- and
- at least one processor operatively connected to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the program to:
- acquire step information, the step information being an information relating to a manufacturing step of manufacturing a moving object;
- based on the step information, determine a work assistance operation to be performed by a target moving object, wherein the work assistance operation is an operation to assist work on the moving object in the manufacturing of the moving object, the target moving object including at least one of the moving object and another moving object being located around the moving object, the moving object configured to be operable by unmanned driving, the another moving object configured to be operable by unmanned driving;
- and
- instruct the target moving object to perform the work assistance operation.
A control method comprising:
- acquiring step information, the step information being an information relating to a manufacturing step of manufacturing a moving object;
- based on the step information, determining a work assistance operation to be performed by a target moving object, wherein the work assistance operation is an operation to assist work on the moving object in the manufacturing of the moving object, the target moving object including at least one of the moving object and another moving object being located around the moving object, the moving object configured to be operable by unmanned driving, the another moving object configured to be operable by unmanned driving;
- and
- instructing the target moving object to perform the work assistance operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.