Autonomous mobile robot and medium
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsKeiko Noguchi, Masafumi Matsumura
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an autonomous mobile robot includes a communication device, a memory, and a hardware processor connected to the communication device and the memory. The communication device receives list information indicating ride conditions of a car from the elevator control system when transmitting a car call message to an elevator control system on a hall of any floor. The hardware processor includes a ride determination unit and a movement control unit. The ride determination unit determines whether the robot is able to ride in the car or not, based on the list information when the car arrives. The movement control unit allows the robot to ride in the car and move to a destination floor when the robot is able to ride.
Claims12
An autonomous mobile robot capable of riding in a car of an elevator and moving between floors, the robot comprising:
- a communication device, a memory, and a hardware processor connected to the communication device and the memory,
- the communication device, receiving list information indicating ride conditions of the car from an elevator control system when transmitting a car call message to the elevator control system on a hall of any floor, and
- the hardware processor comprising:
- a ride determination unit which, when the car arrives, determines whether the robot is able to ride in the car or not, based on the list information, and
- a movement control unit which, when the robot is able to ride, allows the robot to ride in the car and move to a destination floor,
- the list information including a scheduled destination of a passenger who is to ride in the car or who is riding in the car.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executed by a computer controlling an autonomous mobile robot capable of riding in a car of an elevator and moving between floors,
- the program causing the computer to execute:
- receiving list information indicating ride conditions of the car from an elevator control system when transmitting a car call message to an elevator control system on a hall of any floor via a communication device;
- determining whether the robot is able to ride in the car or not based on the list information when the car arrives;
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- allowing the robot to ride in the car and move to a destination floor when the robot is able to ride,
- the list information including a scheduled destination of a passenger who is to ride in the car or who is riding in the car.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.