Transport system, transport control method, and storage medium

A transport control method for a computer to perform transport control for transporting and collecting medical devices by a mobile robot in a device rental system, the transport control method comprising:

• storing a first trained model that has been trained, using first training data including:
• (i) rental performance data representing a use history of a medical device rented in the device rental system and including a record of an end time at which use of the medical device has ended, and
• (ii) electronic medical record data describing a patient's symptoms, treatment contents, and treatment schedules,
• to output, based on the electronic medical record data and data indicating the medical device currently loaned out, a predicted end time of use of the medical device;
• storing a second trained model that has been trained, using second training data including:
• (i) collection performance data including a use end time and a collection-completion time of the medical device collected by the mobile robot, and
• (ii) route data indicating a collection route executed by the mobile robot,
• to output a collection route for collecting the medical device as a return item by the mobile robot based on the predicted end time output from the first trained model;
• inputting the electronic medical record data of a respective patient and the data indicating the medical device currently loaned out to the respective patient, into the first trained model;
• acquiring the predicted end time of use of the medical device currently loaned out to the respective patient from the first trained model;
• inputting the predicted end time that is output from the first trained model into the second trained model;
• acquiring the collection route for collecting the medical device currently loaned out to the respective patient as the return item, from the second trained model;
• determining, by the computer, the mobile robot that performs a collection operation for the medical device currently loaned out to the respective patient based on the acquired collection route;
• and
• controlling movement of the determined mobile robot to perform the collection operation via the acquired collection route.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute transport control for transporting and collecting medical devices by a mobile robot in a device rental system, wherein the transport control includes:

• storing a first trained model that has been trained, using first training data including:
• (i) rental performance data representing a use history of a medical device rented in the device rental system and including a record of an end time at which use of the medical device has ended, and
• (ii) electronic medical record data describing a patient's symptoms, treatment contents, and treatment schedules,
• to output, based on the electronic medical record data and data indicating the medical device currently loaned out, a predicted end time of use of the medical device;
• storing a second trained model that has been trained, using second training data including:
• (i) collection performance data including a use end time and a collection-completion time of the medical device collected by the mobile robot, and
• (ii) route data indicating a collection route executed by the mobile robot,
• to output a collection route for collecting the medical device as a return item by the mobile robot based on the predicted end time output from the first trained model;
• inputting the electronic medical record data of a respective patient and the data indicating the medical device currently loaned out to the respective patient, into the first trained model;
• acquiring the predicted end time of use of the medical device currently loaned out to the respective patient from the first trained model;
• inputting the predicted end time that is output from the first trained model into the second trained model;
• acquiring the collection route for collecting the medical device currently loaned out to the respective patient as the return item, from the second trained model;
• determining the mobile robot that performs a collection operation for the medical device currently loaned out to the respective patient based on the acquired collection route;
• and
• controlling movement of the determined mobile robot to perform the collection operation via the acquired collection route.