# US 2022/0044337 A1 · Management device, management system, and management method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0044337 A1 - Document ID: US20220044337A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/393,441 - Filed: 2021-08-04 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-07 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Naokatsu Sato; Yoshitaka Mimura; Koji Kawabe; Masahide Kobayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220044337A1 ## CPC - G06Q 50/12: Hotels or restaurants - G01C 21/206: {specially adapted for indoor navigation} - G01C 21/3492: {employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968)} - G05D 1/0246: {using a video camera in combination with image processing means} - G05D 1/0276: {using signals provided by a source external to the vehicle (involving a plurality of vehicles G05D1/0287; automatically controlling vehicle speed responsive to externally generated signals B60K31/0058)} - G05D 1/0297: {by controlling means in a control room} - G06Q 2240/00: Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES ## Abstract A management device that is configured to manage a robot device, the management device comprising: a memory configured to store instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: acquire identification information for identifying the user and time information on a time at which a vehicle having a user therein is scheduled to arrive at an arrival point, wherein the arrival point is point at which the vehicle is scheduled to arrive and the user is scheduled to exit; and provide the robot device with instruction information including the identification information for causing the robot device to guide the user from the arrival point to a destination of the user on the basis of the acquired time information and the acquired identification information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A management device that is configured to manage a robot device, the management device comprising: a memory configured to store instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: acquire identification information for identifying the user and time information on a time at which a vehicle having a user therein is scheduled to arrive at an arrival point, wherein the arrival point is point at which the vehicle is scheduled to arrive and the user is scheduled to exit; and provide the robot device with instruction information including the identification information for causing the robot device to guide the user from the arrival point to a destination of the user on the basis of the acquired time information and the acquired identification information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The management device according to claim 1, wherein the destination is located at a position which is in a predetermined facility and which the vehicle is not able to reach from the arrival point. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The management device according to claim 1, wherein the identification information is an image which is obtained by imaging the user or feature information indicating a feature which is extracted from the image. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The management device according to claim 1, wherein the instruction information includes an instruction for causing the robot device to wait at a set point which is set in advance at the arrival point or in a facility associated with the arrival point and the scheduled arrival time and to guide the user to the destination after the user has arrived at the arrival point. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The management device according to claim 1, wherein the robot device that is configured to wait at a set point which is set in advance in a facility associated with the arrival point, and wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to provide a terminal device correlated with the user with information indicating a route from the arrival point to the set point. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The management device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to: provide a terminal device correlated with the user with information indicating a route from the arrival point to a set point which is set in advance in a facility associated with the arrival point and at which the robot device waits when a distance from the arrival point to the set point is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The management device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to: determine whether the user has used a facility including the destination in the past with reference to information indicating whether the user has used the facility and determine a mode for inquiring of the user about whether to request the robot device guide the user to the destination via the vehicle or a terminal device carried by the user on the basis of the result of determination. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The management device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to: determine a route along which the robot device guides the user on the basis of positions of a plurality of destinations which are included in a predetermined facility or degrees of congestion of the destinations when the destination of the user includes the plurality of destinations. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The management device according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to: determine a route along which the robot device guides the user on the basis of positions of a plurality of destinations which are included in a predetermined facility and degrees of congestion of the destinations when the destination of the user includes the plurality of destinations. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A management system comprising: the management device according to claim 1; and a robot device that is configured to guide the user to the destination on the basis of the instruction information provided by the management device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A management system comprising: the management device according to claim 1; and a vehicle which the user boards, wherein the management device is configured to acquire the time information and the identification information from the vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The management system according to claim 11, further comprising a robot device that is configured to guide the user to the destination on the basis of the instruction information provided by the management device. ### Claim 13 A management device that is configured to manage a robot device, the management device comprising: a memory configured to store instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: acquire identification information for identifying the user and time information on a time at which a vehicle having a user therein is scheduled to arrive at an arrival point, wherein the arrival point is point at which the vehicle is scheduled to arrive and the user is scheduled to exit; and provide the terminal device correlated with the user with a route from the arrival point to a point at which the robot device waits on the basis of the acquired time information and the acquired identification information and provide the robot device with instruction information including the identification information for causing the robot device to guide the user from the point at which the robot device waits to a destination of the user. ### Claim 14 A management method of managing a robot device, which is performed by a computer, the management method comprising: acquiring identification information for identifying the user and time information on a time at which a vehicle having a user therein is scheduled to arrive at an arrival point at which the vehicle is scheduled to arrive and the user is scheduled to exit; and providing the robot device with instruction information including the identification information for causing the robot device to guide the user from the arrival point to a destination of the user on the basis of the acquired time information and the acquired identification information.