# US 2026/0065679 A1 · Control device

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- Number: US 2026/0065679 A1
- Document ID: US20260065679A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/257,645
- Filed: 2025-07-02
- Published: 2026-03-05
- Earliest claimed: 2024-08-29
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Kento IWAHORI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260065679A1

## CPC

- G05D 1/646: Following a predefined trajectory, e.g. a line marked on the floor or a flight path
- G06V 20/52: Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69)
- B62D 65/18: Transportation, conveyor or haulage systems specially adapted for motor vehicle or trailer assembly lines {(conveyors and haulage in general B65G)}
- G05B 19/41895: {using automatic guided vehicles [AGV] (control of position or course of AGV's G05D1/00)}
- G05D 1/249: from positioning sensors located off-board the vehicle, e.g. from cameras
- G05D 1/695: for maintaining a fixed relative position of the vehicles, e.g. for convoy travelling or formation flight
- G05D 1/6987: {by centralised control off-board any of the vehicles}
- G06V 10/764: using classification, e.g. of video objects
- G06V 40/10: Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
- G05D 2105/45: for manufacturing, maintenance or repairing
- G05D 2107/70: Industrial sites, e.g. warehouses or factories
- G05D 2109/10: Land vehicles
- G05D 2111/10: Optical signals
- G06V 2201/06: Recognition of objects for industrial automation
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)
- G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G)

## Abstract

A control device includes: a controller configured to control operations of a plurality of moving objects capable of moving under unmanned driving; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire characteristic information of an operator performing a work between a target moving object to be controlled among the plurality of moving objects and a continuous moving object moving in front or rear of the target moving object, wherein the controller is configured to control the target moving object and the continuous moving object such that an interval between the target moving object and the continuous moving object is a target interval, using the acquired characteristic information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A control device comprising:
a controller configured to control operations of a plurality of moving objects capable of moving under unmanned driving; and
an acquisition unit configured to acquire characteristic information of an operator performing a work between a target moving object to be controlled among the plurality of moving objects and a continuous moving object moving in front or rear of the target moving object, wherein
the controller is configured to control the target moving object and the continuous moving object such that an interval between the target moving object and the continuous moving object is a target interval, using the acquired characteristic information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The control device according to claim 1, wherein
the characteristic information is information related to a physical characteristic of the operator,
the acquisition unit is configured to acquire a body size indicated by the physical characteristic using a captured image of the operator, and
the control device further comprises a setting unit configured to set the target interval using a predetermined correspondence between the body size and the target interval.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The control device according to claim 1, wherein
the characteristic information is information related to a proficiency level in manufacturing, and
the control device further comprises a setting unit configured to set the target interval using a predetermined correspondence between the proficiency level and the target interval.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The control device according to claim 3, wherein
the acquisition unit is configured to acquire an operator identifier assigned to the operator in advance, and to acquire the characteristic information corresponding to the acquired operator identifier by referring to a database that associates the operator identifier with the proficiency level, and
the control device further includes an updating unit configured to count a work count the operator has performed the work and updates the database such that the proficiency level associated with the operator becomes higher when the work count is greater than a predetermined standard count.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The control device according to claim 3, wherein
the operator wears clothing with an appearance that varies in accordance with a classification corresponding to the proficiency level, and
the acquisition unit is configured to acquire the characteristic information by identifying the classification of the operator using a captured image of the clothing of the operator.