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Granted Patent B2
US 12,175,759 · App. 17/700,495 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Display control device, display system, and display control method

Inventor: Naoki Furuhata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,175,759
App. No.
17/700,495
Filed
Mar 22, 2022
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Examiner
NIU, FENG
Art Unit
2669
USPC
382/103
Abstract

This display control device includes: a first mobile object information acquiring unit that acquires first mobile object information indicating the position, moving speed, and direction of movement of a first mobile object moving in a facility; a second mobile object information acquiring unit that acquires second mobile object information indicating the position, moving speed, and direction of movement of a second mobile object moving in the facility; an image acquisition unit that acquires, on the basis of the first mobile object information acquired by the first mobile object information acquiring unit and the second mobile object information acquired by the second mobile object information acquiring unit, image information indicating a display image to be displayed in a space in the facility by a display output device installed in the facility; and an image output unit that outputs the image information acquired by the image acquisition unit.

Claims (41)

1. A display control device comprising:

processing circuitry

to acquire first mobile object information indicating a position, a moving speed, and a direction of movement of a first mobile object moving in a facility;

to acquire second mobile object information indicating a position, a moving speed, and a direction of movement of a second mobile object moving in the facility;

to acquire, on a basis of the first mobile object information acquired and the second mobile object information acquired, image information indicating a display image to be displayed in a space in the facility by a display installed in the facility, the space being visible to the first mobile object and/or the second mobile object; and

to output the image information acquired,

wherein one of the first mobile object or the second mobile object is an autonomous mobile device that moves in the facility on a basis of a movement plan that has been set in advance, and the other of the first mobile object or the second mobile object is a person,

the processing circuitry acquires, when the first mobile object or the second mobile object is the autonomous mobile device, movement plan information indicating the movement plan of the autonomous mobile device via a network, and

the processing circuitry acquires the image information on a basis of the movement plan information acquired in addition to the first mobile object information acquired and the second mobile object information acquired.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry acquires, when according to the first mobile object information and the second mobile object information, a type of the second mobile object is the person, the image information indicating the display image to be displayed in the space visible to the first mobile object or the second mobile object whose type is the person.

3. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry acquires equipment state information indicating an operating state of equipment installed in the facility, and

the processing circuitry acquires the image information on a basis of the equipment state information acquired in addition to the first mobile object information acquired and the second mobile object information acquired.

4. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry acquires facility layout information indicating a position where a structure constituting the facility is located, and

the processing circuitry acquires the image information on a basis of the facility layout information acquired in addition to the first mobile object information acquired and the second mobile object information acquired.

5. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry predicts contact between the first mobile object and the second mobile object on a basis of the first mobile object information acquired and the second mobile object information acquired, and

the processing circuitry acquires the image information on a basis of a result of the prediction in addition to the first mobile object information acquired and the second mobile object information acquired.

6. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry acquires the image information on a basis of a movement rule provided in advance in addition to the first mobile object information acquired and the second mobile object information acquired.

7. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry outputs, when the first mobile object is the autonomous mobile device in the form of an autonomous mobile robot that moves in the facility on the basis of the movement plan that has been set in advance, movement instruction information indicating a movement instruction for the first mobile object that is the autonomous mobile robot, and

the movement instruction information corresponds to the display image that is indicated by the image information acquired.

8. A display system comprising:

a display to display a display image indicated by acquired image information in a space in a facility, the display being installed in the facility, the space being visible to a first mobile object moving in the facility and/or a second mobile object moving in the facility; and

a display controller to acquire the image information on a basis of first mobile object information and second mobile object information, and output the acquired image information to the display, the first mobile object information indicating a position, a moving speed, and a direction of movement of the first mobile object and being generated on a basis of sensor information output by a sensor installed in the facility, the second mobile object information indicating a position, a moving speed, and a direction of movement of the second mobile object and being generated on the basis of the sensor information output by the sensor installed in the facility,

wherein one of the first mobile object or the second mobile object is an autonomous mobile device that moves in the facility on a basis of a movement plan that has been set in advance, and the other of the first mobile object or the second mobile object is a person,

the display controller includes processing circuitry configured to

acquire, when the first mobile object or the second mobile object is the autonomous mobile device, movement plan information indicating the movement plan of the autonomous mobile device via a network, and

acquire the image information on the basis of the movement plan information acquired in addition to the first mobile object information acquired and the second mobile object information acquired.

9. A display control method comprising:

acquiring first mobile object information indicating a position, a moving speed, and a direction of movement of a first mobile object moving in a facility;

acquiring second mobile object information indicating a position, a moving speed, and a direction of movement of a second mobile object moving in the facility;

acquiring, on a basis of the first mobile object information acquired and the second mobile object information acquired, image information indicating a display image to be displayed in a space in the facility by a display installed in the facility, the space being visible to the first mobile object and/or the second mobile object; and

outputting the image information acquired,

wherein one of the first mobile object or the second mobile object is an autonomous mobile device that moves in the facility on a basis of a movement plan that has been set in advance, and the other of the first mobile object or the second mobile object is a person,

the display control method further comprises:

acquiring, when the first mobile object or the second mobile object is the autonomous mobile device, movement plan information indicating the movement plan of the autonomous mobile device via a network; and

acquiring the image information on the basis of the movement plan information acquired in addition to the first mobile object information acquired and the second mobile object information acquired.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: FURUHATA, NAOKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059331/0903 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019046470 · Nov 28, 2019
Related Publication 20220215666A1 · Jul 7, 2022
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