IP Library Granted Patent US 12,412,469
Granted Patent B2
US 12,412,469 · App. 18/125,393 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Information processing method, information processing device, and program

Inventors: Masahiro Yamada (Tokyo, JP); Yohei Chishiki (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Takao (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
G08G1/017G08G1/056G08G1/065
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Patent No.
US 12,412,469
App. No.
18/125,393
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing method includes a step of acquiring movement information on a first mobile body including information on a first position through which the first mobile body is scheduled to pass in a first time slot and information on a travel direction of the first mobile body and a step of setting, as an exclusive area in the first time slot, an area between the first position and a second position on a travel direction side of the first mobile body from the first position based on the movement information on the first mobile body. The exclusive area is set in a manner that the second mobile body other than the first mobile body is not permitted to move within the exclusive area in the travel direction different from the travel direction of the first mobile body in the first time slot, and the second mobile body is permitted to move within the exclusive area in the same travel direction as the first mobile body in the first time slot.

Claims (29)

1. An information processing method, comprising:

a step of acquiring movement information on a first mobile body including information on a first position through which the first mobile body is scheduled to pass in a first time slot and information on a travel direction of the first mobile body; and

a step of setting, as an exclusive area in the first time slot, an area between the first position and a second position on a travel direction side of the first mobile body from the first position based on the movement information on the first mobile body, wherein

the exclusive area is set in a manner that a second mobile body other than the first mobile body is not permitted to move within the exclusive area in a travel direction different from the travel direction of the first mobile body in the first time slot and that the second mobile body is permitted to move within the exclusive area in a travel direction identical to the travel direction of the first mobile body in the first time slot,

the method further comprises

a step of outputting, after setting the exclusive area of the first mobile body, to the first mobile body, a command to permit movement within the exclusive area in the first time slot,

when the second mobile body moves in the exclusive area in the same direction of travel as the first mobile body, outputting a command to allow movement to the second mobile body, and

when the second mobile body moves in the exclusive area in a direction of travel different from the first mobile body, not outputting a command to allow movement to the second mobile body.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of setting, the second position is set based on a speed of the first mobile body.

3. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of setting, in a case where, on a route on the travel direction side, the second position is positioned between a first branch position at which the route on the travel direction side is branched to another route and a second branch position at which the route on the travel direction side is branched to another route next to the first branch position, an area from the first position to the second branch position is set as the exclusive area.

4. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the exclusive area is set in a manner that the second mobile body is not permitted to move along a route within a predetermined distance range from the exclusive area in the first time slot.

5. The information processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising

a step of acquiring information on a first route on which the first mobile body is scheduled to move and a second route on which the second mobile body is scheduled to move, wherein

in the step of setting, in a case where a section between the first position and the second position overlaps an overlapping section in which the first route and the second route overlap, an area from the first position to an end position of the overlapping section on the travel direction side of the first mobile body is set as the exclusive area.

6. An information processing device, comprising:

a movement information acquisition unit configured to acquire movement information on a first mobile body including information on a first position through which the first mobile body is scheduled to pass in a first time slot and information on a travel direction of the first mobile body; and

a work setting unit configured to set, as an exclusive area in the first time slot, an area between the first position and a second position on a travel direction side of the first mobile body from the first position based on the movement information on the first mobile body, wherein

the exclusive area is set in a manner that a second mobile body other than the first mobile body is not permitted to move within the exclusive area in a travel direction different from the travel direction of the first mobile body in the first time slot and that the second mobile body is permitted to move within the exclusive area in a travel direction identical to the travel direction of the first mobile body in the first time slot,

the work setting unit outputs, after setting the exclusive area of the first mobile body, to the first mobile body, a command to permit movement within the exclusive area in the first time slot,

when the second mobile body moves in the exclusive area in the same direction of travel as the first mobile body, outputs a command to allow movement to the second mobile body, and

when the second mobile body moves in the exclusive area in a direction of travel different from the first mobile body, not output a command to allow movement to the second mobile body.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute:

a step of acquiring movement information on a first mobile body including information on a first position through which the first mobile body is scheduled to pass in a first time slot and information on a travel direction of the first mobile body; and

a step of setting, as an exclusive area in the first time slot, an area between the first position and a second position on a travel direction side of the first mobile body from the first position based on the movement information on the first mobile body, wherein

the exclusive area is set in a manner that a second mobile body other than the first mobile body is not permitted to move within the exclusive area in a travel direction different from the travel direction of the first mobile body in the first time slot and that the second mobile body is permitted to move within the exclusive area in a travel direction identical to the travel direction of the first mobile body in the first time slot, and

the program further causes the computer to execute:

a step of outputting, after setting the exclusive area of the first mobile body, to the first mobile body, a command to permit movement within the exclusive area in the first time slot,

when the second mobile body moves in the exclusive area in the same direction of travel as the first mobile body, outputting a command to allow movement to the second mobile body, and

when the second mobile body moves in the exclusive area in a direction of travel different from the first mobile body, not outputting a command to allow movement to the second mobile body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2023
From: YAMADA, MASAHIRO; CHISHIKI, YOHEI; TAKAO, KENJI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-049044 · Mar 24, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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