IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,151,382
Granted Patent B2
US 12,151,382 · App. 17/696,181 · Granted Nov 26, 2024

Remote operation system, remote operation method, and remote operation program

Inventor: Yuka Hashiguchi (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B25J9/1689
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Patent No.
US 12,151,382
App. No.
17/696,181
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A remote operation system, a remote operation method, and a remote operation program capable of preventing the burden on one remote operator when this person remotely operates a plurality of robots in parallel from increasing are provided. In a remote operation system, a remote operator remotely operates a plurality of robots, and a service can be provided as a result of execution of a plurality of tasks for a service receiver. The remote operation system includes a task allocation unit configured to allocate a plurality of tasks to the plurality of respective robots and a remote operation condition granting unit configured to grant, to the plurality of respective robots, remote operation conditions in accordance with the content of the plurality of tasks that have been allocated to the plurality of respective robots.

Claims (31)

1. A remote operation system in which a remote operator remotely operates a plurality of robots including a first robot and a second robot, thereby providing a service as a result of execution of a plurality of tasks for a service receiver including a first task allocated to the first robot and a second task allocated to the second robot, the remote operation system comprising a central processing unit configured to:

allocate the plurality of tasks to the plurality of respective robots; and

grant, to the plurality of respective robots, remote operation conditions in accordance with a content of the plurality of tasks that have been allocated to the plurality of respective robots, wherein

the first robot communicates with the service receiver in a position where a group photo that shows the service receiver and the first robot can be captured by the first robot, and executes the first task by a remote operation performed by the remote operator in accordance with the remote operation condition,

the second robot executes the second task by autonomous control in accordance with the remote operation condition,

the second robot captures the group photo by autonomous control using an image-capturing apparatus,

the second robot prints the group photo and acquires the printed photo by autonomous control in accordance with the granted remote operation condition, and

the first robot grips the printed photo by autonomous control, and then hands the printed photo to the service receiver by the remote operation performed by the remote operator.

2. The remote operation system according to claim 1 , wherein the second robot adjusts, by autonomous control, an angle of view before capturing the group photo using the image-capturing apparatus.

3. The remote operation system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first robot communicates with the service receiver by the remote operation performed by the remote operator, and

the second robot conveys an article to the service receiver by autonomous control in accordance with the remote operation condition.

4. The remote operation system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first robot communicates with the service receiver by the remote operation performed by the remote operator, and

the second robot moves to a place near the service receiver while holding a container and receives an article so that the article is placed on the container by autonomous control in accordance with the remote operation condition.

5. A remote operation method executed in a remote operation system in which a remote operator remotely operates a plurality of robots including a first robot and a second robot, thereby providing a service as a result of execution of a plurality of tasks for a service receiver including a first task allocated to the first robot and a second task allocated to the second robot, the remote operation method comprising:

allocating the plurality of tasks to the plurality of respective robots; and

granting, to the plurality of respective robots, remote operation conditions in accordance with a content of the plurality of tasks that have been allocated to the plurality of respective robots, wherein

the first robot communicates with the service receiver in a position where a group photo that shows the service receiver and the first robot can be captured by the first robot, and executes the first task by a remote operation performed by the remote operator in accordance with the remote operation condition,

the second robot executes the second task by autonomous control in accordance with the remote operation condition,

the second robot captures the group photo by autonomous control using an image-capturing apparatus,

the second robot prints the group photo and acquires the printed photo by autonomous control in accordance with the granted remote operation condition, and

the first robot grips the printed photo by autonomous control, and then hands the printed photo to the service receiver by the remote operation performed by the remote operator.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a remote operation program executed by a computer that operates as a server in a remote operation system in which a remote operator remotely operates a plurality of robots including a first robot and a second robot via the server, thereby providing a service as a result of execution of a plurality of tasks for a service receiver including a first task allocated to the first robot and a second task allocated to the second robot, the remote operation program causing the computer to execute the following processing of:

allocating the plurality of tasks to the plurality of respective robots; and

granting, to the plurality of respective robots, remote operation conditions in accordance with a content of the plurality of tasks that have been allocated to the plurality of respective robots, wherein

the first robot communicates with the service receiver in a position where a group photo that shows the service receiver and the first robot can be captured by the first robot, and executes the first task by a remote operation performed by the remote operator in accordance with the remote operation condition,

the second robot executes the second task by autonomous control in accordance with the remote operation condition,

the second robot captures the group photo by autonomous control using an image-capturing apparatus,

the second robot prints the group photo and acquires the printed photo by autonomous control in accordance with the granted remote operation condition, and

the first robot grips the printed photo by autonomous control, and then hands the printed photo to the service receiver by the remote operation performed by the remote operator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: HASHIGUCHI, YUKA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 059282/0799 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-044591 · Mar 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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