Abstract: Provided is a conveyance-task control device that is able to appropriately control conveyance tasks between workstations. A conveyance-task control device (10) includes a task-priority calculation unit (11) and a conveyance-task determination unit (12). The task-priority calculation unit (11) calculates respective priorities of conveyance tasks on the basis of first parameters respectively indicating a degree of how much amount of products in process a plurality of conveyance subjects are conveying in corresponding ones of areas respectively including conveyance routes between a plurality of workstations. The conveyance-task determination unit (12) determines a conveyance task with a highest one of the respective priorities as a candidate for a conveyance task to be performed next.

Abstract: A transport control device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: deciding whether to form a group of a plurality of transport devices according to whether a load of transport processing for transporting a transport object from a transport source to a transport destination satisfies a criterion for deciding necessity of implementation of group transport in which the plurality of transport devices transports the transport object in cooperation; and instructing the plurality of transport devices to move to form the group in a case where formation of the group has been decided.

Abstract: A transport device according to the present invention includes: a transport unit that transports a transport object; a moving unit that controls movement of the transport device; and a control unit that controls an operation of the transport unit and the moving unit according to an instruction. In a case that the instruction includes forming group transport, the control unit controls the moving unit to move to a position where a group for implementing the group transport is formed, and controls the transport unit to transport the transport object at the position. In a case that the instruction includes implementing individual transport, the control unit controls the moving unit to move from the transport source to the transport destination.

Abstract: This transportation operation control device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires presence status information of an article; an influence degree calculation unit that calculates, by employing a calculation criterion, the magnitude of the degree of influence on a transportation source site by a pre-process site that influences the transportation source site based on the presence status information related to the transportation source site and the pre-process site; an importance degree calculation unit that calculates the importance degree of a transportation operation from the transportation source site to a transportation destination site based on a transportation cost required for the transportation operation, the presence status information, and the magnitude of the degree of influence; and an updating unit that updates the calculation criterion based on the presence status information after the execution of the transportation operation selected based on the importance degree.

Abstract: This transportation operation control device includes: a transportation cost acquisition unit that acquires a transportation cost obtained from a transportation operation for transporting an article to a transportation destination site from a transportation source site among a plurality of sites, the transportation cost being acquired in association with the combination between the transportation source site and the transportation destination site; a correction unit that calculates a corrected cost obtained by correcting the transportation cost on the basis of information indicating the reliability related to the transportation cost; a presence status acquisition unit that acquires presence status information indicating a presence status of the article between the transportation source site and the transportation destination site; and a calculation unit that calculates the importance degree of the transportation operation relative to the combination on the basis of the presence status information and the corr

Abstract: A mobile object control apparatus includes: a prediction unit that, with respect to a first mobile object and a second mobile object, predicts whether the first and second mobile objects collide with each other at an intersection; and a calculation unit that, when the first and second mobile objects collide with each other at the intersection, calculates a speed of the first mobile object at which the collision can be avoided at the intersection, wherein the prediction unit extracts a third mobile object that is in an intersection area and has passed through the intersection, and estimates that the third mobile object is a mobile object that has a high possibility of colliding with the first mobile object at the intersection, the intersection area being set at the intersection through which the first mobile object passes.

Abstract: Provided is a conveyance-task control device that is able to appropriately control conveyance tasks between workstations. A conveyance-task control device (10) includes a task-priority calculation unit (11) and a conveyance-task determination unit (12). The task-priority calculation unit (11) calculates respective priorities of conveyance tasks on the basis of first parameters respectively indicating a degree of how much amount of products in process a plurality of conveyance subjects are conveying in corresponding ones of areas respectively including conveyance routes between a plurality of workstations. The conveyance-task determination unit (12) determines a conveyance task with a highest one of the respective priorities as a candidate for a conveyance task to be performed next.

Abstract: A guidance assistance apparatus includes: a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire a guidance route through which a guided person is to be guided from routes from a start-point position to an endpoint position; calculate, based on information relating to the routes, an influence level on the guided person in a case in which the guided person deviates from the acquired guidance route, with respect to each of branch places at which the guidance route branches into a route different from the guidance route; and output the calculated influence level.

Abstract: This transportation operation control device includes: a transportation cost acquisition unit that acquires a transportation cost obtained from a transportation operation for transporting an article to a transportation destination site from a transportation source site among a plurality of sites, the transportation cost being acquired in association with the combination between the transportation source site and the transportation destination site; a correction unit that calculates a corrected cost obtained by correcting the transportation cost on the basis of information indicating the reliability related to the transportation cost; a presence status acquisition unit that acquires presence status information indicating a presence status of the article between the transportation source site and the transportation destination site; and a calculation unit that calculates the importance degree of the transportation operation relative to the combination on the basis of the presence status information and the corr

Abstract: A guidance assistance apparatus includes: a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire a guidance route through which a guided person is to be guided from routes from a start-point position to an endpoint position; calculate, based on information relating to the routes, an influence level on the guided person in a case in which the guided person deviates from the acquired guidance route, with respect to each of branch places at which the guidance route branches into a route different from the guidance route; and output the calculated influence level.

Abstract: In order to enable to more appropriately determine operation contents when fluctuation in processing speed is great, a transfer operation control method includes: calculating an importance level of each predetermined transfer operation, based on at least one or more of a usage rate of an output buffer of a work station being a transfer source of the transfer operation, and the usage rate of an input buffer of the work station being a transfer destination of the transfer operation, determining, as a candidate for the transfer operation to be performed next, the transfer operation having the maximum importance level, and outputting transfer operation information including information of the work station being the transfer source and the work station being the transfer destination for the determined transfer operation.

Abstract: The present invention increases the productivity of an entire factory, even of the type that produces different types of products in different quantities using transport vehicles, by performing transport operation control. This transport operation control device is provided with: a spatial distribution measuring unit which measures the spatial distribution of products-in-process being transported by the transport vehicles; and an operation schedule calculation unit which, on the basis of the measured spatial distribution of the group of partly-finished products, calculates an operation schedule that specifies both a route and a frequency of a transport operation to be carried out by each transport vehicle of the transport vehicles, wherein the operation schedule calculation unit determines the timing with which to update the operation schedule, on the basis of changes in a productivity index that is determined from the measured spatial distribution of the products-in-process.

Abstract: A guidance assistance apparatus includes: a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire a guidance route through which a guided person is to be guided from routes from a start-point position to an end-point position; calculate, based on information relating to the routes, an influence level on the guided person in a case in which the guided person deviates from the acquired guidance route, with respect to each of branch places at which the guidance route branches into a route different from the guidance route; and output the calculated influence level.

Abstract: This transportation operation control device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires presence status information of an article; an influence degree calculation unit that calculates, by employing a calculation criterion, the magnitude of the degree of influence on a transportation source site by a pre-process site that influences the transportation source site based on the presence status information related to the transportation source site and the pre-process site; an importance degree calculation unit that calculates the importance degree of a transportation operation from the transportation source site to a transportation destination site based on a transportation cost required for the transportation operation, the presence status information, and the magnitude of the degree of influence; and an updating unit that updates the calculation criterion based on the presence status information after the execution of the transportation operation selected based on the importance degree.

Abstract: A guidance assistance apparatus includes: a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire a guidance route through which a guided person is to be guided from routes from a start-point position to an endpoint position; calculate, based on information relating to the routes, an influence level on the guided person in a case in which the guided person deviates from the acquired guidance route, with respect to each of branch places at which the guidance route branches into a route different from the guidance route; and output the calculated influence level.

Abstract: In order to enable to identify a transfer operation and movement having a great influence on productivity, the movement involved in the transfer operation, a transfer operation management method includes: calculating, based on a history related to a transfer operation, a total transfer cost for each pair of work stations, and identifying the pair having the maximum total transfer cost as the pair to be improved most, and outputting information of the identified pair.

Abstract: A guidance assistance apparatus includes: a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire a guidance route through which a guided person is to be guided from routes from a start-point position to an endpoint position; calculate, based on information relating to the routes, an influence level on the guided person in a case in which the guided person deviates from the acquired guidance route, with respect to each of branch places at which the guidance route branches into a route different from the guidance route; and output the calculated influence level.

Abstract: A guidance assistance apparatus includes: a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire a guidance route through which a guided person is to be guided from routes from a start-point position to an endpoint position; calculate, based on information relating to the routes, an influence level on the guided person in a case in which the guided person deviates from the acquired guidance route, with respect to each of branch places at which the guidance route branches into a route different from the guidance route; and output the calculated influence level.

Abstract: A guidance assistance apparatus includes: a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire a guidance route through which a guided person is to be guided from routes from a start-point position to an endpoint position; calculate, based on information relating to the routes, an influence level on the guided person in a case in which the guided person deviates from the acquired guidance route, with respect to each of branch places at which the guidance route branches into a route different from the guidance route; and output the calculated influence level.

Abstract: A guidance assistance apparatus includes: a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to: acquire a guidance route through which a guided person is to be guided from routes from a start-point position to an end-point position; calculate, based on information relating to the routes, an influence level on the guided person in a case in which the guided person deviates from the acquired guidance route, with respect to each of branch places at which the guidance route branches into a route different from the guidance route; and output the calculated influence level.