Control Device for Delivery System Map Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing delivery systems face challenges in smoothly moving articles when map updates are unavailable and require user input for connecting maps, leading to inefficiencies in adapting to changes in specific moving spaces.
Innovation Solution
A control device is introduced that includes a storage section for schedule information and a processing control section to prepare a usage map by adding changes to a reference map based on this information, ensuring smoother article movement by reflecting actual space conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If map updates are performed using user input for connecting partial maps, then the system can flexibly cope with layout changes, but the operation becomes less smooth and requires user intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically connects partial maps by calculating distances between articles and determining optimal connecting points without requiring user input. The control device autonomously performs map integration by selecting connecting points based on article positions and movement costs, eliminating the need for manual user intervention while maintaining adaptability to layout changes.
2Reliability
If the system waits for data to update the map, then the map can be updated with current information, but the article movement may be delayed when data is unavailable
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-calculates and stores distance information between all locations in the facility before article movement begins. This preliminary calculation of movement costs and distances allows the system to quickly determine optimal routes and connecting points without waiting for real-time data updates during article movement, ensuring both accurate routing and efficient operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the movable region is changed in the specific space, then the system can adapt to space changes, but the article movement requires more frequent map updates
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that detect changes in the facility layout and automatically trigger map updates. When space changes occur, the control device receives information about the changed regions and recalculates the usage map by integrating new partial maps, ensuring the article movement system adapts to new layouts without requiring manual intervention or causing operational delays.
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AI summary
A control device according to the present disclosure is used in a delivery system having an automatic movement device that automatically moves an article inside a specific space and delivering the article. The control device includes a storage section configured to store schedule information including at least one of change information including a change region in which a movable region of the automatic movement device is changed in the specific space and a change time at which the region is changed, and operation information including an operation time at which the automatic movement device starts operating; and a processing control section configured to perform processing of preparing a new usage map by adding a change to a reference map of the specific space, based on the schedule information.