Dynamic Work Region Assignment for Autonomous Mobile Machines
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Solution Overview
Problem
In work management systems using autonomous mobile working machines, changes in the number of machines due to charging or other factors lead to variances in work completion percentages among assigned regions, resulting in decreased efficiency and mismatch between actual and expected work efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A work management device and method that includes an information acquisition unit to gather working region and machine information, and a working region assigning unit that resets assigned regions based on changes in machine numbers or work completion percentages, optimizing the distribution to ensure equivalent work completion across regions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of autonomous mobile working machines changes due to charging or other factors, then the availability of machines is maintained, but the work completion percentage varies among assigned regions resulting in decreased work efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The working region assigning unit dynamically resets the assignment of working regions to autonomous mobile working machines when the number of machines changes or when work completion percentages vary excessively. This dynamic reassignment ensures that work distribution remains balanced and efficient despite fluctuations in machine availability, directly resolving the contradiction between maintaining machine availability and preserving work efficiency.
2Device complexity
If assigned working regions are not reset when machine numbers change, then the system operation is simple, but the actual work efficiency does not correspond with the expected work efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The working region assigning unit monitors work completion percentages in each assigned working region and compares them against threshold values. When the number of machines changes or when work completion percentages diverge excessively, the system automatically triggers a reset of working region assignments. This feedback mechanism ensures work efficiency is maintained without requiring complex manual intervention, resolving the contradiction between system simplicity and productivity.
3Device complexity
If the working region assignment is fixed, then the assignment process is simple, but the work completion percentage varies significantly among regions leading to suboptimal performance
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from a fixed working region assignment to a dynamic assignment model that automatically resets allocations when machines are added or removed, or when work completion percentages in different regions diverge beyond acceptable thresholds. This dynamic approach maintains balanced work distribution and uniform completion rates across all regions without requiring complex manual reassignment processes.
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AI summary
In a work management device and a work management method, in the case where the number of autonomous mobile working machines used in performing work has been changed, or in the case where, among a plurality of assigned working regions, a difference that is greater than or equal to a percentage threshold value has occurred in a work completion percentage, which is a ratio of a portion where the work is completed to each of the assigned working regions, resetting of the assigned working regions is carried out.