Multi-Floor Route Map Updates for Transport Vehicle Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
In transport systems with multiple floors, updating route layouts results in a large amount of information being transmitted to control devices, leading to increased processing loads and times, especially when only a portion of the layout changes.
Innovation Solution
A transport system design where the control device holds floor map information and connection relationship information separately for each floor, allowing only the necessary information related to the layout change to be updated, reducing the overall information updated in the control device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If updated transport route information including map information regarding all travel routes is transmitted to the control device when the layout of a travel route is changed, then the control device can maintain accurate route information, but the amount of information updated in the control device becomes large and the update processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the transport route information into distinct components: floor map information for each individual floor and connection relationship information for inter-floor connections. This segmentation allows the system to update only the specific segment that has changed rather than transmitting complete route information for all floors, thereby reducing the amount of data updated while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and separates the connection relationship information from the floor map information. By taking out the connection relationship information as a distinct data element, the system can independently update connection routes without requiring updates to floor map information, and vice versa, significantly reducing the processing load when only partial layout changes occur.
2Reliability
If updated transport route information including map information regarding all travel routes is transmitted to the control device when the layout of a travel route is changed, then the control device can maintain accurate route information, but the update processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the transport route information into distinct components: floor map information for each individual floor and connection relationship information for inter-floor connections. This segmentation allows the system to update only the specific segment that has changed rather than transmitting complete route information for all floors, thereby reducing the amount of data updated while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by updating only the necessary portion of route information corresponding to the specific layout change. Instead of performing a complete system-wide update, the system selectively updates only the affected floor map information or connection relationship information, significantly reducing processing time while ensuring the necessary information remains accurate.
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AI summary
A control device holds floor map information regarding a plurality of floors and connection relationship information indicating a connection relationship between different floors connected by a connection route, and controls a transport vehicle on floor routes and the connection route based on the floor map information and the connection relationship information. A management device holds the floor map information regarding the floors in such a manner that a piece of the floor map information can be distinguished for each of the floors, holds the connection relationship information in such a manner that the connection relationship information can be distinguished from the pieces of floor map information corresponding to the floors, and performs update processing for updating the floor map information and the connection relationship information in the control device.