Patent ID: 11914363
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer mounted on a mobile robot to execute a communication process in a transport system including a server device configured to exchange information with a plurality of the mobile robots that is autonomously movable inside a facility by wireless communication and manage the mobile robots and transporting a transport object by using the mobile robots, wherein the communication process includes
receiving first transmission information transmitted from the server device to manage the mobile robot in a state where wireless communication with the server device is possible, and
directly executing wireless communication with another mobile robot among the mobile robots and executing a reception process of receiving the first transmission information transmitted from the server device to manage the mobile robot from the other mobile robot in a case where wireless communication with the server device is not possible;, wherein the communication process includes:
receiving the first transmission information and second transmission information transmitted from the server device to manage the other mobile robot in a state where wireless communication with the server device is possible, and
directly executing wireless communication with the other mobile robot and executing a transmission process of transmitting the second transmission information to the other mobile robot in a case where wireless communication of the other mobile robot with the server device is not possible;, wherein:
the transmission process is executed in a case where the server device shuts down;
the second transmission information transmitted in the transmission process is information received from the server device before the server device shuts down;
the reception process is executed in a case where the server device shuts down; and
the first transmission information received in the reception process is information received by the other mobile robot from the server device before the server device shuts down.