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

Claim 10:
11. 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 and second transmission information transmitted from the server device to manage another mobile robot among the mobile robots 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 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.