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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohisa Takai, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H01M 10/4207 (2013.01); H01M 10/4257 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01);
Abstract
A facility server manages battery charge of a plurality of robots in an environment where a charging device is shared by the plurality of robots. A waiting information acquisition unit acquires waiting information related to whether there is a robot which cannot use the charging device and is waiting, because another robot is charging a battery using the charging device. A charge suspension control unit controls, when there is a robot which cannot use the charging device and is waiting, control the other robot to suspend charging a battery.