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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2021
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Satoru Kamigaito, Ritto, JP;
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling an article conveyance apparatus () includes steps of: (A) generating, with, as learning data, information regarding an amount of charge indicating a weight value of articles that a conveyer () conveys to a member disposed on a downstream side, information indicating a state of the articles on the conveyer, and a control parameter for the conveyer, a learning model that estimates the control parameter to be set for conveyance of the articles having a targeted weight; (B) performing conveyance control of the articles, based on the learning model; (C) performing selective switching between a production mode involved in actual production and a non-production mode not involved in the actual production, and causing the article conveyance apparatus to operate; and (D) collecting and storing, when the article conveyance apparatus operates in the non-production mode, as the learning data, the information regarding the amount of charge actually acquired and the control parameter.