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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kumiko Tadano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiharu Maeno, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a conveyance-task control device that is able to appropriately control conveyance tasks between workstations. A conveyance-task control device () includes a task-priority calculation unit () and a conveyance-task determination unit (). The task-priority calculation unit () calculates respective priorities of conveyance tasks on the basis of first parameters respectively indicating a degree of how much amount of products in process a plurality of conveyance subjects are conveying in corresponding ones of areas respectively including conveyance routes between a plurality of workstations. The conveyance-task determination unit () determines a conveyance task with a highest one of the respective priorities as a candidate for a conveyance task to be performed next.