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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shiro Oda, Anjo, JP;
Tetsuya Taira, Nagakute, JP;
Satoshi Toyoshima, Okazaki, JP;
Yuta Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Takeshi Matsui, Nisshin, JP;
Takayoshi Nasu, Okazaki, JP;
Kei Yoshikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Yusuke Ota, Nagakute, JP;
Yutaro Ishida, Toyota, JP;
Yuji Onuma, Nagoya, JP;
Kyosuke Arai, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An autonomous mobile method for an autonomous mobile device according to the present embodiment is an autonomous mobile method for an autonomous mobile device that autonomously moves in a facility provided with an elevator. When the total number of the autonomous mobile devices including other autonomous mobile devices in a car of the elevator is larger than a threshold that is a plural number, an operation mode of the car is switched from a general mode in which a human is allowed to enter the car to a dedicated mode in which the human is prohibited from entering the car.