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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Masanori Shimizu, Toyota, JP;
Hideto Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Tetsuo Hori, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Toyota, JP;
Tetsuya Yoshikawa, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The technology disclosed in the present specification is embodied as a support device for supporting maintenance on an apparatus including an expendable component. The support device includes at least one computer. The at least one computer executes: a process of acquiring an index indicative of a consumption level of the expendable component; a process of, at a time point when the index indicative the consumption level reaches a predetermined threshold, specifying a necessary period of time required for replacement of the expendable component at the time point; and a process of restricting an operation of the apparatus when a remaining period of time of the expendable component, the remaining period of time being associated with the threshold, is shorter than the necessary period of time required for the replacement.