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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2021
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Ushiyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Osamu Maruyama, Yokohama, JP;
Haruhiko Horiuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihide Otsuru, Kawasaki, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An arrangement position determination method of an object, including: based on information of dimensions of a predetermined area and dimensions of a plurality of objects to be accommodated in the predetermined area stored in a storage section of a control device, searching for a position at which the object does not interfere with a boundary of the predetermined area and other objects in a first direction; and when there is no position at which the object does not interfere with the boundary and the other objects in the first direction, searching for a position at which the object does not interfere with the boundary and the other objects in the first direction at a position shifted in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.