Japan, March 5 -- TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORP,TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS INC has got intellectual property rights for 'SORTING MACHINE SYSTEM, SORTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM.' Other related details are as follows:
Application Number: JP,2022-117081
Category (FI): B65G1/137@A
Stage: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To optimize unloading order including a post-process performed after loading/unloading of a container into/from a sorting machine.SOLUTION: A sorting machine system comprises: a sorting machine in which a plurality of containers different in destinations are loaded, respectively, and the loaded containers are rearranged by destinations to unload, respectively; an acquisition unit for acquiring loading position information by which a loading position of each container in the sorting machine is determined in the order of unloading of the containers, and information relating to a post-process being a process from when the container is unloaded from the sorting machine until transportation to the destination is completed; an unloading order determination unit for respectively determining an unloading order of a series of containers loaded in the sorting machine so that a time until the post-process is completed is shortened by using the loading position information and the information relating to the post-processing; and a loading position determination unit which, in the loading position information, acquires the loading positions associated with the determined unloading order to determine the loading positions of the series of containers, respectively.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 (Grant)
Filing Date: July 22, 2022
Publication Date: Feb. 1, 2024
The original document can be viewed at: https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/p0100
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