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KR-20260067531-A - Method for Automatic Facility Control Linked to Robot Delivery Service in an Apartment Complex

KR20260067531AKR 20260067531 AKR20260067531 AKR 20260067531AKR-20260067531-A

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic facility control method linked to a robot delivery service in a multi-unit dwelling, wherein the method provides a robot delivery service in which a garbage collection robot moves to a user's destination unit to collect garbage and dispose of it at a collection center. The method controls common entrances and elevators during the process in which the garbage collection robot moves to the destination unit or collection center, and implements an algorithm to control elevators so that the garbage collection robot moves accurately to the destination while minimizing the inconvenience that residents of the multi-unit dwelling may experience due to being unable to use the elevator while the garbage collection robot uses the elevator.

Inventors

  • 박미정
  • 김효섭
  • 안대령
  • 윤찬주

Assignees

  • 에이치디씨랩스 주식회사

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20241106

Claims (7)

  1. As an automatic facility control method linked to a robot delivery service in a multi-unit dwelling performed by the robot service control module of a complex server, A robot calling step in which, by means of the robot service control module of the above-mentioned complex server, a request is made to the robot service providing system to call a waste collection robot to the destination household corresponding to the user terminal in accordance with a waste collection request received from the user terminal; A joint entrance opening step in which, by means of the robot service control module of the complex server, a request signal for opening the entrance for the corresponding joint entrance is received from the robot service provision system, and the corresponding joint entrance is opened; A first elevator control step of receiving a first elevator call signal including information regarding the departure floor and arrival floor of the waste collection robot from the robot service provision system by means of the robot service control module of the complex server, and controlling an elevator available for use in the corresponding apartment complex based on the first elevator call signal; and An automatic facility control method linked to a robot delivery service in a multi-unit dwelling, comprising: an arrival notification step in which, by means of a robot service control module of the complex server, an arrival signal is received from the robot service providing system indicating that the garbage collection robot has arrived in front of the destination household, and notification information related to the arrival signal is transmitted to the user terminal.
  2. In claim 1, The above first elevator control step is, An available elevator determination step for determining whether there is an elevator among one or more elevators installed in a multi-unit dwelling where the destination household is located that has not been operated during a first standard time determined at that point in time; In cases where it exists, an elevator calling step of calling the corresponding elevator to the floor of the common entrance based on the first elevator calling signal, and then calling it to the floor of the destination unit; An automatic facility control method linked to a robot delivery service in an apartment building, wherein the first reference time is determined differently depending on the time at which a waste collection request is received from the user terminal.
  3. In claim 2, The above first reference time is, An automatic facility control method linked with a robot delivery service in a multi-unit dwelling, wherein the duration is determined based on the elevator usage rate in the multi-unit dwelling according to a stored time period, such that the duration increases as the elevator usage rate in the corresponding time period increases.
  4. In claim 1, The above arrival notification step is, An error determination step in which, if the arrival signal is not received from the robot service providing system during a second reference time from the time of service request at which a waste collection request is received from a user terminal, the waste collection robot is determined not to have arrived at the destination household; and An error response step comprising re-calling the elevator to the arrival floor and, after the elevator is opened at the arrival floor, commanding the robot service provision system to disembark the garbage collection robot; The above second reference time is, An automatic facility control method linked to a robot delivery service in an apartment building, calculated in proportion to the number of floors moved, which is the difference in the number of floors between the departure floor and the arrival floor, and the elevator usage rate at the time of receiving a garbage collection request from the user terminal.
  5. In claim 4, The above-mentioned waste collection robot includes a floor number vision recognition module that recognizes the floor number displayed inside the elevator, and In the first elevator control step above, the waste collection robot disembarks from the elevator when the floor number recognized by the floor number vision recognition module corresponds to the arrival floor, and An automatic facility control method linked to a robot delivery service in an apartment complex, wherein in the above error response step, the garbage collection robot disembarks from the elevator when it receives a disembarkation command from the complex server, regardless of the floor number recognized by the floor number vision recognition module.
  6. In claim 1, The above arrival notification step is, An automatic facility control method linked to a robot delivery service in a multi-unit dwelling, further comprising: a second elevator control step of receiving a collection completion signal indicating that waste has been collected from the user terminal or the robot service provision system, and controlling an elevator available for use in the multi-unit dwelling based on a second elevator call signal in which the floor number of the destination unit is the starting floor and the floor number of the common entrance is the arrival floor.
  7. In claim 1, The above complex server is, An automatic facility control method linked to a robot delivery service in a multi-unit dwelling, which controls a common entrance and elevator in the multi-unit dwelling while communicating with the above-mentioned garbage collection robot.

Description

Method for Automatic Facility Control Linked to Robot Delivery Service in an Apartment Complex Method for Automatic Facility Control Linked to Robot Delivery Service in an Apartment Complex The present invention relates to an automatic facility control method linked to a robot delivery service in a multi-unit dwelling, wherein the method provides a robot delivery service in which a garbage collection robot moves to a user's destination unit to collect garbage and dispose of it at a collection center. The method controls common entrances and elevators during the process in which the garbage collection robot moves to the destination unit or collection center, and implements an algorithm to control elevators so that the garbage collection robot moves accurately to the destination while minimizing the inconvenience that residents of the multi-unit dwelling may experience due to being unable to use the elevator while the garbage collection robot uses the elevator. With the advancement of autonomous driving technology, autonomous robots used to transport goods in warehouses, factories, stores, and restaurants are recently being commercialized. For instance, autonomous robots are widely used in various industrial sectors, such as delivering cooked food to customers in restaurants or transporting products in warehouses. Conventional autonomous robots generally exclude movement between floors and typically operate within the same floor. Accordingly, a service that collects waste generated from households in multi-story apartment buildings using autonomous robots and automatically disposes of it at a collection center has not yet been provided. Specifically, no simulation control method has been devised to control the common entrances and elevators of an apartment building while minimizing inconvenience to existing residents as the autonomous robot travels to the household requesting waste collection. For example, Registered Patent No. 10-2678409 discloses a configuration comprising a small robotic arm device mounted on an unmanned driving device capable of driving to a destination via a pre-set program, which automatically operates elevator buttons to enable driving to the destination floor within a multi-story building. However, this technology does not disclose any configuration related to a simulation control method for controlling the common entrances and elevators of multi-unit housing to minimize inconvenience to existing residents. In addition, existing unmanned vehicles recognize the floor number displayed inside the elevator using their own vision sensors; however, if the floor number is not displayed correctly in this manner, there is a high probability that the unmanned vehicle will fail to disembark at the destination floor. Therefore, there is a need to devise an algorithm that allows an autonomous robot to disembark at the destination floor even when the floor number displayed inside the elevator is not shown correctly, but no such invention has been made yet. FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a robot delivery service provided in a multi-unit dwelling according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 illustrates the components of a system implementing a facility control method according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 illustrates the process of a garbage collection robot moving to a destination household in response to a garbage collection request from a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 illustrates the process of a waste collection robot according to one embodiment of the present invention collecting waste from a destination household and moving to a collection center. FIG. 5 illustrates a first elevator control step according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 illustrates a configuration for determining an elevator that can be used in a multi-unit dwelling according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 illustrates a configuration for determining a time period during which service is unavailable according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 illustrates an error judgment step and an error response step according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 illustrates matters related to the second reference time according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 illustrates matters related to the unloading of a garbage collection robot in the first elevator control step and error response step according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 schematically illustrates the internal configuration of a computing device according to one embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, various embodiments and/or aspects are disclosed with reference to the drawings. For illustrative purposes, numerous specific details are disclosed in the following description to aid in a general understanding of one or more aspects. However, it will also be recognized by those skilled