Seiko Epson Corporation

Kento Okumura

Hiroyuki Kanai

Ikuma Furihata

Yasushi Nakaoka

Katsunori Ono

Provided are a traveling control system for a transport vehicle and a traveling control method for a transport vehicle capable of preventing unstable traveling when the transport vehicle travels while pulling a bogie. The traveling control system for a transport vehicle includes an imaging unit () provided corresponding to an operation region of a bogie () that travels together with a transport vehicle (), a mode acquisition unit () configured to acquire a mode of the bogie based on an image including the bogie imaged by the imaging unit, and a mode determination unit () configured to determine a mode of the bogie based on the mode of the bogie acquired by the mode acquisition unit. Traveling of the transport vehicle is controlled based on a determination of the mode determination unit.

Traveling control system for transport vehicle and traveling control method for transport vehicle

An automated guided vehicle system in which an automated guided vehicle autonomously moves inside a building is provided. The automated guided vehicle includes: an internal sensor having an encoder and a gyro sensor and acquiring information about an own position; an external sensor casting light onto a reflection board arranged in the building, receiving reflected light from the reflection board, and acquiring information about an own position; and a control unit correcting the own position based on the internal sensor, based on the information acquired by the external sensor. The own position via the internal sensor has a margin of error such that the automated guided vehicle can travel for a predetermined period, using only the internal sensor. The control unit performs own-position correction via the external sensor, using one of the reflection boards.

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Markham, Canada

Kento Okumura