Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Tae-Eun Park

Suhyun Kim

Seonghoon Woo

Haejong Jang

Hyunsook Lee

A storage device is provided. The storage device includes: a plurality of memory devices configured to output status data indicating a busy state indicating an internal operation is being performed or a ready state; and an interface circuit configured to receive a command for reading the status data of the plurality of memory devices, receive the status data of each of the plurality of memory devices from the plurality of memory devices, and output entire status data indicating statuses of the plurality of memory devices based on the status data of each of the plurality of memory devices.

Storage device and method to check statuses of memory devices

A job assignment apparatus of an automatic material-handling apparatus to calculate an initial optimum solution based on a cost table configured by the job assignment, and to calculate a single optimum solution based on the cost table converted by statistical data. The Hungarian algorithm is stored in a tool storage unit to calculate the optimum solution. A statistical-data calculator calculates statistical data to convert costs of the initial cost table into other costs. The cost-table converter converts the costs of the initial cost table based on the calculated statistical data.

Job assignment apparatus of automatic material-handling system and method thereof

An automated guided vehicle control system and method which allows overall conveying time to be reduced by simultaneously moving a plurality of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to working locations without interfering with each other. For this purpose, when there is a conveyance request, one of a plurality of the AGVs operated on a single guide path is assigned work. Further, it is determined whether another automated guided vehicle moving to a working location exists on the guide path. Also information on current and working locations of the automated guided vehicles is read if the automated guided vehicle moving to the working location exists on the guide path. Further, it is determined whether simultaneous movements are possible based on the read information. The automated guided vehicle waiting for work is moved if the simultaneous movements are possible. Accordingly, the overall convey time is reduced by simultaneously moving the AGVs to working locations or by previously moving the AGVs to optimal locations without interfering with each other, so that conveying efficiency of the AGVs is improved.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Tae-Eun Park