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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoriko Kazama, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshitake, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An article conveyance system includes a controller and a conveyance device. The controller includes: a storage section storing information concerning a position of a housing section stored in a shelf; a housing-section retrieving section retrieving, based on the information concerning the position of the housing section, housing positions of a plurality of the housing sections, which are picking targets, in the shelf; a route generating section generating a route that makes rounds of positions of the housing sections retrieved by the housing-section retrieving section; and a transmitting section transmitting information concerning the generated route and the housing positions of the housing sections to the conveyance device. The conveyance device includes: an acquiring section acquiring the plurality of housing sections based on the housing positions of the housing sections while autonomously moving according to the information concerning the route; and a loading section loading the acquired plurality of housing sections.