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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Shin, Shiga, JP;
Tetsuji Nakae, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
DAIFUKU CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 49/07 (2006.01); B61B 3/02 (2006.01); B65G 35/06 (2006.01); B66C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/02 (2013.01); B61B 3/02 (2013.01); B65G 35/06 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 49/07 (2013.01); H01L 21/67259 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0297 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0283 (2013.01); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01); B66C 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an overhead conveyance vehicle that travels along a rail serving as a conveyance track mounted on a ceiling and conveys a target magazine along the rail, when an elevating unit holding the magazine is hoisted or lowered between a conveyance position and a transfer position, a controller for controlling the operation of the overhead conveyance vehicle determines, based on an image captured by a camera, the presence or absence of an obstacle in an imaging range captured by the camera.