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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2020
Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshitake, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Kamoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Nagashima, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Kondou, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An article conveyance system includes: a processor; and a storage device accessed by the processor, in which the processor calculates a conveyance time until a conveyance device conveys a shelf being a target for work of taking out or storing an article to a work place where the work on the shelf is performed and a work time until work scheduled to be performed at the work place is ended; and the processor determines whether or not to add an instruction to cause the conveyance device to convey the shelf to the work place based on a difference between the conveyance time and the work time.