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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Mitsuo Morikubo, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshikazu Tai, Tokyo, JP;

Takuya Gondoh, Tokyo, JP;

Masami Iwai, Tokyo, JP;

Atsushi Minoo, Tokyo, JP;

Shigeru Sugano, Hinocho, JP;

Assignee:

Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01); B65G 57/04 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B65G 47/905 (2013.01); B65G 47/917 (2013.01); B65G 57/04 (2013.01); B65G 61/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/02 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control unit executes first loading control if it is determined that a loaded article is not present above a loading surface region based on captured image information, and second loading control if it is determined that it is uncertain whether the loaded article is not present above the loading surface region based on the captured image information. The first loading control causing a holding unit to release a target article when the target article is directly above the loading surface region and the lower surface of the target article is higher than the upper surface of the loading surface region by a first specified distance, and the second loading control causing the holding unit to release the target article when the target article is directly above the loading surface region and the lower surface of the target article is higher, by a second specified distance, than a specified height.


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