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Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Mirle Automation Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Shih-Wei Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Hsing-Lu Huang, Hsinchu, TW;

Wun-Jian Wei, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 27/20 (2022.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 23/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 27/20 (2022.01); B61L 23/14 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); B61L 2027/204 (2022.01);
Abstract

An anti-collision control method and a rail vehicle control system are provided. The rail vehicle control system includes a control apparatus configured to implement the anti-collision control method to prevent a plurality of vehicles on a plurality of rails from colliding with each other. The anti-collision control method includes receiving a transfer requirement data to decide which one of the vehicles and which one of the rails are respectively an assigned vehicle and an assigned rail; planning a movement path and a movement space according to the transfer requirement data and a vehicle dimension data; determining whether any portion of the movement space is reserved; and in response to the movement space being reserved, the assigned vehicle is controlled to not move, or the movement space is reserved and the assigned vehicle is controlled to move according to the movement path along the assigned rail.


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