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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuya Namazue, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 27/10 (2022.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); B61B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 27/10 (2022.01); B61L 25/02 (2013.01); H01L 21/67727 (2013.01); B61B 3/02 (2013.01); B61L 2201/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller outputs, to a transport vehicle, a forward movement command for moving in the forward direction along a transport path toward a destination, and a reverse movement command for moving in a reverse direction along the transport path toward the destination. When a target task occurs, the controller determines a transport vehicle to execute the target task among a plurality of transport vehicles, while also including, as a candidate, a transport vehicle located on a downstream side of the transport path relative to the destination at a timing when the target task occurs.