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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2023
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Yoshiyuki Komiyama, Ise, JP;
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A traveling vehicle system, in a merging area including a merging point, until a traveling vehicle traveling on one travel route passes through the merging area, stops a traveling vehicle traveling on another travel route at a stop point before the merging point. The traveling vehicle system calculates a required time for a first traveling vehicle passing through the merging point to pass through the merging area and, when a second traveling vehicle following the first traveling vehicle and traveling on the same travel route as the first traveling vehicle outside the merging area is capable of entering the merging area within the required time, causes the second traveling vehicle to enter the merging area without decelerating the second traveling vehicle to a speed limit or less enabling stopping at the stop point.