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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
May. 15, 2024
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/12 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/12 (2013.01); B65G 43/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An article transport facility includes a transport vehicle. The transport vehicle is configured to switch an access point of a connection destination while moving along a path to maintain a communicable state with a control device. In a case in which a communication intensity of radio waves between the transport vehicle and the access point is lower than a predetermined switching threshold value, the transport vehicle performs switching processing of switching the connection destination to another access point having a stronger communication intensity. The switching threshold value is set to different values in accordance with a movement condition of the transport vehicle.