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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2022
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Wataru Kitamura, Inuyama, JP;
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A storage system includes an entrance port, a storage rack, an exit port, transporters, and a determining controller. The entrance port is a place at which an item is carried in from the outside. The storage rack is structured to store the item. The exit port is a place at which the item is carried out to the outside. The transporter, by moving along a track, accesses the entrance port, the storage rack, or the exit port. The determining controller is configured or programmed to determine that the storage system is available, when first and second conditions are satisfied, the first condition being that a path extending from the entrance port to the exit port includes an available track, the second condition being that there is any transporter capable of transporting the item along the track that satisfies the first condition.