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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
May. 24, 2024
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoshitaka Tanaka, Hinocho, JP;
Daisuke Ogawa, Hinocho, JP;
Kenshin Hashiguchi, Hinocho, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Hinocho, JP;
Ayaka Kawanami, Hinocho, JP;
Toshihito Ueda, Hinocho, JP;
Shota Inden, Hinocho, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An article transport facility includes transport vehicles, a travel route which the travel vehicles travel, and a region control device. The travel route includes branching and merging region that includes a branching point and a merging point. If a transport vehicle is scheduled to pass through a branching point and then pass through a merging point while passing through a branching and merging region, a region control device gives the transport vehicle occupation permission for a first target point on a scheduled travel route and occupation permission for a second target point on a non-scheduled travel route, the first target point and the second target point being whichever one of an occupation target point and a secondary occupation target point is closest to the branching point.