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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2025
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Shota Ito, Komaki, JP;
Makoto Kono, Komaki, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A transport facility includes a transport vehicle and a section control system. In a case where a following stop point is different from a leading stop point, and a following passage point is different from a leading passage point at the time when the section control system receives a passage permission request on a first passage point or a second passage point from a following transport vehicle to enter a specific section subsequently to a leading transport vehicle entering the specific section first after the section control system gives the leading transport vehicle a passage permission to pass through the first passage point or the second passage point, the section control system gives the following transport vehicle a passage permission to pass through the following passage point.