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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Hiroshi Fujiki, Aichi, JP;
Hiroki Sone, Kagamigahara, JP;
Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a large-scale carrying system that allows the operation of only a part of the system which has been completely constructed, while concurrently allowing the construction of a part of the system which has not been constructed yet. A carrying system comprises a carrying vehicle system which carries an article to a predetermined location using a carrying vehicle, an article housing system in which the article is temporarily housed for storage, an integrating controller which integrally controls a system set comprising at least one carrying vehicle system and at least one article housing system and an auxiliary controller which can integrally manage at least part of the system set. The integrating controller and the auxiliary controller are connected together through a network. It is thus possible to transfer data on the part of the system set which is integrally managed by the auxiliary controller , to the integrating controller