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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Osamu Sonoyama, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Yokomae, Nara, JP;
Yoichi Sugitomo, Hyogo, JP;
Masahide Yoshihara, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Matsushima, Osaka, JP;
Toyotoshi Tsujikawa, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Asano, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Sonoyama, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Yokomae, Nara, JP;
Yoichi Sugitomo, Hyogo, JP;
Masahide Yoshihara, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Matsushima, Osaka, JP;
Toyotoshi Tsujikawa, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Asano, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A waiting time of an automated guided vehicle is substantially eliminated by significantly shortening the communication time of various information, and the transport efficiency of an automated guided vehicle as well as the operating rate of work stations and production lines as a whole are improved, and in addition, the flexibility of an operation control system for the automated guided vehicle is improved. An automated guided vehicle () includes a wireless local area network adapter () for passing information by radio with an operation control unit connected to the local area network or with another automated guided vehicle, a memory part () for storing at least information from the operation control unit or from another automated guided vehicle and information related to the automated guided vehicle itself, and a control part () for controlling the wireless local area network adapter and the memory part.