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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Fumiko Beniyama, Yokohama, JP;
Toshio Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Nobutaka Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Kosei Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Fumiko Beniyama, Yokohama, JP;
Toshio Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Nobutaka Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Kosei Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A computer in a transport system includes: a shooting part for shooting a first calibration tray by controlling a camera; a tray position computing part for computing a tray position of the first calibration tray within a captured image which the shooting part shot; a hand position acquisition part for acquiring a hand position indicative of a position of the hand robot of when the hand robot installs onto the first calibration tray a first transported article used for calibration; a calibration part for computing a calibration data based on the tray position and the hand position; and a transported article installing part which, when the mobile robot reached a predetermined arrival area, controls, based on the calibration data, the hand robot so as to install a second transported article onto a second tray, the second tray which the mobile robot being provided with.