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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Toshiki Moriguchi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Toshiki Moriguchi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a moving body system which can determine the moving position of a vehicle, stacker crane, or other moving body wherever on a moving path having a branching portion or a joining portion the moving body is, the system being able to precisely stop the moving body at any position and enabling the moving body to move fast to a stop position. A moving body system includes a vehiclemoving along running railsconstituting a moving path having a joining portion and a detected memberlaid along the running rails. The detected memberincludes a large number of mark members, . . . in a direction in which the vehiclemoves. The vehicleincludes a first detecting sensorand a second detecting sensorwhich detect the mark members of the detected member