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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
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 a moved position of a moving body such as a guided vehicle or a stacker crane wherever it is on a moving path, which can stop the moving body anywhere, and which can quickly move the moving body to a stopped position. The present invention provides a moving body system including a guided vehiclemoving along running railsconstituting a moving path and a detected memberlaid along the running rails. The detected memberincludes a large number of mark members, . . . in a direction in which the guided vehiclemoves. The guided vehicleincludes a first detecting sensorand a second detecting sensorwhich detect the mark members, . . . of the detected member