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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
Takeru Yoshikawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Keiichi Uchimura, Kumamoto, JP;
Zhencheng HU, Kumamoto, JP;
Tsugumitsu Kandabashi, Kumamoto, JP;
Takeru Yoshikawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Keiichi Uchimura, Kumamoto, JP;
Zhencheng Hu, Kumamoto, JP;
Tsugumitsu Kandabashi, Kumamoto, JP;
Hirata Corporation, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Hirata Software Technology Co., Ltd., Kumamoto-Shi, Kumamoto-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A route setting method according to the present invention sets, in a work transfer system including a plurality of work transfer units which connect a plurality of loading places to a plurality of unloading places, a route of the work transfer units to pass a work between a planned loading place and a planned unloading place which are required to transfer the work in the plurality of loading places and the plurality of unloading places. The route setting method includes the steps of setting, based on layout information representing a layout of the plurality of work transfer units, a plurality of candidates of the route between the planned loading place and the planned unloading place, and selecting, based on a predetermined condition, one route from the plurality of candidates of the route set in the candidate setting step.