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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2007
Applicant:
Toyokazu Kobayashi, Inuyama, JP;
Inventor:
Toyokazu Kobayashi, Inuyama, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In the case of transporting an article to a load port which is occupied by another article, at the time of generating a transportation command, estimated arrival time Twhen the article arrives at the load port and estimated removal time Twhen the article which occupies the load port is removed are compared with each other. If the time Tis earlier than the time T, a transportation command for transporting the article to the load port is assigned. If the time tis later than the time T, a transportation command for transporting the article to a buffer on the upstream side of the load port is assigned.