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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Masanao Murata, Mie, JP;
Inventor:
Masanao Murata, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
Muratec Automation Co., Ltd., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B23Q 41/02 (2006.01); B65G 1/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Objects to be transported which are transported between at least one storage unit and a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses by a plurality of transport vehicles in accordance with a command of a controller are managed inexpensively and easily and with high reliability. An ID cardincorporating a wireless communication function is installed on all carriers, and an ID read/write unitis installed in some transport vehicles. Further, a carrier ID is read or written with respect to the ID cardin accordance with a command of an MCSconnected to the ID read/write unit, so as to manage the carrier ID by a carrier ID management unit