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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2007
Takao Hayashi, Aichi, JP;
Hiroki Sone, Aichi, JP;
Toyokazu Kobayashi, Aichi, JP;
Yoshinori Yamada, Aichi, JP;
Akiya Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Tsujino, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Hayashi, Aichi, JP;
Hiroki Sone, Aichi, JP;
Toyokazu Kobayashi, Aichi, JP;
Yoshinori Yamada, Aichi, JP;
Akiya Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Tsujino, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Murata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transport scenario composed of a basic transport (From) from a transport starting point to, e.g., a buffer near the transport destination point and a basic transport (To) from the buffer to the transport destination point is created in response to a transport request of a production controller for transport whose loading times at the transport starting point and at the transport destination point are specified. The buffer is reserved so as to perform the basic transport (From) and the basic transport (To), transport vehicles are allocated, the travel time to the transport starting point or the buffer and the travel time from the transport starting point or the buffer are estimated, and transport instructions are given to the transport vehicles. The possibility that the loading times are out of the specified period is evaluated. If the possibility is larger, the impossibility of a just-in-time transport is notified to the production controller.