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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2009
Hideo Yoshioka, Higashiomi, JP;
Hideo Yoshioka, Higashiomi, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A learning method is disclosed for an article storage facility having an article storage rack including article storage units arranged in a rack lateral width direction and a vertical direction, a vertically movable lift, and a horizontal travel carriage associated with the vertically movable lift. A frontal view camera is positioned with respect to the article transfer device such as to capture an image of a detected member provided for each of the storage units from a rack fore-and-aft direction. An angular view camera is positioned with respect to the article transfer device such as to be displaced relative to the frontal view camera in the rack lateral width direction or the vertical direction and such as to capture an image of a detected member from a direction at an angle relative to the rack fore-and-aft direction. And vertical direction correction information, rack lateral width correction information and extending and retracting distance correction information are derived based from image information.