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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Yoshiki Akiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiki Akiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A library apparatus includes a robot which transports a transportable medium, an objective unit including a light receptor of the objective unit and a light emitter of the objective unit which emits light to the outside of the objective unit when light is received by the light receptor of the objective unit. The robot includes a light emitter of the robot opposite to the light receptor of the objective unit that emits light to the light receptor of the objective unit at the time of positioning of the robot at the objective unit, and a light receptor of the robot opposite to the light emitter of the objective unit that receives light from the light emitter of the objective unit at the time of positioning of the robot at the objective unit.