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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
May. 08, 2012
Applicants:
Satoshi Hanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Shimizu, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Hanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Shimizu, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0259 (2013.01); B61L 25/026 (2013.01); B65G 54/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A detector detects positions of a moving body in a travel direction at a position shifted from a center of control of travel of the moving body in a direction different than the travel direction of the moving body. Positions of the center of control in the travel direction relative to the output of the detector is stored in a storage unit for at least a curved section of a travel route of the moving body, and the travel of the moving body is controlled by a controller, based on the positions of the center of control read out from the storage unit.