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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yoriko Kazama, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller () includes: a transfer area setting unit () which, when transferring a transported object from a transfer source vehicle of respective transport vehicles to a transfer destination vehicle of the respective transport vehicles, decides a transfer area at a destination to which the transported object is transported by the transfer source vehicle; a transfer vehicle setting unit () which decides the transport vehicle that is the transfer destination vehicle on the basis of position information of the transfer area and the position information of the respective transport vehicles; and an instruction unit () which instructs the transfer source vehicle to carry out a task of transporting the transported object to the transfer area, and instructs the transfer destination vehicle to carry out a task of transporting the transported object from the transfer area.