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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Tomotaka Kinugawa, Hinocho, JP;
Hiroshi Otsuka, Hinocho, JP;
Assignee:
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/40 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B61L 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67715 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); B61L 27/04 (2013.01); H01L 21/6773 (2013.01); H01L 21/67706 (2013.01); H01L 21/67724 (2013.01); H01L 21/67727 (2013.01); H01L 21/67733 (2013.01); B61L 2201/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller performs a stop control if a first detector detects that an article transport vehicle traveling in a first path entered a managed area, and a second detector or a third detector detects that another article transport vehicle exists in a selected path. And the controller performs a travel control if the first detector detects that an article transport vehicle traveling in a first path entered the managed area, and presence of another article transport vehicle is not detected in the selected path by the second detector or the third detector.