Title:
TRAVELING VEHICLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAVELING VEHICLES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/235255
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
[Problem] To prevent interference between traveling vehicles by exclusive control and to avoid, as much as possible, obstruction of operation of another traveling vehicle by exclusive control. [Solution] This traveling vehicle system is provided with: a plurality of traveling vehicles; and a controller that is capable of communicating with the plurality of traveling vehicles and that controls the plurality of traveling vehicles. A plurality of blocking sections to be under exclusive control for, when the blocking sections are occupied by one of the traveling vehicles, prohibiting another traveling vehicle from moving thereinto, are designated for a traveling region of the traveling vehicles. By designating, among sequential operations to be executed by the traveling vehicle, a period from when the traveling vehicle starts traveling to when the traveling vehicle stops before execution of a predetermined operation included in the sequential operations, the controller determines whether or not to give the traveling vehicle an occupation permission for the blocking sections to be occupied in order for the traveling vehicle to execute the operations.
Inventors:
KITAMURA WATARU (JP)
AOKI EIJIRO (JP)
NAKAGAWA TOSHIKAZU (JP)
AOKI EIJIRO (JP)
NAKAGAWA TOSHIKAZU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/016302
Publication Date:
November 26, 2020
Filing Date:
April 13, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G05D1/02; B61B13/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2018110178A1 | 2018-06-21 | |||
| WO2018037762A1 | 2018-03-01 |
Foreign References:
| JP2004281622A | 2004-10-07 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NISHI, Kazuya et al. (JP)
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