Traveling vehicle system and traveling vehicle control method

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PATENT NO 12025989
APP PUB NO 20220317703A1
SERIAL NO

17612284

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A traveling vehicle system includes a plurality of traveling vehicles, a controller that controls the plurality of transport vehicles, a traveling region of the traveling vehicles having a plurality of blocking sections each of which undergoes exclusive control to prohibit another traveling vehicle from moving thereinto. The traveling vehicle makes a request to the controller for occupation permissions regarding a plurality of blocking sections to be occupied by the traveling vehicle and are designated by instructions. The controller then determines, among the plurality of blocking sections for which the traveling vehicle makes a request for occupation permissions, one or more of the blocking sections that are able to allow permissions consecutively from an end thereof to be primarily occupied, based on the traveling direction of the traveling vehicle, and the controller grants the traveling vehicle the permissions for one or more blocking sections determined to allow the permissions.

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MURATA MACHINERY LTDKYOTO-SHI KYOTO 601-8326

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aoki, Eijiro Inuyama, JP 5 4
Kitamura, Wataru Inuyama, JP 61 376
Nakagawa, Toshikazu Inuyama, JP 8 77

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