Operation control apparatus for crane

An operation control apparatus for a crane for moving a suspended load in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction to transfer the suspended load to a target position, the operation control apparatus comprising:

• a trajectory creating unit configured to create in advance a movement trajectory of the suspended load;
• a function creating unit configured to create a function indicating a relationship between a horizontal direction position and a height of the suspended load in the movement trajectory;
• a vertical direction command value updating unit configured to generate a vertical direction position command value by sequentially updating, in accordance with the horizontal direction position of the suspended load and based on the function, the vertical position at which the suspended load should be present;
• a vertical direction control unit configured to generate a vertical direction speed command value of the suspended load based on the vertical direction position command value;
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• a vertical direction driving unit configured to move the suspended load in the vertical direction in accordance with the vertical direction speed command value.