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US 10,947,061 B2Granted
Conveying system
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
InventorsYusuke Usami, Shota Nagafuchi, Hidenari Mori
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Abstract
A conveying system includes a robot apparatus, a second conveyor, and a controller. The robot apparatus has a holding unit configured to hold a package, and an arm configured to move the holding unit, and is located next to a first conveyor extending in a first direction, in a second direction, which is different from the first direction. The second conveyor is located next to the robot apparatus, in the first direction, and is configured to convey the package in the second direction toward the first conveyor. The controller is configured to control the robot apparatus so as to retrieve the package from an accumulation unit for the package and place the retrieved package on the second conveyor.
Claims11
A conveying system comprising:
- a robot apparatus having a holding portion configured to hold a package, and an arm configured to move the holding portion, wherein the robot apparatus is located next to a first conveyor extending in a first direction, in a second direction, which is different from the first direction;
- a second conveyor located next to the robot apparatus, in the first direction, and configured to convey the package in the second direction toward the first conveyor, the second conveyor being located between a first accumulation portion and the robot apparatus in the first direction;
- a third conveyor located next to the robot apparatus, on an opposite side of the second conveyor with respect to the robot apparatus, and configured to convey the package in the second direction toward the first conveyor;
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- a controller configured to control the robot apparatus so as to retrieve the package from the first accumulation portion for the package and place the retrieved package on the second conveyor, wherein
- the controller controls the robot apparatus so as to retrieve the package from a second accumulation portion for the package and place the retrieved package on the third conveyor,
- the third conveyor is located between the second accumulation portion and the robot apparatus in the first direction,
- in a case in which the package does not satisfy a first condition, the controller controls the robot apparatus so as to place the package on a package recovery portion, and
- in a case in which the package does not satisfy the first condition, the controller controls the robot apparatus so as to place the package on a fourth conveyor extending toward a package recovery portion.
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A conveying system comprising:
- a robot apparatus having a holding portion configured to hold a package, and an arm configured to move the holding portion, wherein the robot apparatus is located next to a first conveyor;
- a second conveyor configured to convey the package toward the first conveyor;
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- a controller configured to control the robot apparatus so as to retrieve the package from an accumulation portion for the package and place the retrieved package on the second conveyor, and to control the second conveyor such that, in a case in which a package satisfies a first condition, the second conveyor is rotated forward, so that the package is conveyed to the first conveyor, and, in a case in which a package does not satisfy the first condition, the second conveyor is rotated in reverse, so that the package is conveyed to a package recovery portion.
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A conveying system comprising:
- a robot apparatus having a holding portion configured to hold a package, and an arm configured to move the holding portion, wherein the robot apparatus is located next to a first conveyor;
- a second conveyor configured to convey the package toward the first conveyor;
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- a controller configured to control the robot apparatus so as to retrieve the package from an accumulation portion for the package and place the retrieved package on the second conveyor, and to control the second conveyor such that, in a case in which a package satisfies a first condition, the second conveyor is rotated forward, so that the package is conveyed to the first conveyor, and, in a case in which a package does not satisfy the first condition, the second conveyor is rotated in reverse, so that the package is conveyed to a third conveyor extending toward a package recovery portion.
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A conveying system comprising:
- a robot apparatus having a holding portion configured to hold a package, and an arm configured to move the holding portion, wherein the robot apparatus is located next to a first conveyor extending in a first direction, in a second direction, which is different from the first direction;
- a second conveyor located next to the robot apparatus, in the first direction, and configured to convey the package received from the conveyor, in a direction away from the first conveyor;
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- a controller configured to control the robot apparatus so as to convey the package conveyed by the second conveyor, to an accumulation portion for the package.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.