Conveyance system, method for controlling conveyance system, and storage medium
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorsYosuke Fujiwara, Hiroyoshi Toba, Kenji Tamura
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Abstract
In order to efficiently convey a conveyance target, a conveyance system includes: a carriage configured to be capable of conveying a plurality of conveyance targets; and a carriage controller configured to perform an allocation process of allocating, to the carriage, a conveyance target to be conveyed, the carriage controller performing the allocation process such that, in a case where a region in which the carriage is movable is divided into a plurality of areas, areas of destinations of the plurality of conveyance targets that are to be simultaneously conveyed by the carriage are the same.
Claims9
A conveyance system comprising:
- a carriage, having at least two transfer sections, configured to be capable of conveying a plurality of conveyance targets;
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- a control device configured to perform an allocation process of allocating, to the carriage, a conveyance target to be conveyed,
- the control device performing the allocation process such that, in a case where a region in which the carriage is movable is divided into a plurality of areas, areas of destinations of the plurality of conveyance targets that are to be simultaneously conveyed by the carriage are the same, wherein the control device is configured to
- extract, among carriages traveling on a track, available carriages based on a departure place of another conveyance target to be conveyed being present on a conveyance route of the conveyance target being conveyed by the carriage, and
- a destination of the conveyance target being conveyed by the carriage and a destination of the another conveyance target to be conveyed are the same.
A method for controlling a conveyance system including a plurality of carriages each configured to be capable of conveying a plurality of conveyance targets, the method comprising the steps of:
- acquiring conveyance information including a departure place of a conveyance target to be conveyed and a destination of the conveyance target;
- allocating, to a first carriage, the conveyance target to be conveyed with use of the conveyance information such that, in a case where a region in which the first carriage is movable is divided into a plurality of areas, areas of destinations of the plurality of conveyance targets that are to be simultaneously conveyed by the first carriage are the same;
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- extracting, among carriages traveling on a track, available carriages based on a departure place of another conveyance target to be conveyed being present on a conveyance route of the conveyance target being conveyed by the carriage, and a destination of the conveyance target being conveyed by the carriage and a destination of the another conveyance target to be conveyed are the same.
A conveyance system comprising:
- a carriage configured to be capable of conveying a plurality of conveyance targets;
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- a control device configured to perform an allocation process of allocating, to the carriage, a conveyance target to be conveyed,
- the control device performing the allocation process such that, in a case where a region in which the carriage is movable is divided into a plurality of areas, areas of destinations of the plurality of conveyance targets that are to be simultaneously conveyed by the carriage are the same, and, in a case where the carriage allocated is empty, performing allocation such that the carriage allocated conveys a plurality of the conveyance targets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.