Ceiling traveling vehicle, ceiling traveling vehicle system, and method for detecting obstacle
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorsHaruki OGO, Yasuhisa ITO
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Abstract
A ceiling traveling vehicle includes a traveler to travel along a grid-shaped track, a main body coupled to the traveler and below the track, and a detector on a rear side of a center of the main body in a traveling direction of the traveler and below the main body to apply detection light forward in the traveling direction and downward and receive reflected light of the detection light to detect an obstacle.
Claims10
1-9. (canceled)
A ceiling traveling vehicle comprising:
- a traveler to travel along a track;
- a main body coupled to the traveler and below the track;
- and
- a detector on a rear side of a center of the main body in a traveling direction of the traveler and below the main body to apply detection light forward in the traveling direction and downward and detect an obstacle by receiving reflected light of the detection light.
A method for detecting an obstacle for a ceiling traveling vehicle including a traveler to travel along a track and a main body coupled to the traveler and below the track, the method comprising:
- applying detection light from a rear side of a center of the main body in a traveling direction of the traveler and below the main body forward in the traveling direction and downward;
- and
- detecting an obstacle by receiving reflected light of the detection light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.