Rail environment monitoring device and method using traveling vehicle, and logistics transportation apparatus including the same
AssigneeSemes Co., Ltd.
InventorsJung Woo KIM, Jong Won Jung, Yoon Je Oh, Hyo Joo Jeoun
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Abstract
A rail environment monitoring device using a traveling vehicle, the rail environment monitoring device includes a sensing unit connected to a traveling vehicle transporting a conveyed object along a travel rail, the sensing unit configured to sense a travel rail positioned on a path of travel of the traveling vehicle and a travel rail peripheral portion, and a map production unit configured to generate a map for the travel rail or the travel rail peripheral portion using data acquired by the sensing unit according to the path of travel of the traveling vehicle.
Claims20
A rail environment monitoring device using a traveling vehicle, the rail environment monitoring device comprising:
- a sensing unit connected to a traveling vehicle transporting a conveyed object along a travel rail, the sensing unit configured to sense the travel rail positioned on a path of travel of the traveling vehicle and a travel rail peripheral portion;
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- a map production unit configured to generate a map for the travel rail or the travel rail peripheral portion using data acquired by the sensing unit according to the path of travel of the traveling vehicle.
A logistics transportation apparatus comprising:
- a traveling vehicle configured to transport a conveyed object along a travel rail;
- a sensing unit connected to the traveling vehicle, the sensing unit including a lidar sensor configured to sense a travel rail positioned on a path of travel of the traveling vehicle and a travel rail peripheral portion, and an imaging unit connected to the traveling vehicle in a position adjacent to the travel rail, the imaging unit configured to image the travel rail and the travel rail peripheral portion;
- a control unit connected to the traveling vehicle, the control unit configured to collect rail environment information using the sensing unit while the traveling vehicle is traveling, and to transmit the collected rail environment information to a map production unit;
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- the map production unit connected to the traveling vehicle, the map production unit configured to generate a map for the travel rail or the travel rail peripheral portion using the rail environment information collected according to the path of travel of the traveling vehicle.
A rail environment monitoring method of a traveling vehicle, the rail environment monitoring method comprising:
- a sensing operation of sensing, by the traveling vehicle, a travel rail state through a sensing unit disposed in the traveling vehicle;
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- a map production operation of generating, based on the travel rail state acquired in the sensing operation, a map for the travel rail or a travel rail peripheral portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.