Transport system

8:

• A transport system comprising:
• a transport vehicle to travel along a trajectory to transport an article;
• and
• a management controller configured or programmed to assign a transport command of the article to the transport vehicle and to include:
• a route selector configured or programmed to select, based on the transport command, a route on which the transport vehicle travels such that a cost of the route from a departure point to a destination is reduced or minimized;
• a counter configured or programmed to count a number of transport vehicles entering a setting area in the trajectory;
• and
• an adjuster configured or programmed to increase a cost of a route passing through the setting area when a count aggregation value in which the number of the transport vehicles counted by the counter in an aggregation period is aggregated exceeds a first threshold.

9:

• The transport system according to claim 8, wherein
• the adjuster is configured or programmed to determine whether the count aggregation value in a first aggregation period exceeds the first threshold, and then determine whether the count aggregation value in a second aggregation period exceeds a threshold;
• and
• a portion of the first aggregation period and a portion of the second aggregation period overlap temporally.

11:

• The transport system according to claim 8, wherein
• a plurality of the setting areas is set;
• and
• the counter counts the number of transport vehicles entering the setting areas for each setting area.

12:

• The transport system according to claim 8, wherein
• a processor is located along the trajectory to process the article transported by the transport vehicle;
• an area included in the trajectory includes:
• a processing area in which the processor is located;
• and
• a connection area connecting the processing area and another processing area;
• the setting area includes at least a portion of the processing area;
• and
• the counter is configured or programmed to count the number of transport vehicles entering the setting area from the connection area.

13:

• The transport system according to claim 12, wherein
• the connection area includes:
• a first track;
• a second track parallel or substantially parallel to the first track;
• a connection path connecting an end of the first track and an end of the second track on the same side;
• and
• a shortcut that is separate from the connection path and connects an intermediate portion of the first track and an intermediate portion of the second track;
• and
• the setting area includes at least a portion of the processing area closest to the shortcut in a plurality of the processing areas.

14:

• The transport system according to claim 13, wherein
• the connection area includes:
• an intermediate connection area including the first track, the second track, the connection path, and the shortcut;
• and
• a first connection area located on a first side, and a second connection area located on a second side opposite to the first side with the intermediate connection area interposed between the first connection area and the second connection area in a plan view;
• the processing area includes:
• a plurality of first processing areas connected to the first connection area and connected to the first track of the intermediate connection area;
• and
• a plurality of second processing areas connected to the second connection area and connected to the second track of the intermediate connection area;
• and
• the setting area includes at least one of the first processing areas closest to the shortcut and at least one of the second processing areas closest to the shortcut.