Rail guided carriage system and method for estimating abnormal section of rail guided carriage system

A rail guided carriage system comprising:

• a plurality of carriages to selectively travel in a plurality of sections of a track;
• and
• a controller configured or programmed to include:
• a state information acquisition unit configured or programmed to acquire state information of the plurality of carriages;
• a travel history information acquisition unit configured or programmed to acquire travel history information of the plurality of carriages;
• and
• an abnormal section estimation unit configured or programmed to estimate an abnormal section based on the state information acquired by the state information acquisition unit and the travel history information acquired by the travel history information acquisition unit, the abnormal section being a section in which an abnormality has occurred among the plurality of sections.

A method for estimating an abnormal section that is a section in which an abnormality has occurred in a rail guided carriage system in which a plurality of carriages selectively travel in a plurality of sections of a track, the method comprising:

• acquiring state information of the plurality of carriages;
• acquiring travel history information of the plurality of carriages;
• and
• estimating an abnormal section based on the state information acquired in the acquiring state information and the travel history information acquired in the acquiring travel history information, the abnormal section being a section in which an abnormality has occurred among the plurality of sections.