US 12,275,309 B2
Apparatus for and method of controlling driving of transport vehicle in goods transport system
Jun Beom Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Dong Hoon Yang, Anyang-si (KR)
Assigned to SEMES CO., LTD., Cheonan-si (KR)
Filed by SEMES CO., LTD., Cheonan-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,334.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0140227 (KR), filed on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0126699 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 15/002 (2013.01) [B60L 15/2036 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/642 (2013.01); H01L 21/67724 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling driving of a transport vehicle in a goods transport system, the apparatus comprising:
a processing unit configured to provide information on a movement path of the transport vehicle;
a motion controller configured to generate a drive signal including a front-wheel torque signal and a rear-wheel torque signal for driving a front wheel and a rear wheel, respectively, of the transport vehicle in order for the transport vehicle to travel along the movement path;
a front-wheel torque controller configured to control rotation torque of the front wheel on the basis of the front-wheel torque signal; and
a rear-wheel torque controller configured to control rotation torque of the rear wheel on the basis of the rear-wheel torque signal,
wherein the motion controller comprises:
a position controller configured to generate a positional signal determining a position of the transport vehicle on the movement path;
a speed controller configured to generate a speed signal determining a speed of the transport vehicle on the basis of the positional signal; and
a torque distributor configured to:
generate the front-wheel torque signal and the rear-wheel torque signal by distributing front-wheel torque and rear-wheel torque on the basis of inclination of the movement path and the speed signal;
provide the front-wheel torque signal to the front-wheel torque controller; and
provide the rear-wheel torque signal to the rear-wheel torque controller.