US 11,999,569 B2
Object to be transported and automatic guided transportation system
Junya Tanaka, Tokyo (JP); Hideki Ogawa, Tokyo (JP); Daisuke Yamamoto, Kawasaki Kanagawa (JP); Takafumi Sonoura, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP); and Seiji Tokura, Kawasaki Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/004,077.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-047665 (JP), filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0292088 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/065 (2013.01) [B25J 5/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/008 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0216 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An object to be transported by an automatic guided transportation vehicle, comprising:
a housing having an entry route through which the automatic guided transportation vehicle enters;
a marker that can be recognized by a sensor provided in the automatic guided transportation vehicle; and
a marker holder configured to hold the marker at an initial position where the marker contacts with the automatic guided transportation vehicle in the entry route, the marker holder being configured to retract the marker from the entry route.