US 12,330,882 B2
Conveyance system, conveyance method, and recording medium recording conveyance program
Thinh Nguyenquang, Sakai (JP); Takashi Iwamoto, Sakai (JP); and Akihiro Yamakawa, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/716,821.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-067738 (JP), filed on Apr. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324654 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 43/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01)
CPC B65G 43/00 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conveyance system in which a plurality of partial areas is set inside an entire area in a warehouse, a plurality of storage positions storing conveyance targets is set inside each of the plurality of partial areas, and an automatic conveyance apparatus conveys the conveyance targets corresponding to received conveyance requests inside the entire area, the conveyance system comprising:
a conveyance request receiver that receives the conveyance requests of the conveyance targets;
a starting area selector that selects a starting area that is one of the plurality of partial areas that is traveled first;
a partial area traveling order setter that sets the starting area selected by the starting area selector to one of the plurality of partial areas to be traveled first and sets a partial area traveling order that is an order of the plurality of partial areas traveled by the automatic conveyance apparatus; and
a storage position traveling order setter that sets a storage position traveling order that is an order of the plurality of storage positions traveled by the automatic conveyance apparatus inside each of the plurality of partial areas, wherein
the automatic conveyance apparatus travels the plurality of partial areas in accordance with the partial area traveling order and travels the plurality of storage positions in accordance with the storage position traveling order inside each of the plurality of partial areas such that to convey the conveyance targets corresponding to the received conveyance requests inside the entire area.