US 12,448,223 B2
Article transport facility
Toyoki Takahashi, Komaki (JP); Hidemoto Fukushima, Komaki (JP); Keisuke Takeno, Komaki (JP); and Satoshi Nitta, Komaki (JP)
Assigned to Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,352.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-139479 (JP), filed on Sep. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0076141 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 47/46 (2006.01); G06Q 10/083 (2024.01)
CPC B65G 47/46 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article transport facility comprising:
a transport vehicle configured to travel along a predetermined travel route and perform article transport;
an unmanned aerial vehicle configured to fly along a route and perform article transport;
a transfer section provided in correspondence with a processing device configured to perform article processing, and to and from which an article that is a processing target of the processing device is transferred; and
a plurality of storage sections, each of the plurality of storage sections arranged at a location along the travel route and configured to perform article storage,
wherein the transport vehicle performs article carry-in and article carry-out with respect to at least one same storage section of the plurality of storage sections, and
wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle performs article transport between each storage section of the plurality of storage sections and the transfer section.