| CPC B65G 1/0492 (2013.01) [B60P 1/006 (2013.01); B60P 1/04 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A cargo transport system comprising:
an automated guided vehicle including a plurality of cargo loading units separated from each other and configured to transport a plurality of pieces of cargo loaded into the plurality of cargo loading units and individually discharge the pieces of cargo to at least one piece of cargo sorting unit;
a cargo supply unit configured to supply the plurality of pieces of cargo to the automated guided vehicle;
a plurality of cargo sorting units from which at least one piece of cargo loaded into the automated guided vehicle is discharged;
a supply control unit configured to load the plurality of pieces of cargo supplied from the cargo supply unit into the plurality of cargo loading units of the automated guided vehicle;
a transport control unit configured to transport the plurality of pieces of cargo to each cargo sorting unit while controlling a movement path of the automated guided vehicle into which the pieces of cargo are loaded; and
a discharge control unit configured to:
discharge at least one piece of cargo transported through the automated guided vehicle to each cargo sorting unit to sort the at least one piece of cargo; and
when a cargo loaded in a predetermined cargo loading unit arrives at the cargo sorting unit from which the cargo is to be discharged, individually control only the corresponding cargo loading unit and discharge the cargo to the cargo sorting unit at which the cargo arrives.
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