Patent ID: 11926483
Assignee: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A transport vehicle arranging method for, in an article transport facility that comprises a plurality of article transport vehicles that travel along a specified travelable route and transport articles, and a controller that sets a set route for causing the article transport vehicle to travel from a current position to a destination on the travelable route and that controls the article transport vehicles, arrangement of the article transport vehicles by the controller,
the article transport vehicles comprising, as operation states, a first state of traveling toward a transport destination that is a destination set for receiving an article or delivering an article, and a second state of not being assigned a purpose of receiving an article or delivering an article,
the method comprising:
executing, by the controller, an imbalance reduction control comprising:
dividing an entirety of the travelable route into a plurality of set areas; and
arranging a standby transport vehicle such that imbalance of densities of standby transport vehicles present in the plurality of set areas is within a predetermined range, and the standby transport vehicles are the article transport vehicles in the second state.