Patent ID: 11969841
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B  G

Claim 16:
17. A method for manufacturing an article by using a transport system and a processing device,
wherein the transport system includes:
a transport path,
a carriage configured to move along the transport path,
a controller configured to control at least one of a position of the carriage and a speed of the carriage,
a first sensor provided on the transport path, and
a reference position for a second location on the transport path where the reference position is spaced at a predetermined distance from the first sensor,
wherein the controller is configured to cause the carriage to move, and to determine a first distance between the first sensor and an actual location of the second location on the transport path, and
wherein the controller is further configured to determine a second distance between the first sensor and the reference position on the transport path, and to determine a difference between the first distance and the second distance,
the method comprising:
transporting, to the processing device by the transport system, the carriage, with a workpiece carried by the carriage; and
performing, by the processing device, a predetermined process on the workpiece on the carriage.