Patent ID: 11922367
Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A stocker system for transporting a good via a transport vehicle to a stocker with multiple storage compartments, the stocker system comprising:
a stocker information memory section configured to memorize stocker information including arrangement position information of the storage compartments the stocker, and information of presence or absence of the good in the storage compartments;
a stocker information updating section configured to update the stocker information in accordance with the goods being taken in and out of the storage compartments;
a loading information memory section configured to memorize loading information including loading position information of the good in a vehicle storage component of the transport vehicle, and information of presence or absence of the good at a loading position in the vehicle storage component;
a stopping position setting section configured to
acquire the arrangement position information of an empty storage compartment from the stocker information and the loading position information of the good from the loading information, and
set a stopping position of the transport vehicle relative to the stocker for the good to be put into the empty storage compartment based on the acquired arrangement position information of the empty storage compartment so that a central position of the empty storage compartment in a sideways direction of the stocker matches a central position of the vehicle storage component in a sideways direction of the vehicle storage component or a center of gravity of the empty storage compartment in the sideways direction of the stocker matches a center of gravity of the vehicle storage component in the sideways direction of the vehicle storage component such that the loading position of the good to be put into the empty storage compartment is close to the arrangement position of the empty storage compartment, and

a stopping instruction communication section configured to send, to the transport vehicle, instructions for the transport vehicle to stop at the stopping position.