Patent ID: 9284119
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B65G,G05B,G06Q,H04N,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A logistics system comprising: at least one transport device; and a controller which is configured and programmed to store inventory data about objects; an inventory data storage unit; a transport data storage unit that stores data about objects being transported by the at least one transport device; a recovery procedure storage unit that stores predetermined procedures for recovery from abnormalities relating to the at least one transport device; an abnormality detection unit that detects abnormalities relating to the at least one transport device; a receiving unit that reads out recovery procedures relating to detected abnormalities from the recovery procedure storage unit and that receives inputs of recovery procedures to be executed; an instruction unit that outputs instructions to the at least one transport device based on the received recovery procedures; and an updating unit that updates storage in the inventory data storage unit based on the received recovery procedures and the data stored in the transport data storage unit about the objects being transported; wherein the at least one transport device includes at least one transport vehicle; the at least one transport vehicle travels along a travel rail; the at least one transport device is provided with a sensor that detects objects and the updating unit is configured to confirm positions of transport destinations of objects being transported by signals from the sensor, when updating the storage of the inventory data in the storage unit; the at least one transport device is provided with, as the sensor, a transport object sensor that detects objects on the at least one transport device, and a preoccupation sensor that detects objects at the positions of the transport destinations from the at least one transport device; and the logistics system is configured and programmed to confirm that the objects have been transported to the positions of the transport destinations based on a condition that the transport object sensor does not detect the objects and the preoccupation sensor detects the objects.