Patent ID: 9298185
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G05B,G05D,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A traveling vehicle system comprising: a traveling path which is pre-provided and includes at least two one-way closed paths connected to one another; stations set up along said traveling path; a traveling vehicle which travels said traveling path; and a management apparatus which manages availability of said stations, wherein said management apparatus includes: a traveling-prohibited section setting unit configured to set a traveling-prohibited section which is a section of said traveling path which said traveling vehicle cannot travel; a determination unit configured to determine, for each of said stations, when a traveling-prohibited section is set by said traveling-prohibited section setting unit, whether or not said traveling vehicle can return, to one of said stations from which said traveling vehicle departs, without passing the traveling-prohibited section; and an availability setting unit configured to set said station as available when said determination unit determines that said traveling vehicle can return to said station, and to set said station as unavailable when said determination unit determines that said traveling vehicle cannot return to said station.