Patent ID: 8521406

Claim:
A traveling vehicle system comprising: closed paths each of which is a one-way path; a connecting path which is a one-way path and connects said closed paths with each other; and a traveling vehicle which moves along said closed paths and said connecting path, wherein each of said closed paths having (i) exit points at which said traveling vehicle can exit to the connecting path and (ii) entrance points at which said traveling vehicle can enter from the connecting path, said traveling vehicle system further comprises a storage unit configured to store exit-entrance information showing a combination of an exit point and an entrance point respectively representing a start and an end of a shortest route on which said traveling vehicle can move between said closed paths, the exit point and the entrance point being respectively included in the exit points and the entrance points, and when moving from one of said closed paths to an other one of said closed paths, said traveling vehicle moves via the exit point of the one of said closed paths, and the entrance point of the other one of said closed paths, the exit point and the entrance point being shown in the exit-entrance information stored in said storage unit.