Patent ID: 7778771

Claim:
A travel control system for controlling a travel vehicle to advance from a first travel course toward a predetermined one of a plurality of second travel courses in a travel course network having a junction between the first travel course and the plurality of second travel courses, the travel control system comprising: a destination information provider that provides to the travel vehicle destination information indicating the predetermined one of the plurality of second travel courses before the travel vehicle reaches the junction, wherein the destination information provider is provided in the travel course network leading towards the first travel course; and a first junction information provider that provides to the travel vehicle junction information indicating one of the plurality of second travel courses before the travel vehicle reaches the junction, wherein the first junction information provider is provided in the first travel course upstream of the junction and downstream of the destination information provider, wherein the travel vehicle obtains the destination information from the destination information provider and the junction information from the first junction information provider before reaching the junction, the travel vehicle collating the destination information with the junction information, the travel vehicle advancing to the predetermined one of the plurality of second travel courses based on a result of the collation.