Patent ID: 7426424

Claim:
A moving body system comprising: a moving body that moves along a moving path and a detected member laid along the moving path, wherein the detected member comprises a plurality of mark members in a direction in which the moving body moves, wherein the moving body comprises detecting means for detecting the mark members of the detected member, wherein each of the mark members comprises a detected portion detected by the detecting means and a non-detected portion not detected by the detecting means, wherein the detected member is configured as comb teeth in which a comb tooth portion is the detected portion and a void between the comb teeth is the non-detected portion, wherein the width of the detected portion in the moving direction of the moving body is equal to that of the non-detected portion in the moving direction of the moving body, wherein the detecting means comprises a first detecting means and a second detecting means arranged in the moving direction of the moving body, and wherein the moving path of the moving body has a branching portion that branches to at least two paths, an additional detected member is provided on each of the branching paths and the moving body is provided with additional detecting means for detecting the additional detected members.