PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891693
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["700", "228000"]

Abstract:
A control system for controlling transport devices includes a first server that has a first storage unit and a first instruction unit, and a second server that has a second storage unit and a second instruction unit. In a first state, the first storage unit transmits first transport information to the first instruction unit, the first instruction unit transmits second transport information to a target transport device, and instruction unit information is stored in common in the first instruction unit and the second instruction unit. If the first instruction unit stops operating normally in the first state, the control state is switched to a second state, and in the second state, the first storage unit transmits the first transport information to the second instruction unit, and the second instruction unit transmits the second transport information to the target transport device based on the instruction unit information.

Claim (Index 1):
An article transport facility comprising:\n a control system that controls a plurality of transport devices that transport an article, wherein: the control system is mechanically separated from a management device and comprises a first server and a second server that transmit second transport information to the plurality of transport devices based on first transport information from the management device, the first server comprises a first storage unit and a first instruction unit, the second server is mechanically separated from the first server and comprises a second storage unit and a second instruction unit, the first storage unit is configured to be capable of receiving the first transport information from the management device and storing the first transport information, and transmitting the first transport information to the first instruction unit and the second instruction unit, the second storage unit is configured to be capable of receiving the first transport information from the management device and storing the first transport information, and transmitting the first transport information to the first instruction unit and the second instruction unit, the first instruction unit is configured to be capable of selecting a target transport device from among the plurality of transport devices based on the first transport information from the first storage unit or the second storage unit and device information indicating statuses of the plurality of transport devices, and transmitting the second transport information to the target transport device, the second instruction unit is configured to be capable of selecting the target transport device based on the first transport information and the device information, and transmitting the second transport information to the target transport device, a control state of the control system includes a first state in which based on the first transport information received by the first storage unit, out of the first instruction unit and the second instruction unit, the first instruction unit transmits the second transport information to the target transport device, and a second state in which based on the first transport information received by the first storage unit, out of the first instruction unit and the second instruction unit, the second instruction unit transmits the second transport information to the target transport device, in a state where the first storage unit and the first instruction unit are operating normally, the control state is the first state, and in a case where the first instruction unit stops operating normally in the first state but the second instruction unit is operating normally, the control state is switched to the second state, in the first state, the first storage unit transmits the first transport information to the first instruction unit, the first instruction unit transmits the second transport information to the target transport device based on the device information and the first transport information, and the device information and the first transport information are transmitted to the second instruction unit, and thus instruction unit information is stored in common in the first instruction unit and the second instruction unit, and in the second state, the first storage unit transmits the first transport information to the second instruction unit, and the second instruction unit transmits the second transport information to the target transport device based on the instruction unit information.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 4.02564
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15373042', '15090813', '15891760', '15070377', '13850492']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3633701909180425
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4868645921510021
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3757196310413385
- Mean Citation Score: 192.7919
- Max Citation Score: 213.32407
- Similarity Product: 156.07383741280614

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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