Traveling Vehicle System and Self-Diagnosis Method for the Traveling Vehicle System
First Claim
1. A traveling vehicle system including a travel route and a plurality of traveling vehicles traveling along the travel route, an abnormal condition being reported to a ground controller when the abnormal condition is detected,the ground controller including a designation unit configured to provide instructions for the traveling vehicles of positions for performing detection with abnormal condition detection sensors in the traveling vehicles based on absolute coordinates for uniquely identifying the positions on the travel route;
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Abstract
Self-diagnosis of a system including a travel route and a plurality of traveling vehicles traveling along the travel route in accordance with instructions from a ground controller is performed. The ground controller provides an instruction to the traveling vehicle regarding a position designated for performing detection using an abnormal condition detection sensor based on an absolute coordinate for uniquely identifying a position on the travel route. The traveling vehicle performs detection at the designated position using the abnormal condition detection sensor, and reports detection data including a detection position and detection time to the ground controller.
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9 Claims
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1. A traveling vehicle system including a travel route and a plurality of traveling vehicles traveling along the travel route, an abnormal condition being reported to a ground controller when the abnormal condition is detected,
the ground controller including a designation unit configured to provide instructions for the traveling vehicles of positions for performing detection with abnormal condition detection sensors in the traveling vehicles based on absolute coordinates for uniquely identifying the positions on the travel route; - and
the traveling vehicles including the abnormal condition detection sensors and reporting units configured to detect the abnormal condition at the designated positions with the abnormal condition detection sensors and report detection data including the detection positions and detection times to the ground controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A self-diagnosis method for a traveling vehicle system including a travel route and a plurality of traveling vehicles traveling along the travel route for reporting an abnormal condition to a ground controller when the abnormal condition is detected,
the method including the steps of: -
providing an instruction from the ground controller to the traveling vehicle regarding positions designed for performing detection with the abnormal condition detection sensors based on absolute coordinates for uniquely identifying positions on the travel route; and performing detection at the designated positions with the abnormal condition detection sensors in the traveling vehicles, and reporting detection data including the detection positions and detection times from the traveling vehicles to the ground controller.
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