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Automatic guided vehicle system

  • US 5,023,790 A
  • Filed: 02/17/1989
  • Issued: 06/11/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automatic guided vehicle (AGV) system, that is expandable by means of a hierarchy of command sectors, said AGV system having vehicles guided along a pathway between pick-up and delivery stations within a facility, comprising:

  • means defining a guide path for automatic guided vehicles;

    a plurality of pick-up and delivery stands disposed along said guide path;

    means defining a plurality of intersections disposed along said guide path;

    a plurality of automatically guided vehicles for movement along said guide path;

    a host computer for controlling and guiding the automatically guided vehicles along said guide path;

    at least one control box of a plurality of control boxes for communicating with and controlling said plurality of automatically guided vehicles within said pick-up and delivery stands;

    a hyper driver for passing information between said plurality of control boxes and a local area controller means;

    a local area controller means which interfaces with said host computer and controls pick-up and delivery within said plurality of pick-up and delivery stands via said control boxes; and

    a plurality of intersection controllers operatively associated with each intersection of said plurality of intersections for maintaining traffic flow within each intersection, each of said intersection controllers operatively and communicatively connected to said local area controller means via said hyper driver and a respective control box to provide traffic information to said local area controller means and said host computer.

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