Carriage running control system
First Claim
1. A carriage running control system comprising:
- a plurality of carriages;
a zone included in a running track of the carriages;
at least one memory medium installed on the ground adjacent an entry end of said predetermined zone, said memory medium being a read-write memory medium for reading and writing information;
detecting means disposed adjacent an exit end of said predetermined zone for detecting passage of each said carriage;
each said carriage including;
communication means for communicating the information with said memory medium, andcontrol means for controlling running of said carriages based on the information read by said communication means;
wherein said control means stops each said carriage when the information read by said communication means includes presence information indicating the presence of a preceding carriage in said predetermined zone while said control means otherwise allows said carriage to enter said predetermined zone after causing said communication means to write presence information into said memory medium, with said control means resetting said presence information when passage of the carriage is detected by said detecting means.
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Abstract
A carriage running control system includes a plurality of readable and writable memory media installed along a running track of carriages. Each carriage is capable of communicating information with the memory media. The running track includes special zones such as curved sections, branching sections, merging sections, and sections including stations. When a preceding carriage is present in one of such special zones, the memory medium disposed at the entry end of this zone supplies presence information to a succeeding carriage to prevent the latter from entering the zone. A detector is disposed at the exit end of each such zone for detecting departure of the carriages and resetting the memory medium at the entry end.
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14 Claims
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1. A carriage running control system comprising:
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a plurality of carriages; a zone included in a running track of the carriages; at least one memory medium installed on the ground adjacent an entry end of said predetermined zone, said memory medium being a read-write memory medium for reading and writing information; detecting means disposed adjacent an exit end of said predetermined zone for detecting passage of each said carriage; each said carriage including; communication means for communicating the information with said memory medium, and control means for controlling running of said carriages based on the information read by said communication means; wherein said control means stops each said carriage when the information read by said communication means includes presence information indicating the presence of a preceding carriage in said predetermined zone while said control means otherwise allows said carriage to enter said predetermined zone after causing said communication means to write presence information into said memory medium, with said control means resetting said presence information when passage of the carriage is detected by said detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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