Control system for rail-based automated transport vehicles and a process for its operation
US9522686B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P90/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for the control of movement of rail-based automated transport vehicles (2a, 2b) in a multi-branch rail system (1) that contains in particular switches (4), lifts (10, 11) and other integrated rail-based units, including stations for loading and unloading, with a depiction of rail system (1) in the control system of the automated transport vehicle (2a, 2b) with all integrated rail-based units (4; 10, 11; 13-16; 20, 21, 33) by means of nodes (7-9; 22-25) and edges (26-31) as defined in graph theory.
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