To provide an automatic operation forklift that does not require a lot of time without the need of a measure to provide RFID tags to all objects potentially becoming obstacles or so and can properly detect various obstacles existing in a traveling direction.SOLUTION: An automatic operation forklift 1 capable of unmanned autonomous travel has: an upper-obstacle detection device 23R, 23L capable of detecting whether or not there is an obstacle interfering with the automatic operation forklift 1 above a floor level and within an area (23R3, 23L3) up to a prescribed height in accordance with a height of a top end of the automatic operation forklift 1 and within an area (23R3, 23L3) up to a prescribed distance in a direction of travel, within a vehicle width W1 in a direction of forward and backward travel of the automatic operation forklift 1; a notification device 40; and a control unit that in the case of detecting an obstacle by using the upper-obstacle detection device, makes a notification by using the notification device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
【課題】障害物となり得るすべてのものにRFIDタグを持たせる等の処置が不要で手間がなく、かつ、進行方向に存在する種々の障害物を適切に検出することができる自動運転フォークリフトを提供する。【解決手段】無人で自律走行可能な自動運転フォークリフト1であって、自動運転フォークリフト1の前進または後進の進行方向における車幅W1内において、床面よりも上方、かつ、自動運転フォークリフト1の上端の高さに応じた所定高さまでの領域(23R3、23L3)内であって進行方向における所定距離までの領域(23R3、23L3)内に、自動運転フォークリフト1と干渉する障害物が有るか否かを検出可能な上方障害物検出装置23R、23Lと、報知装置40と、上方障害物検出装置を用いて障害物を検出した場合、報知装置を用いて報知する制御装置と、を有している。【選択図】図5
AUTOMATIC OPERATION FORKLIFT
自動運転フォークリフト
2019-06-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
Japanese
IPC: | G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last |
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