Overhead cable utilization system and overhead cable utilization method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023238785-A1
Application number	US-202218076962-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 7, 2022
Priority date	Jan 27, 2022
Publication date	Jul 27, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

An overhead cable utilization system includes a control device configured to hold position information of the supports including heights of the supports, acquire position information of the carriage including a height of the carriage, and calculate winding-up amounts of the operating lines for the carriage to be moved to a target position. The control device is configured to calculate tilts of the operating lines suspending the carriage by using at least the position information of the supports and the position information of the carriage, and is configured to calculate the winding-up amounts of the operating lines for the carriage to be moved to the target position based on the calculated tilts of the operating lines.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An overhead cable utilization system comprising:
a first skyline and a second skyline that are supported by a plurality of supports with both ends of the first skyline and the second skyline fixed to the supports; a plurality of operating lines each movably supported by either the first skyline or the second skyline; hoisting devices configured to wind up the operating lines; a carriage connected to the operating lines and configured to move in air between the first skyline and the second skyline; and a control device configured to
hold position information of the supports including heights of the supports,
acquire position information of the carriage including a height of the carriage, and
calculate winding-up amounts of the operating lines for the carriage to be moved to a target position, wherein
the control device is configured to
calculate tilts of the operating lines suspending the carriage by using at least the position information of the supports and the position information of the carriage, and
calculate the winding-up amounts of the operating lines for the carriage to be moved to the target position based on the calculated tilts of the operating lines.

2 . The overhead cable utilization system according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to
calculate an amount of movement of the carriage in a horizontal direction based on a difference between a current position of the carriage and the target position of the carriage, and convert the calculated amount of movement in the horizontal direction to the winding-up amounts of the operating lines based on the tilts of the operating lines.

3 . The overhead cable utilization system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first moving device connected to the operating lines and supported so as to be movable along the first skyline; and a second moving device connected to the operating lines and supported so as to be movable along the second skyline, wherein: the carriage is movable in the air between the first moving device and the second moving device; and the control device is configured to
acquire position information of the first moving device and the second moving device including heights of the first moving device and the second moving device,
calculate tilts of the operating lines connected to the first moving device and the second moving device, based on the position information of the supports and the position information of the first moving device and the second moving device, and
calculate winding-up amounts of the operating lines according to amounts of movement of the first moving device and the second moving device in a horizontal direction, based on the calculated tilts of the operating lines.

4 . An overhead cable utilization method that is performed by a computer using an overhead cable utilization system, the overhead cable utilization system including a first skyline and a second skyline that are supported by a plurality of supports with both ends of the first skyline and the second skyline fixed to the supports, a plurality of operating lines each movably supported by either the first skyline or the second skyline, hoisting devices configured to wind up the operating lines, and a carriage connected to the operating lines and configured to move in air between the first skyline and the second skyline, the method comprising:
a holding step of holding position information of the supports including heights of the supports; an acquiring step of acquiring position information of the carriage including a height of the carriage; and a calculating step of calculating winding-up amounts of the operating lines for the carriage to be moved to a target position, wherein the calculating step includes calculating tilts of the operating lines suspending the carriage by using at least the position information of the supports and the position information of the carriage, and calculating the winding-up amounts of the operating lines for the carriage to be moved to the target position based on the calculated tilts of the operating lines.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawatana Hiroki
• Kodama Shohei

Classifications

• B66C21/00 Primary

  Cable cranes, i.e. comprising hoisting devices running on aerial cable-ways (rope or cable drives for trolleys, combinations of such drives with hoisting gear B66C11/16; railway systems B61B; rope or cable winding mechanisms B66D1/00) · CPC title

• H02G1/02 Primary

  for overhead lines or cables · CPC title

• B66C13/00

  Other constructional features or details · CPC title

• H02G1/04 Primary

  for mounting or stretching · CPC title

• H02G7/02

  Devices for adjusting or maintaining mechanical tension, e.g. take-up device · CPC title