Charge managing system for automated guided vehicle
A system for managing charging of each of a plurality of automated guided vehicles that travels on an orbiting route in an unmanned manner using a battery mounted thereon as a driving source, in which the battery is charged at a charging station installed at a predetermined position on the orbiting route, includes: an after-charging voltage recording unit for recording a voltage after charging at the charging station for each of the automated guided vehicles; a charge priority setting unit for setting up charge priority of each of the automated guided vehicles on the basis of voltage values of voltages after charging recorded in the after-charging voltage recording unit; and a charging target value setting unit for setting up a charging target value of each of the automated guided vehicles on the basis of the charge priorities set up by the charge priority setting unit.
1. A charge managing system for an automated guided vehicle, the system managing charge of each of a plurality of automated guided vehicles that travels on an orbiting route in an unmanned manner using an electric power of a battery mounted thereon as a driving source, the battery being charged at a charging station that is located at a predetermined position on the orbiting route, the charge managing system comprising:
an after-charging voltage recording unit for recording a voltage after charging at the charging station for each of the automated guided vehicles;
a charge priority setting unit for setting up a charge priority of each of the automated guided vehicles on the basis of voltage values of the voltages after charging recorded in the after-charging voltage recording unit; and
a charging target value setting unit for setting up a charging target value of each of the automated guided vehicles on the basis of the charge priorities set up by the charge priority setting unit.
2. The charge managing system for an automated guided vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the charge priority setting unit sets up a higher charge priority to an automated guided vehicle whose voltage value of the voltage after charging, recorded in the after-charging voltage recording unit, is lower than a priority charging voltage value set up in advance compared with an automated guided vehicle whose voltage value of the voltage after charging, recorded in the after-charging voltage recording unit, is higher than the priority charging voltage value.
3. The charge managing system for an automated guided vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the charging target value setting unit sets up the charging target value so that the higher the charge priority set up by the charge priority setting unit is, the longer a charging time becomes.
4. The charge managing system for an automated guided vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the automated guided vehicle includes a charge/discharge monitor for monitoring the amount of charge/discharge of the battery,
wherein the charge/discharge monitor is configured to: monitor voltages of a plurality of cells that constitute the battery; in a ease where a voltage of any cell is reduced to a voltage lower than a voltage value set up in advance, display the fact that the battery of the automated guided vehicle is in an abnormal state; and cause the automated guided vehicle to stop, and
wherein, in a case where each of the automated guided vehicles travels in an area facing a building station in a production line, the voltage value by which it is determined whether the battery is in the abnormal state or not is lowered compared with the case of traveling in other area.