US Patent Issued to HITACHI on Sept. 9 for "Computer system, computer, and method for controlling conveyance system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,017, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HITACHI LTD. (Tokyo).

"Computer system, computer, and method for controlling conveyance system" was invented by Nobutaka Kimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system comprising a transportation system and a control system, wherein: the transportation system comprises a plurality of transportation modules having transportation means for transporting articles; the transportation system transmits, for each of the plurality of transportation modules configuring a transportation line, connection information pertaining to connections between transportation modules; and the control ...