Abstract: An ID reader 53 is provided at a fall prevention cover 50 of an overhead traveling vehicle 20 for reading an ID 76 on the back surface of an article 70. The ID reader 53 can be protruded from or retracted into the fall prevention cover 50. When the article 70 is elevated/lowered, the ID reader is retracted into the cover 50. When the ID 76 is read, the ID reader 53 is advabced to a position under the article 70.

Abstract: A loop-shaped maintenance bay route 6 directly connected to an inter-bay route 4 is provided for the maintenance of an overhead traveling vehicle 8. An operation check traveling line 16 and an operation check station 18 are provided along the maintenance bay route 6 for fully carrying out tests for traveling operation and transfer operation of the overhead traveling vehicle 8. In an adjustment/repair area 14, adjustment, configuration, repair, reconfiguration, or the like of the overhead traveling vehicle 8 are performed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a facsimile gateway device capable of easily avoiding interruption of facsimile communication due to a delay in data transmission via the Internet, without changing a communication procedure. A main control unit of the gateway device receives facsimile image data from one facsimile machine via the Internet, and stores the image data into an image data memory area of a hard disk drive. When transmitting the image data to a destination facsimile machine via a public switched telephone network, the gateway device transmits a TCF signal, to which error data is appended, if image data of one page worth is not stored in the image data memory area. The TCF signal is a procedure signal for facsimile communication, and is a test data for training. The error data is, for example, all “1” data.

Abstract: A guided vehicle 20 has an RF tag 22 and an RF tag reader 24. The RF 22 tag of a leading guided vehicle is read for collision avoidance based on the read information.

Abstract: A facsimile server device that can append TTI information to facsimile data in various manners. The facsimile server device is connected to a plurality of data processing devices such as client PCs over LAN, and is adapted to send facsimile data to a designated remote communication device upon instructions from a data processing device. The facsimile server device includes CPU, a keyboard or mouse and a display to set TTI information. TTI information may contain information about recipient, sender, time and page. The facsimile server device stores the TTI in RAM. TTI information in a certain form may also be provided from a data processing device. The TTI information programmed in the facsimile server device or the TTI information sent from the data processing device is given priority and appended to the facsimile data.

Abstract: An Internet facsimile communication method and an Internet facsimile machine wherein the Internet facsimile machine of the transmitting side shortens the time required from starting of the scanning of the original to be transmitted and receiving of the image data of the original at the terminal of the receiving side, until the completion of the processing such as printing or distributing of the image data. In one example, the Internet facsimile machine of the transmitting side is capable of transmitting, in still shorter period of time, the image data most appropriate to the ability of the Internet facsimile machine of the receiving side, and the Internet facsimile machine for carrying out this Internet facsimile communication method is provided. In another example, a communication system is provided for shortening the time until the delivery confirmation is replied, by replying the electronic mail of the delivery confirmation efficiently.

Abstract: A lower buffer 6 is placed under a traveling rail for an overhead traveling vehicle 16, and a side buffer 8 is provided on a side of the traveling rail. The overhead traveling vehicle 16 has a hoisting frame 30, and a lateral feeding unit 24 for laterally feeding the hoisting frame 30.

Abstract: A side buffer 40 is provided on a side of a traveling rail 6 of an overhead traveling vehicle 8. Multiple levels of racks 41, 42 are provided. The overhead traveling means 8 has elevating and lowering means including components such as a linear guide 32 and a ball screw 26 for elevating and lowering a lateral movement unit 16.

Abstract: A facsimile device for transmitting image data, using a computer communication network such as the Internet. A transmitting side facsimile device FAX1a determines whether the Internet NTW or the public switched telephone network PSTN is used, by confirming whether information showing to use NTW is attached to the facsimile number of the destination facsimile device FAX2. If NTW is used, image data is transmitted to the gateway device GTW1 and the facsimile number of FAX2. Users can easily select a requested communication network. FAX1a discriminates the beginning number attached in the beginning of the destination number input by users and confirms whether the internal network K, PSTN or NTW is used in sending image data. If NTW is used, the IP address of the nearest gateway device GTW in FAX2 is acquired and image data and the destination number is transmitted by designating the IP address as a destination.

Abstract: An image forming machine (1) that can select a most appropriate recording sheet. The image forming machine (1) may be a facsimile machine having a photocopy function. The facsimile machine has a 100% magnification preferred mode and a one-page-printing preferred mode. In the latter mode, an image may be reduced for printing, or two images may be combined and printed on a single sheet of paper. ROM (30) stores a plurality of print types in a predetermined order for each of these modes (PT1, PT2). The facsimile machine (1) has a plurality of paper cassettes (51, 52, 53) to store recording sheets. A controller (10) selects one of the paper cassettes which best suits for the printing under a predetermined criterion, and causes a printer (50) to print the image on one or more recording sheets supplied from the selected paper cassette.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a voice data storage unit which stores voice guidances by designating attributes for each of the voice guidances, a voice output unit which outputs the voice guidances and a control unit which extracts a necessary voice guidance from the voice storage unit when it is necessary to output the voice guidance and outputs the voice guidance from the voice output unit according to the attributes of the voice guidance.

Abstract: An image communication device can transmit image data to a remote archive device. The image communication device can prevent transmission of the image data without an archive processing executed. The image communication device includes a transmission unit, an archive transmission unit and an archive processing control unit. The transmission unit transmits the image data to a prescribed destination. The archive transmission unit carries out an archive transmission of the image data, which has been transmitted to the destination by the transmission unit, to the remote archive device. The archive processing control unit suspends the transmission of the image data when receiving a transmission instruction of the image data under a state in which the archive transmission unit cannot carry out the archive transmission.

Abstract: A color determination device sections a hue plane, in which unit data constituting determining image data is mapped, into partial regions by a color determination boundary, and carries out a color determination according to a number of unit data belonging to each partial region. A gradient of a hue boundary line is a rational number. For example, an affine conversion or the like is executed on the hue plane, and the color determination boundary line is matched with an axis of the hue plane. Accordingly, a calculation amount is reduced in a determination processing for determining in which partial region the unit data belongs.

Abstract: In the prior art, a CSY manufacturing apparatus and a CFY manufacturing apparatus are exclusive to each other and thus have poor general purpose properties.

Abstract: A color adjustment, which matches a directional property STUV given by sensuous terms relating to color tones, can be performed by converting color image data into a color space having a direction of lightness M, a direction of saturation N and a hue axis K, and relatively changing a lightness component and a saturation component of the color image data in the color space.

Abstract: A running rail 9 and a second overhead vehicle 12 are arranged parallel to a running rail 7 for a first overhead vehicle 10 and closer to inspection devices 20 than the running rail 7. A buffer 14 is provided below the running rail 7. The overhead vehicle 12 conveys a cassette 40 between load ports 24 and the buffer 14. The overhead vehicle 10 conveys the cassette 40 between the buffer 14 and other positions. The present invention can deal with inspection devices or the like which have a high throughput by locally improving their conveying capability.