Invention Grant
- Patent Title: AGV traffic management system
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Application No.: US15240938Application Date: 2016-08-18
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Publication No.: US10255582B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Robert Michael Shydo, Jr. , Seth Kaufman , Fahrudin Alagic , Gregory Tierney , Stephen Caldara , Jianfeng Pu , Ashish Shah
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; G05D1/10 ; G07C5/00 ; G06K17/00 ; G06Q10/08

Abstract:
Techniques for providing an entity monitoring safety feature in an inventory management system are described herein. For example, instructions may be received by a computer system of an autonomous vehicle that identify a path to move inventory within a materials handling facility. Further, the computer system of the autonomous vehicle may reduce a current traveling speed of the autonomous vehicle in response to receiving a first signal that is provided by a transmitter coupled with an entity moving with the materials handling facility. The first signal may be provided up to a first distance from the entity. In embodiments, the computer system of the autonomous vehicle may stop movement of the autonomous vehicle in response to receiving a second signal provided by the transmitter coupled with the entity. The second signal may be provided up to a second distance from the entity that is less than the first distance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180053141A1 AGV TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-02-22
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