公开(公告)号：US11905117B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US18053137

申请日：2022-11-07

Applicant: Ocado Innovation Limited

Inventor： Sean Clark ,  David Sharp

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B60B19/00

CPC classification number: B65G1/1378 ,  B65G1/0464 ,  B60B19/003 ,  B65G1/0492 ,  B65G2201/0235 ,  B65G2209/04

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for a load handling system such that direction change of a transporting device is more easily and quickly realised. A transporting device includes an omnidirectional driving unit, and is arranged to transport a container, the container being stored in a facility. The facility is arranged to store the container in a plurality of stacks, a plurality of pathways being arranged in cells so as to form a grid-like structure above the stacks, the transporting device being arranged to operate on the grid-like structure and to be driven in a first direction and/or second direction.

公开(公告)号：US11673743B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US16753626

申请日：2018-10-03

Applicant: Ocado Innovation Limited

Inventor： David Sharp ,  Joseph Zammit ,  Richard Watkins ,  Michael Campbell

IPC: B65G1/04 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06Q10/047 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  G06Q30/0204 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  G06Q50/30

CPC classification number: B65G1/0478 ,  G05B13/027 ,  G05D1/0221 ,  G06Q10/047 ,  G06Q10/06316 ,  G06Q30/0205 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: An object handling coordination system includes a plurality of transporting vessels arranged as a three-dimensional cluster of transporting vessels. The plurality of transporting vessels is addressable and the cluster has a self-reconfigurable physical topology. A relocatable transporting vessel is configured to be relocatable within the. A motion control system is configured to determine a path from a start location of the relocatable transporting vessel within the cluster to a destination location within the cluster and arranged to execute movement of the relocatable transporting vessel within the cluster using the determined path.

公开(公告)号：US11131765B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US16956332

申请日：2018-12-20

Applicant: Ocado Innovation Limited

Inventor： David Sharp ,  Joseph Zammit

IPC: G01S13/76 ,  H04W4/029 ,  G01S5/00 ,  G01S5/02

Abstract: A device can determine its position in a communications system. A scalable solution permits multiple devices to be used in one area without detrimental effect on the accuracy or latency of the position determining. The communications system includes a first base station arranged to transmit a first signal to a second base station arranged receive the first signal and transmit a second signal to the first base station in response The first base station is arranged to receive the second signal and transmit a third signal to the second base station in response to the second signal delay time measuring unit, round trip time measuring unit, a base station timings unit and a calculating unit are used to calculate a first time difference of arrival based on a first round trip time, first delay time, second round trip time and a second delay time.

公开(公告)号：US10805933B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-13

申请号：US15316430

申请日：2015-06-05

Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED

Inventor： Paul Richard Stephens ,  Fraser Murray Edwards ,  Montague Fraser Barlow ,  Adam Nikolai Green ,  David Sharp

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W4/90 ,  H04W28/18 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W4/06 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A communication system for communication between one or more terminal units includes: a communication manager that is configured to define and manage one or more adjustable communication links for efficient bandwidth utilization, wherein the one or more communication links are adjustable by the communication manager adjusting the bandwidth of each of the one or more communication links, the frequency bands utilized by each of the one or more communication links, and the latency for each of the one or more communication links.

公开(公告)号：US10608739B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US16462678

申请日：2017-11-13

Applicant: OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED

Inventor： David Sharp ,  Joseph Zammit

IPC: H04B10/116 ,  H04B17/24 ,  H04B17/327 ,  H04B10/00 ,  H04B10/50 ,  H04B10/11

Abstract: To determine an intensity of emission to be emitted by each of a plurality of emitters in a wireless communication system based on a measured angle of rotation of tilt of the plurality of emitters, a controller is provided which can allow the intensity of emissions of each of the plurality of emitters to be varied in dependence upon the angle of tilt or rotation. This allows for the steering of the emissions from the plurality of emitters to maintain communications within the wireless communication system.