公开(公告)号：US11694295B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US17234887

申请日：2021-04-20

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： John G. Lert, Jr. ,  William J. Fosnight

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  B65G47/90 ,  G06Q30/06

CPC classification number: G06Q50/28 ,  B65G1/1371 ,  B65G1/1375 ,  B65G47/90 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q30/0623 ,  G06Q30/0633 ,  G06Q30/0635 ,  G06Q30/0643 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/16 ,  Y10S901/31

Abstract: A system and method for providing proxy picking of non-fungible goods within an automated storage and retrieval system is provided, which repurposes one or more automated mobile robots operating within the automated inventory management system to perform a plurality of tasks across multiple different areas of an automated store. The proxy picking system and method are configured to pick individually identified non-fungible goods according to a customer selection on an ordering screen based on measured attributes and images of the goods, the attributes selected by the customer.

公开(公告)号：US11685588B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16831468

申请日：2020-03-26

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： William J. Fosnight ,  Christopher Hofmeister ,  John G. Lert, Jr. ,  Stephanie Waite ,  Julian Warhurst ,  Mark Solomon

IPC: F25D3/06 ,  B65D81/38 ,  B65D43/02 ,  B65D51/28 ,  B65G1/04 ,  F25D3/08 ,  F25D13/06 ,  F25D25/04

CPC classification number: B65D81/3823 ,  B65D43/02 ,  B65D51/28 ,  B65G1/0492 ,  F25D3/06 ,  F25D3/08 ,  F25D13/06 ,  F25D25/04 ,  F25D2331/804

Abstract: An automated order fulfillment system is disclosed having different temperature zones and robots and containers capable of and/or configured to work in these different temperature zones. Containers include insulated wall panels and a thermal insert which may be chilled to maintain a temperature within the container below ambient temperature. Structure within a storage location for the containers may be used to open and close the containers to facilitate cooling of the thermal insert.

公开(公告)号：US11623342B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US15838836

申请日：2017-12-12

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： Matthew W. Coady ,  William J. Fosnight ,  Alejandro Sierra ,  David A. Lachance ,  Michael Chesna ,  Patrick Renard ,  Chris Dancewicz ,  Bryce Germain

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G01S15/04 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B60L3/12 ,  G05B19/418 ,  A61B5/24

Abstract: A safety system is disclosed for failsafe servicing of areas within an order fulfillment facility. During normal operation, a number of battery-powered robots receive wireless instructions from a management control system (MCS) to transfer items to/from workstations or storage shelves in a multi-level storage structure. The order fulfillment facility may be divided into dynamically configurable service zones. When service is required in a service zone, different safety protocols may be employed based on a determination as to the priority level of service required and/or the estimated length of time service will take. One safety protocol involves physically blocking all access points to a service area with mechanical guards, so that order fulfillment operations may be proceed around the service zone while service is performed.

公开(公告)号：US20230095494A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-30

申请号：US17957227

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： David B. Simpson ,  William J. Fosnight ,  John G. Lert, JR.

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/06

Abstract: An order fulfillment system includes a storage structure for storing totes, workstations for processing customer orders and a staging and sequencing buffer having staging locations for storing the totes. The staging and sequencing buffer provides a buffer for totes as mobile robots transfer totes from the storage structure and to the one or more workstations.

公开(公告)号：US11479410B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17235008

申请日：2021-04-20

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： John G. Lert, Jr. ,  William J. Fosnight

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G05B15/02 ,  B65G1/10

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed relating to an automated store or system including an automated fulfillment section having a storage structure for storing fungible and/or non-fungible goods. The fungible and/or non-fungible goods may be retrieved from storage in response to a customer order. The system and method of the present technology allows retrieved fungible and/or non-fungible goods to be sorted and packed in accordance with stored customer preferences.

公开(公告)号：US11365049B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-21

申请号：US16594647

申请日：2019-10-07

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： John G. Lert, Jr. ,  William J. Fosnight

IPC: B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/137

Abstract: A system and method for storage and retrieval are provided. The system includes a multi-level storage structure, and mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote, container, or object. This system and method can be used in order-fulfillment applications in which one or more workstations accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a put location, and an input/output interface induct material into the system and discharge fulfilled orders from the system. The mobile robots are further configured to move from level to level in the multi-level storage structure via inclined or vertical tracks without requiring a vertical lift or vertical conveyor.

公开(公告)号：US11315072B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-26

申请号：US15903993

申请日：2018-02-23

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： John G. Lert, Jr. ,  William J. Fosnight

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  H04W4/35 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G06Q10/06

Abstract: A system comprising a fully automated supply chain, in combination with tracking technology and the unified commerce engine (UCE). Such a system enables the exact location of every item (or each) to be tracked from the manufacturer's facility to a customer's bag. In accordance with one example, the supply chain comprises an order fulfillment system having a regional distribution center with RDC robotic automation configured to accept one or more incoming pallets, each pallet having a plurality of common cases of goods with each case of goods containing a plurality of common eaches; the RDC robotic automation further configured to remove and store the common cases of goods; the RDC robotic automation further configured to provide one or more outgoing pallets in response to a distribution center order, each outgoing pallet having a plurality of mixed cases of goods; a market distribution center having MDC robotic automation configured to accept one or more of the outgoing pallets, the MDC robotic automation further configured to remove mixed cases of goods from the one or more outgoing pallets; the MDC robotic automation further configured to remove and store eaches from each of the mixed cases of goods in an MDC storage system, the MDC robotic automation further configured to selectively retrieve eaches from the MDC storage system and fill order totes with mixed each subtotes in response to a market order. The MDC robotic automation further configured to fulfill the market order with a plurality of common or different order totes and subtotes that flexibly match the sales velocity of the market.

公开(公告)号：US20220063910A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17523592

申请日：2021-11-10

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： John G. Lert, JR. ,  William J. Fosnight ,  Julian Warhurst ,  Mark Solomon

IPC: B65G1/04

Abstract: An order fulfillment system is disclosed including a multi-level tote storage structure, one or more autonomous mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote; one or more workstations configured to accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a “put” location, wherein the autonomous mobile robots are configured to move from level to level in the order fulfillment apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US11203486B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-21

申请号：US16419910

申请日：2019-05-22

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： John G. Lert, Jr. ,  William J. Fosnight ,  Julian Warhurst ,  Mark Solomon

IPC: B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/137 ,  B65G1/06

Abstract: An order fulfillment system is disclosed including a multi-level tote storage structure, one or more autonomous mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote; one or more workstations configured to accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a “put” location, wherein the autonomous mobile robots are configured to move from level to level in the order fulfillment apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US11192719B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16530249

申请日：2019-08-02

Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.

Inventor： John G. Lert, Jr. ,  William J. Fosnight ,  Charles W. Su ,  Christopher Hofmeister

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G06Q50/28

Abstract: An automated decant system is disclosed for processing pallets of cased goods received at a facility, extracting packaging for the cases and transferring eaches within the cases to totes, possibly organized by SKU in sub-totes within the tote.