公开(公告)号：US11745948B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US17488799

申请日：2021-09-29

Applicant: Gachisoft Inc.

Inventor： Ho Yon Kim

IPC: B65G11/02 ,  B07C3/00 ,  B07C5/36

CPC classification number: B65G11/023 ,  B07C3/005 ,  B07C5/362 ,  B07C2501/0063 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A method of sorting cargo using an automated guided vehicle is provided. The method of sorting cargo includes: recognizing the pieces of cargo; assigning a location of a carrier pocket into which the recognized cargo is loaded among the plurality of carrier pockets in the automated guided vehicle and a location of the destination chute from which the carrier pocket discharges the cargo; loading the cargo into the location of the assigned carrier pocket; for consecutively supplied pieces of cargo thereafter, repeatedly performing identifier information recognition of the cargo, location assignment, and cargo loading sequentially; sequentially discharging the pieces of cargo to the locations of the assigned destination chutes by allowing the automated guided vehicle into which all pieces of cargo are loaded to start and move along a movement path; and returning the automated guided vehicle after the automated guided vehicle has finished discharging.

公开(公告)号：US11745945B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US17810957

申请日：2022-07-06

Applicant: Autostore Technology AS

Inventor： Ivar Fjeldheim ,  Børge Bekken ,  Trond Austrheim

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

CPC classification number: B65G1/0464 ,  B65G1/065 ,  B65G1/0492 ,  B65G1/1378 ,  B65G2201/0235 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: An automated storage and retrieval system includes a rail system including a first set of parallel tracks arranged in a horizontal plane and extending in a first direction, and a second set of parallel tracks arranged in the horizontal plane and extending in a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction. The first and second sets of tracks form a grid pattern in the horizontal plane including a plurality of adjacent grid cells. Each adjacent grid cell includes a grid opening defined by a pair of neighboring tracks of the first set of tracks and a pair of neighboring tracks of the second set of tracks; and a plurality of stacks of storage containers arranged in storage columns located beneath the rail system. Each storage column is located vertically below a grid opening. A container handling vehicle includes a transport mechanism for transport of the vehicle on the rail system, a lifting assembly for picking up storage containers from the storage columns to a position above the lowest level of the transport mechanism. The lifting assembly includes a lifting frame connectable to a storage container, a first lifting shaft and a second lifting shaft. The first and second lifting shafts are mainly parallel, and each of the first and second lifting shafts are supported in an upper portion of the vehicle. Two lifting elements extend from each of the first and second lifting shafts to the lifting frame. A motor drive assembly includes at least a first motor, and a force transferring assembly rotatably connecting the first and second lifting shafts via a force transferring element.

公开(公告)号：US20230273623A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US18309687

申请日：2023-04-28

Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Zoltan Szubbocsev

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06Q10/0835

CPC classification number: G05D1/0291 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0285 ,  G06Q10/08355 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: Systems and methods for re-purposing autonomous vehicle for package transportation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving a request from an autonomous vehicle; identifying, responsive to the request, a nearby package stored within a delivery structure; transmitting routing instructions to the autonomous vehicle, the routing instructions including a location of the delivery structure; detecting a presence of the autonomous vehicle; instructing the delivery structure to deposit the nearby package into the autonomous vehicle; calculating a waypoint for delivery of the nearby package; and transmitting transport routing instructions to the autonomous vehicle, the transport routing instructions including the waypoint.

公开(公告)号：US11740640B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17279362

申请日：2019-09-06

Applicant: SIEMENS LOGISTICS GMBH

Inventor： Carsten Aschpurwis

IPC: G01C22/00 ,  G05D3/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60W60/00 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W40/076 ,  B60W40/105

CPC classification number: G05D1/0287 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W40/076 ,  B60W40/105 ,  B60W60/0011 ,  B60W60/00256 ,  B60W2552/15 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A higher throughput is an increasingly necessary requirement for driverless transport systems with a plurality of driverless transport vehicles. In arrangements with inclined roadways, resuming a movement is problematic in that doing so has hitherto only been possible with a limited arrangement of the roadways and/or with highly dimensioned drives. The novel method provides for moving a driverless transport vehicle on an inclined transport roadway, wherein the steering drives are actuated on the basis of the detected inclination direction in order to move the vehicle such that the transport vehicle is moved transversely to the inclination direction. After a specified minimum speed of the transport vehicle transversely to the inclination direction is reached, the steering drives are adjusted such that the transport vehicle continues to move in the inclination direction.

公开(公告)号：US11740624B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US16639216

申请日：2018-08-17

Applicant: SRI International

Inventor： Bhaskar Ramamurthy ,  Supun Samarasekera ,  Thomas Low ,  Manish Kothari ,  John Peter Marcotullio ,  Jonathan Brookshire ,  Tobenna Arodiogbu ,  Usman Ghani

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B60W60/00 ,  G05B17/02 ,  G05D1/10

CPC classification number: G05D1/0022 ,  B60W60/001 ,  G05B17/02 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A hybrid control system includes a control agent and a control engine. The control engine is configured to install a master plan to the control agent. The master plan includes a plurality of high-level tasks. The control agent is configured to operate according to the master plan to, for each high-level task of the high-level tasks, obtain one or more low-level controls and to perform the one or more low-level controls to realize the high-level task. The control agent is configured to operate according to the master plan to transition between the plurality of high-level tasks thereby causing a seamless transition between operating at least partially autonomously and operating at least partially based on input from the tele-operator, based at least on context for the control agent, to operate at least partially autonomously and at least partially based on input from the tele-operator during execution of the master plan.

公开(公告)号：US11738977B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17444383

申请日：2021-08-03

Applicant: Southworth Products Corporation

Inventor： Mark W. Lilley

IPC: B66F9/06 ,  B65G67/02 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B65G13/02

CPC classification number: B66F9/063 ,  B65G13/02 ,  B65G67/02 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  B65G2203/0216 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A system for transferring loads from a mobile robot device. The system includes a transportable conveyor platform. The mobile robot device transports the transportable conveyor platform to/from a lift mechanism. The lift mechanism lifts the transportable conveyor platform and any load thereon from the mobile robot device and to a desired height for unloading the load.

公开(公告)号：US20230266757A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18138618

申请日：2023-04-24

Applicant: Dexterity, Inc.

Inventor： Samir Menon ,  Zhouwen Sun ,  Gerald Brantner

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B25J9/16

CPC classification number: G05D1/0061 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  B25J9/1689 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A robot is operated in an autonomous mode of operation in which the robot autonomously selects a strategy to pick up an item. The item is moved from an initial location to a destination location using the selected strategy. It is determined whether one or more strategies are available to pick up the item in response to the item being dropped while the item is being moved from the initial location to the destination location. It is determined that a further strategy is not available to pick up the item. In response to the determination that the further strategy is not available, a human intervention mode of operation is entered.

公开(公告)号：US11733706B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US16749823

申请日：2020-01-22

Applicant: GREY ORANGE PTE. LTD.

Inventor： Venkadesh M

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B60W60/00 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0234 ,  B60W60/00256 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0221 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A method and a system for traversing a planned path in a marked facility are provided. A transport vehicle transits from a first location to a second location in the marked facility for traversing the planned path. The first and second locations are indicated by first and second location markers, respectively. The transport vehicle records a movement pattern of the transport vehicle, while transiting from the first location to the second location. The transport vehicle halts at an intermediate location when the transport vehicle fails to detect the second location marker at the second location. A first path traversed to reach the intermediate location from the first location is retraced by the transport vehicle based on the recorded movement pattern. On reaching the first location, the transport vehicle re-attempts to transit from the first location to the second location.

公开(公告)号：US11733700B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17174831

申请日：2021-02-12

Applicant: Crown Equipment Corporation

Inventor： Sebastian Theos ,  Andreas Simon ,  Alexander Peters ,  Christian Molnar

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06Q10/087

CPC classification number: G05D1/0212 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G05D2201/0216 ,  G06K2007/10485 ,  G06K2007/10504

Abstract: A process for automating control of an industrial vehicle based on location comprises scanning an environment in a travel direction of the industrial vehicle, by using an optical scanner affixed to the industrial vehicle. A marker defined by a series of tags is identified by recursively receiving a reflection of the optical scanner; determining if the reflection is indicative of an optical tag; and concatenating the indication of an optical tag to the marker. Once the marker is identified, the marker is transformed into an environmental condition and a status of the vehicle is determined, where the status correlates to the environmental condition. Further, an automated control is applied on the industrial vehicle based on the environmental condition and the status of the industrial vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20230259141A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18015740

申请日：2021-04-22

Applicant: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.

Inventor： Kazumi HARASAKI

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0027 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A travel vehicle system includes a travel controller to search a travel route that leads a travel vehicle to a station included in a transport instruction in accordance with map information and to control a travel of the travel vehicle along the travel route when the transport instruction is issued. The map information includes information on a specified point corresponding to at least one of a branching portion and a confluence portion. In addition to a one direction travel control to cause the travel vehicle to travel in one direction, the travel control sets a reverse travel zone in which the travel vehicle travels in a direction opposite to the one direction from/to the specified point as at least a portion of the travel route and causes the travel vehicle to travel along the travel route by performing a turnover travel control to cause the travel vehicle to travel in a direction opposite to the one direction in the reverse travel zone.