Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20110153469
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | An inventory system includes a plurality of mobile drive units with a processor control and with a positioning system that enables the mobile drive units to navigate a factory floor. The mobile drive units interface with a material handling system to receive order requests and deliver inventory items to pack stations located on the factory floor. The inventory items are stored in trays stacked into movable inventory pods, which may be transported by the mobile drive units throughout the factory floor. The mobile drive units dock and undock with the movable inventory pods using a docking mechanism. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 6895301 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - Reexamination Certificate Firs... - B1 |
| Patentee Name | Mountz, Michael C. |
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| Filing Date | February 3, 2003 |
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Excerpt
Excerpt A system for managing mobile inventory within a virtual warehouse, said system comprising:
a plurality of mobile units, each mobile unit configured to house a respective portion of the mobile inventory;
a plurality of units, each unit configured to gather data relating to the respective portion of the mobile inventory;
a plurality of position sensors, each position sensor configured to determine a location of a respective mobile unit;
a plurality of communication devices, each communication device configured to receive the respective data from the respective unit and the respective location from the position sensor; and
a central station in communication with said plurality of communication devices, to receive said respective data and said respective location from the communication devices; said central station being in further communication with a plurality of delivery locations of the mobile inventory, to receive a delivery request from a respective delivery location, said delivery request including data regarding a requested inventory and a requested delivery location; and to determine a movement of said mobile inventory within a service area, based on the received respective data, respective locations of the mobile units, the requested inventory and the delivery request from the respective delivery location.
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This patent is related to inventory management being moved around on a factory floor. On a much smaller scale, however, the purpose is essentially the same. It transports inventory to various locations and interfaces with the same various systems to manage said inventory.
This patent is related to inventory management being moved around on a factory floor. On a much smaller scale, however, the purpose is essentially the same. It transports inventory to various locations and interfaces with the same various systems to manage said inventory.
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