Invention Grant
US09519284B2 Transporting inventory items using mobile drive units and conveyance equipment
有权
使用移动驱动单元和运输设备运输库存物品
- Patent Title: Transporting inventory items using mobile drive units and conveyance equipment
- Patent Title (中): 使用移动驱动单元和运输设备运输库存物品
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Application No.: US14095751Application Date: 2013-12-03
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Publication No.: US09519284B2Publication Date: 2016-12-13
- Inventor: Peter R. Wurman , Raffaello D'Andrea , Michael T. Barbehenn , Andrew Edward Hoffman , Michael Cordell Mountz
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G05B19/418 ; G06Q10/08
Abstract:
A method for transporting inventory items includes moving a mobile drive unit to a first point within a workspace. The first point is a location of an inventory holder. The method further includes docking the mobile drive unit with the inventory holder and moving the mobile drive unit and the inventory holder to a second point within the workspace. The second point is associated with conveyance equipment. The method further includes moving the inventory holder to a third point within the workspace using the conveyance equipment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140100690A1 KIVA Transporting Inventory Items #3 Public/Granted day:2014-04-10
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