公开(公告)号：US11905125B1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17213554

申请日：2021-03-26

Applicant: Material Handling Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Brandon Wayne Coats ,  Jon Todd Fuchs ,  Errin Whitney Gnadinger ,  Thomas Anthony Hillerich, Jr. ,  Nicholas Anderson Moore ,  Madhav Devidas Patil ,  Jonathan Dean Terrell ,  Joshua Alan Wiley

IPC: B65G47/49 ,  B65G47/71 ,  B65G67/04

CPC classification number: B65G47/493 ,  B65G47/71 ,  B65G67/04 ,  B65G2203/0216 ,  B65G2203/041

Abstract: A parcel cart loading system includes: a conveyor; parcel carts for receiving parcels offloaded from the conveyor; a loading station where parcels are offloaded to the parcel carts; and a vision and control subsystem that is operably connected to a plurality of mobile robots. The vision and control subsystem acquires one or more images of parcel carts within a loading area of the loading station and determines if any of the parcel carts are fully loaded based on the image data. Each parcel cart determined to be fully loaded is autonomously transported out of the loading area and to its intended destination by one of the mobile robots within the system. Each parcel cart transported out of the loading area is replaced by another parcel cart from a queue area of the loading station by another mobile robot of the system.