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公开(公告)号：US11905125B1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-20
申请号：US17213554
申请日：2021-03-26
发明人： 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
CPC分类号： B65G47/493 , B65G47/71 , B65G67/04 , B65G2203/0216 , B65G2203/041
摘要： 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.
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公开(公告)号：US11453424B2
公开(公告)日：2022-09-27
申请号：US16804310
申请日：2020-02-28
发明人： Brandon Wayne Coats , Jon Todd Fuchs , Nicholas Anderson Moore , Madhav Devidas Patil , Joshua Alan Wiley , Kurt Michael Wittmer
摘要： A parcel cart for transporting parcels comprises a substructure, with a frame mounted to and supported by the substructure. The frame defines an internal volume in which parcels are received and stored for transport. The frame also includes: a base; a first end wall; a second end wall; a first side wall; and a second side wall. To facilitate loading or unloading of the parcel cart, the frame can include at least one end wall configured to transition between an upright position and a lowered position. To facilitate autonomous transport of the parcel cart, the substructure and the frame can define a cavity for receiving a mobile robot. To avoid occlusion of the field of view of one or more cameras associated with the mobile robot, the frame can include at least one end wall that is in a non-perpendicular orientation relative to the base.
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公开(公告)号：US11203493B2
公开(公告)日：2021-12-21
申请号：US17092660
申请日：2020-11-09
摘要： A system for managing parcel flow includes: an upstream conveyor for receiving and conveying a bulk flow of parcels; and a damming conveyor positioned to receive parcels offloaded from the upstream conveyor. The system may also include: a destacking conveyor positioned to receive parcels offloaded from the damming conveyor and configured to separate vertically stacked parcels; and a downstream conveyor positioned to receive parcels offloaded from the destacking conveyor. The damming conveyor can be selectively activated and deactivated to offload parcels in discrete batches, instead of a continuous flow. Selective activation and deactivation of the damming conveyor and/or destacking conveyor can be based on instructions communicated from a control subsystem in accordance in a prearranged sequence or based on data from one or more sensors configured to acquire data corresponding to the positioning of parcels within the system.
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公开(公告)号：US20210261354A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-26
申请号：US17092660
申请日：2020-11-09
摘要： A system for managing parcel flow includes: an upstream conveyor for receiving and conveying a bulk flow of parcels; and a damming conveyor positioned to receive parcels offloaded from the upstream conveyor. The system may also include: a destacking conveyor positioned to receive parcels offloaded from the damming conveyor and configured to separate vertically stacked parcels; and a downstream conveyor positioned to receive parcels offloaded from the destacking conveyor. The damming conveyor can be selectively activated and deactivated to offload parcels in discrete batches, instead of a continuous flow. Selective activation and deactivation of the damming conveyor and/or destacking conveyor can be based on instructions communicated from a control subsystem in accordance in a prearranged sequence or based on data from one or more sensors configured to acquire data corresponding to the positioning of parcels within the system.
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公开(公告)号：US20200276998A1
公开(公告)日：2020-09-03
申请号：US16804310
申请日：2020-02-28
发明人： Brandon Wayne Coats , Jon Todd Fuchs , Nicholas Anderson Moore , Madhav Devidas Patil , Joshua Alan Wiley , Kurt Michael Wittmer
摘要： A parcel cart for transporting parcels comprises a substructure, with a frame mounted to and supported by the substructure. The frame defines an internal volume in which parcels are received and stored for transport. The frame also includes: a base; a first end wall; a second end wall; a first side wall; and a second side wall. To facilitate loading or unloading of the parcel cart, the frame can include at least one end wall configured to transition between an upright position and a lowered position. To facilitate autonomous transport of the parcel cart, the substructure and the frame can define a cavity for receiving a mobile robot. To avoid occlusion of the field of view of one or more cameras associated with the mobile robot, the frame can include at least one end wall that is in a non-perpendicular orientation relative to the base.
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