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Transporting device position determining apparatus and method

A technology of transportation equipment and facilities, which is applied in the direction of transportation and packaging, conveyor control devices, storage devices, etc., and can solve problems such as inability to stop, collision with obstacles in loading and processing equipment, etc.

Pending Publication Date: 2020-10-20
OCADO INNOVATION
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[0021] Without sufficiently precise positioning, load handling equipment 30 may collide with obstacles and / or fail to stop on top of the appropriate container to be moved / placed

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[0047] Figure 5 A device according to a first embodiment of the invention is shown. This embodiment provides the control unit 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The control unit 100 is arranged to receive information from the first sensor 200 and to calculate the position of the transport device 600 based on the received information. Furthermore, the control unit 100 may control the transport unit 600 based on the calculated position. The inventors of the present invention contemplate that the control unit 100 may control more than one transport device 600 . For example, if Figure 4 As shown, each transport device shown can be controlled by a control unit 100 .

[0048] Optionally, the control unit 100 may receive further information from the second sensor 300 . Furthermore, optionally, the control unit 100 may receive more information from the third sensor 400 and the fourth sensor 500 . Each sensor is configured to be mounted on the trans...

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A control unit is provided to improve positioning of transporting devices to thereby allow transporting devices to be driven at faster speeds and / or accelerations with minimal positional errors allowing for a reduction in the spacing between transporting devices. In particular, there is provided a control unit arranged to control movement of at least one transporting device, the at least one transporting device arranged to transport containers, the containers being stored in a facility, the facility arranged to store the containers in a plurality of stacks, the facility comprising a pluralityof pathways arranged in cells so as to form a grid-like structure above the stacks, wherein the grid-like structure extends in a first direction and in a second direction, the at least one transporting device arranged to operate on the grid-like structure. The control unit comprises a receiving unit arranged to receive information from a first sensor mounted on the at least one transporting device. The control unit further comprises a calculating unit arranged to calculate a position of the at least one transporting device based on the received information.

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[0001] This application claims priority from UK Patent Application No. 1803771.3, filed 9 March 2018, the entire contents of which application are hereby incorporated by reference. technical field [0002] The present invention relates generally to the field of controlling transport equipment. More particularly, it relates to apparatus and methods for determining the location of transportation equipment. Background technique [0003] Online retail operations that sell multiple product lines, such as online grocery stores and supermarkets, require systems that can store dozens or even hundreds of thousands of different product lines. It is impractical to use single product stacks in this situation, since a very large footprint would be required to accommodate all the stacks required. Also, for some items, only a small amount of storage may be desired, such as perishable items or infrequently ordered items, making single-product stacking an inefficient solution. [0004] Int...

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IPC IPC(8): G05D1/02B65G1/00B65G43/00
CPCG05D1/0234B65G2203/0283B65G1/0464G05D1/02G05D1/0231B65G1/04B65G1/0478G06K19/06028G05D1/0246B65G2203/041B65G2209/04
Inventor 马修·维兰大卫·夏普大卫·布朗
Owner OCADO INNOVATION
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