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29 results about "Staging area" patented technology

A staging area is a location where organisms, people, vehicles, equipment or material are assembled before use. It may refer to: Designated area where vehicles, supplies, and construction equipment are positioned for access and use to a construction site. Resting and feeding places of migratory birds are referred to as staging areas. Places designated for setting up parades and other elaborate presentations. In military uses, a staging area is a place where troops or equipment in transit are assembled or processed. The US Department of Defense uses these definitions: 1. Amphibious or airborne-A general locality between the mounting area and the objective of an amphibious or airborne expedition, through which the expedition or parts thereof pass after mounting, for refueling, regrouping of ships, and/or exercise, inspection, and redistribution of troops. 2. Other movements-A general locality established for the concentration of troop units and transient personnel between movements over the lines of communications. Also called SA. See also airborne; marshalling; stage; staging.

Multispectral camouflage testing and defeat capability

A camouflage defeat and testing system (1200) includes a network platform (1202) and one or more edge devices (1204). The platform (1202) and / or the edge device (1204) receive inputs from one or more sensor devices (1210-1213) monitoring an area of interest (1214). For example, the area of interest 1214 may be a battlefield or staging area of an adversary. In this case, the area of interest (1214) includes a target (1216) utilizing a camouflage technology (1218) such as multispectral camouflage. The system (1200) employs spatial and / or temporal processing to process images and the sensor devices (1210-1213) to defeat the camouflage technology (1218). The system (1200) can also be employed to test and optimize multispectral camouflage capabilities.
Owner:HUNAMIS LLC

Safety gates for elevated platforms, and related methods of use

A safety gate has: a structural frame including a pair of columns spaced from one another along a peripheral edge of an elevated platform to define a ledge entrance to a staging area of the elevated platform; a ledge gate; and a staging gate; and in which the ledge gate and the staging gate are connected to move together relative to the pair of columns: into a loading configuration when the ledge gate rises and pitches upward, and the staging gate lowers and unfolds laterally away from the pair of structural columns, to allow a) the ledge gate to open the ledge entrance and b) the staging gate to enclose the staging area; and into an unloading configuration when the ledge gate lowers and pitches downward, and the staging gate rises and folds laterally toward the pair of structural columns, to allow a) the ledge gate to close the ledge entrance and b) the staging gate to expose the staging area.
Owner:LOADGATE IND LTD

Automated Storage and Retrieval System

A system may include a set of buffer shelves holding one or more mobile storage units, each of the one or more mobile storage units holding at least one item. A system may include a mobile robot including a body structure supporting a handling mechanism and a translation motor, the translation motor moving the body structure to a first buffer shelf of the set of buffer shelves, the handling mechanism moving a first mobile storage unit of the one or more mobile storage units from the first buffer shelf to a staging area. A system may include a picking station including the staging area at which the first mobile storage unit is held, a picking location at which a carton is held, and a picking mechanism for moving a first item from the first mobile storage unit to the carton.
Owner:STAPLES INC

Game development automation method based on multi-agent system

PendingCN121957544AReduce false mergesReduce mis-positioningVersion controlBiological modelsDigital dataSoftware engineering
The invention relates to the technical field of software engineering automation of digital data processing, and discloses a game development automation method based on a multi-agent system. The method is used for solving the problem that a machine-readable cross-product dependence model and consistency verification are lacked in a traditional method. According to the method, based on a task list freezing project context, a constraint packet and a threshold aperture, and based on a demand account book and registration demands, constraints, codes, configuration, resources and other entry abstracts, version information and strong and weak reference relationships; the multiple agents only submit change packets in a temporary storage area by writing tokens and occupying fragmentation write-in gating, and an influence range report binding verification list is generated for each change packet; boundary compliance, reference integrity, compilation verification, determinacy operation verification and acceptance assertion verification are sequentially carried out on the temporary storage area snapshots, and when conflicts occur, rollback or confinement repair is triggered to output traceable and acceptance deliverables based on reproducible evidence judgment.
Owner:CHONGQING ORBIT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Systems and methods for carrier handling

A method comprising method comprising receiving a first load disposed in a first carrier at a first position on a first conveyor, receiving a second load disposed in a second carrier at a second position on the first conveyor, receiving, from a sensor, sensor data indicative of a humidity level near the second position, determining, based on the sensor data, that a leak associated with the second load has occurred, responsive in part to determining that the leak has occurred, transferring the first load disposed in the first carrier to a staging area, and transporting, via a second conveyor, the second load away from the first conveyor while the second load remains disposed in the second carrier.
Owner:SAVOYE NORTH AMERICA INC

Systems with robotic arms for handling and milling a workpiece, and for positioning a vacuum pod on a milling platform

A system for processing a workpiece includes a milling platform, a workpiece handling robotic arm (WHRA), and a spindle robot arm (SRA). The WHRA has a holding tool adapted to move the workpiece from an input staging area to the milling platform, and from the milling platform to an output staging area. A base of the WHRA, the input staging area, the output staging area are all positioned on a same side of the milling platform. The SRA has a milling tool and is adapted to mill the workpiece when supported on the milling platform. The system may include a processor configured to control the WHRA to move the holding tool to a release position or orientation based on positional data of the workpiece generated by contact position sensors, and to move a robotic arm to position vacuum pods on the milling platform, based on the geometry of the workpiece.
Owner:INTELLIGENT CITY INC

Systems and methods for optimized container loading operations

A method includes: receiving, for items in a staging area, item identifiers and staged locations in facility coordinates, as detected via a sensor; obtaining a load configuration including a load sequence defining an order for loading the items into a container, and a load location within the container for each item, in container coordinates; according to the load sequence, for each item: retrieving the corresponding staged location (in facility coordinates) and load location (in container coordinates); providing loading guidance including the retrieved staged location and the retrieved load location, for rendering of the loading guidance in one of the facility coordinate system and the container coordinate system; and responsive to placement of the item in the container, receiving and storing an actual load location, in the container coordinate system; and during an unloading operation, presenting unloading guidance including the actual load locations of the items.
Owner:ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP

Method, apparatus, storage medium and processor for processing orders

An embodiment of the present application provides a method, device, storage medium, and processor for processing orders. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of orders to be processed within a preset time period; determining a target inventory bin for each order to be processed; generating a first picking task for a first transportation device according to a first target inventory bin, and generating a second picking task for a second transportation device according to a second target inventory bin; controlling the first transportation device to execute all the first picking tasks, and when there is an inventory bin matching the first target inventory bin of the current order to be processed in the staging area, controlling the second transportation device to execute the corresponding second picking task and controlling the third transportation device to operate; when the current order to be processed is completed, determining a new current order to be processed; returning to the step of detecting whether there is an inventory bin matching the first target inventory bin of the current order to be processed in the staging area of the shelf until all the orders to be processed are processed, so as to improve the order processing efficiency.
Owner:ZHONGKE YUNGU TECH

Heater lift assembly spring damper

In an embodiment, an apparatus comprising: a heater configured to heat a wafer located on a wafer staging area of the heater, the heater comprising a heater shaft extending below the wafer staging area; and a heater lift assembly comprising: a lift shaft configured to move the heater shaft in a vertical direction; a clamp that connects the heater shaft to the lift shaft; and a damper disposed on top of the clamp.
Owner:TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD

Depot behaviors for autonomous vehicles

Aspects of the disclosure provide for depot behaviors for autonomous vehicles. For instance, a signal to control an autonomous vehicle to a depot area may be received from a server computing device. A prioritized list of staging areas within the depot area may be identified. Each staging area of the prioritized list of staging areas enables the vehicle to observe stopping locations at which a need of the vehicle may be addressed. The vehicle may be controlled to a first staging area of the prioritized list. Once the vehicle has reached the first staging area, whether a stopping location that meets one or more needs of the vehicle is available may be determined. When is available, the vehicle may be controlled to the available stopping location. When not available, the vehicle may be controlled to a second staging area of the prioritized list.
Owner:WAYMO LLC

Techniques for balancing resources and workload for log-structured metadata

PendingUS20260186857A1WorkloadProcessing
Techniques can include: determining a write activity distribution and a staging area distribution with respect to the set of partitions; determining whether the write activity distribution and the staging area distribution are balanced; responsive to determining that the write activity distribution and the staging area distribution are not balanced, performing processing, based at least in part, on the write activity distribution and the staging area distribution, to redistribute one or more regions from the first node to the second node. A region of a partition of the set can be redistributed from the second node to the first node. The partition can include a source zone to which the second node exclusively writes and a target zone to which the first node exclusively writes, wherein the region can be reassigned from the source zone to the target zone.
Owner:DELL PROD LP

Carriageless stockpiling conveyor

The present invention is directed to an apparatus for creating a stockpile of bulk material, comprising a conveyor having a feed end and a distribution end; a stabilizer at the feed end of the conveyor; and a support at the distribution end of the conveyor; wherein the support includes a primary hydraulic cylinder having a base portion connected to the support and an end portion which extends and retracts longitudinally to alter the angle between the conveyor and the ground; and a secondary hydraulic cylinder having one end connected to the support and the other end connected to the primary hydraulic cylinder, where the secondary hydraulic cylinder extends and retracts in a lateral direction, thus pivoting the primary hydraulic cylinder against the support. This design is simpler and less expensive than a conveyor with an undercarriage and makes for a smaller staging area as room for the undercarriage is unnecessary.
Owner:THOR GLOBAL ENTERPRISES

A drilling apparatus for use in coal mining

The application discloses a kind of drilling equipment for coal mine tunneling, it is related to drilling device technical field.The application includes: mobile carrier, mobile carrier is rotatably installed with mobile seat, mobile seat is vertically rotatably installed with mounting bracket, mounting bracket is horizontally slidably installed with drive seat, drive seat is rotatably installed with centering fixture;Propulsion mechanism, including storage assembly and push assembly installed on the mounting bracket, storage assembly is used to store multiple drill pipes, the storage assembly has a staging area, staging area can accommodate a drill pipe, by the push assembly to be transported to the centering fixture with the drill pipe in staging area, when there is no drill pipe in staging area.The application compared with prior art, through propulsion mechanism cooperation centering fixture can quickly butt joint extension drill pipe, not only reduce the labor intensity of staff, and when interfacing drill bit is more convenient and fast, effectively reduce the security risk.
Owner:SHANDONG SANHEKOU MINE CO LTD

Partition hints for partitioned namespace storage devices

Partition hints for use with a zoned namespace (ZNS) storage device. The partition hints include one or more of a first hint indicating that the partition is part of a group of multiple partitions, a second hint indicating that the partition is to be quickly filled, or a third hint indicating that the partition is associated with a background operation. The first hint is structured to instruct the ZNS storage device to allocate a first storage resource to the partition that is physically adjacent to a second storage resource reserved for other partitions in the multiple partitions. The second hint is structured to instruct the ZNS storage device to bypass a staging area when writing to the partition. The third hint is structured to instruct the ZNS storage device to deprioritize at least one operation of writing to the partition or to bypass the staging area when writing to the partition.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

Autonomous golf vehicle system

PendingUS20260252078A1Real-time computingCart
An autonomous golf cart is configured to automatically traverse a predefined cart path to a staging area near the green. The golf cart determines the green for the hole the golfers are playing and determines a final location proximate the green. The golf cart determines a route from the current location of the golf cart to the cart path, a route along the cart path, and a route from the cart path to the final location. The cart path is demarcated in various manners. The path markers may include unique visual features that can be captured by a camera on the golf cart for location determination. The golf cart generates a trajectory towards the next marker along the cart path and generates control actions to follow the trajectory.
Owner:TEXTRON INC

Adaptive throttling of calls to service endpoints from workflows by modifying workflow definitions

Systems and methods for a workflow manager to adaptively throttle service calls to service endpoints are disclosed herein, according to some embodiments. A system includes a plurality of service endpoints. The system also includes a workflow definition repository storing workflow definitions, where a workflow definition defines both tasks for a workflow to perform that corresponds to service calls to the service endpoints, and a dependency ordering between the tasks. The system also includes workflow execution nodes implementing workflow engine instances. A workflow engine instance executes a workflow according to a workflow definition. Responsive to health information indicating that a service endpoint is operating below a performance threshold, the workflow manager modifies workflow definitions using that service to incorporate a staging area. Instead of transitioning to a task that corresponds to a service call to the service endpoint, the workflow engine instances executing modified workflow definitions, transition to the staging area.
Owner:AMAZON TECH INC

Pre-staged for accelerated data extraction

Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for accelerating data extraction from a source system to a target system using LAS. Embodiments operate by receiving data changes for a data extraction from a producer job at a source system. Embodiments store the data changes in a staging area along with corresponding sequence identifiers on a persistent storage device. Embodiments receive a request for the next package of data changes in the staging area from a consumer job at a target system. Embodiments generate the next package from the staging area. Embodiments send the next package to the consumer job. Embodiments receive a commit notification for the next package from the consumer job. Embodiments then remove the data changes in the next package from the staging area in response to receiving the commit notification.
Owner:SAP SE

Method for operating a plate dividing plant, as well as plate dividing plant

A method for operating a panel dividing system (10), in which an output panel (32) is moved from a staging area (30) by a transport system (23) to a feed table (12) and by the transport system (23) from the feed table (12) to a dividing area (18) for division, and in which an intermediate workpiece (58) resulting from this division is moved by the transport system (23) from a removal table (14) to a buffer unit (34) and deposited there, from where it is moved by the transport system (23) back to the feed table (12) and by the transport system (23) further to the dividing area (18) for further division. It is proposed that the buffer unit (34) has at least one first buffer area (36).1) includes a top surface of the staging area, in particular a top surface of an output plate (32) stored in the staging area (30), and that an intermediate workpiece (58, 62) is placed on the top surface of the staging area (30) by the transport system (23) and moved from there by the transport system (23) to the feed table (12).
Owner:HOMAG PLATTENAUFTEILTECHNIK GMBH

System for dispensing ingredients

A system for dispensing ingredients includes a cabinet and a conveyor disposed beneath the cabinet. The conveyor includes a staging region and a dispensing region in communication with an interior of the cabinet through a dispenser opening. One or more containers are removably disposed within the cabinet, and each of the one or more containers has an outlet disposed above the dispenser opening and includes an ejector operable to dispense one of the ingredients through the outlet. One or more bins are removably received within the conveyor. The bins are operable to be moved by the conveyor between a first position in the staging region and a second position in the dispensing region. Within the dispensing region, the conveyor is configured to move the bins between dispensing positions beneath respective ones of the containers.
Owner:LITTLE CAESAR ENTERPRISES INC

Check-in verification

An apparatus 50 includes a memory storage unit 55 to maintain a database 57. The database is to store a status indicator and check-in date associated with an asset. The asset is linked to a unique identifier, e.g. a radio frequency identifier (RFID). The apparatus includes a communications interface 60 to receive the unique identifier and a timestamp and includes an administration engine 65 in communication with the database. The administration engine is to compare the timestamp with the check-in date of the asset and to check-in the asset when the timestamp is within a time range based on the check-in date. A scanner (110, fig. 2) may be provided to read the identifier. The scanner (100a, fig. 5) may be disposed in a staging area (210, fig. 5), wherein the assets enter and leave a building (200, fig. 5) via the staging area.
Owner:STAGE LIGHTING PATENTS LLC WINDERMERE

Facility layout

A facility including a loading dock having a plurality of dock doors to accommodate vehicles or trailers for loading pallets, a staging area located proximate to the loading dock, and a plurality of loading zones. The staging area includes a plurality of staging lanes of finished products. Each staging lane is stocked with the finished products from the facility. Each of the plurality of loading zones includes a subset of the plurality of dock doors and a corresponding subset of staging lanes located proximate to the subset of the plurality of dock doors for supplying pallets for loading into vehicles docked at the subset of the plurality of dock doors.
Owner:NIAGARA BOTTLING LLC

All-weather automatic loading and unloading ship house for inland river

The invention discloses an inland river all-weather automatic loading and unloading ship house, which comprises a ship house, which is erected towards the land along the river bank to form a closed structure, and is provided with an efficient ventilation device at the top; the harbor basin is excavated from the river bank to the land; the harbor basin is divided into an unloading harbor basin and a loading harbor basin; the working banks are arranged on the two sides of the harbor basin, and a control room is arranged at the tops of the working banks to control all parts to operate. A temporary storage hopper is arranged at the unloading temporary storage area; the feeding temporary storage area is provided with a material pool; the electric single-beam bridge crane stretches across each cargo unloading harbor basin; the first belt conveyors are arranged at the positions from working banks on the two sides of the unloading harbor basin to the temporary storage hoppers. A dust suppression hopper is arranged on the first belt conveyor; the second belt conveyors are arranged below the working banks on the two sides of the feeding harbor basin and the discharging port of the material pool; the ship loaders are arranged on working banks on the two sides of the feeding harbor basin. The automobile transportation channel is located between the harbor basin and the unloading temporary storage area or the loading temporary storage area, and corresponding inlets and outlets are formed in the corresponding sides of the ship house.
Owner:SHANGHAI CCCC WATER TRANSPORTATION DESIGN & RES CO LTD +1

Systems and methods for determining whether a ball is present in a staging area of a ball-throwing machine

ActiveUS12714909B2Control engineeringMachine
A ball-throwing machine is disclosed that includes one or more launch wheels configured to impart motion to one or more balls, a frame to which the one or more launch wheels couple, wherein a staging area is formed within the frame adjacent the one or more launch wheels, a ball-sensor, and a control circuit configured to control the one or more launch wheels. The control circuit includes a processor, and non-transitory, computer-readable medium having logic stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause performance of operations including: receiving ball-sensor data from the ball-sensor, and determining whether a ball is present within the staging area based on the ball-sensor data. In some instances, the ball-sensor is an optical sensor configured to project a light signal into the staging area and detect a reflected light signal when the ball is present within the staging area.
Owner:TOCA FOOTBALL INC

Resource utilization based-modeling

Improved resource utilization based-modeling is described herein. In an example, a computer system receives layout data indicating a layout of storage areas, staging areas, and material handling equipment configured to move items to at least the storage areas. The computer system receives first association data indicating staging area-to-delivery resource associations and second association data indicating item-to-delivery resource associations corresponding to items to be delivered. The computer system generates an input to a model based on the layout data, the first association data, and the second association data. The computer system determines an output of the model based on the input. The output is generated by the model based on a storage area-to staging area travel distance minimization. The output indicates a distribution of the items across the storage areas. The computer system causes a device to present, in a user interface, the layout and the distribution based on the output.
Owner:AMAZON TECH INC

Multispectral camouflage testing and defeat capability

PCT designated stage expiredWO2025129165A1Spoof detectionEngineeringTesting Methods
A camouflage defeat and testing system (1200) includes a network platform (1202) and one or more edge devices (1204). The platform (1202) and / or the edge device (1204) receive inputs from one or more sensor devices (1210-1213) monitoring an area of interest (1214). For example, the area of interest 1214 may be a battlefield or staging area of an adversary. In this case, the area of interest (1214) includes a target (1216) utilizing a camouflage technology (1218) such as multispectral camouflage. The system (1200) employs spatial and / or temporal processing to process images and the sensor devices (1210-1213) to defeat the camouflage technology (1218). The system (1200) can also be employed to test and optimize multispectral camouflage capabilities.
Owner:HUNAMIS LLC

Heater lift assembly spring damper

In an embodiment, an apparatus comprising: a heater configured to heat a wafer located on a wafer staging area of the heater, the heater comprising a heater shaft extending below the wafer staging area; and a heater lift assembly comprising: a lift shaft configured to move the heater shaft in a vertical direction; a clamp that connects the heater shaft to the lift shaft; and a damper disposed on top of the clamp.
Owner:TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD

Plant for sorting cut sheets

Plant (1), and relative method, for sorting cut sheets comprising: one or more stacks (5) of storage bays (6) configured to removably accommodate a respective pallet (9), an elevator (20) vertically movable along each of the one or more stacks of storage bays, and comprising, on board the elevator (20), a first handling system (22) to handle a pallet (9) between said staging bay (21) on board of the elevator (20) and each storage bay (6); a sorting system (30) comprising one or more gripping devices (31) configured to pick up and release a sheet piece; and a second handling system (35) to move the sorting system (30) between a first position over the staging bay (21), to allow the one or more gripping devices (31) to pick up from, and release in, the staging bay (21) one or more sheet pieces, and a second position over a work area (4, 6) displaced from the first position, to allow the one or more gripping devices (31) to pick up from, and release in, the work area (4, 6) the sheet pieces.
Owner:AB CONSULTING SRL

Method and system for calibrating data of extracorporeal shock wave therapeutic apparatus

The invention relates to the technical field of data processing, in particular to an extracorporeal shock wave therapeutic apparatus data calibration method and system. Comprising the following steps: carrying out preliminary calibration on output energy density under each treatment parameter combination through a metering tool before leaving a factory, and storing a control parameter group in a calibration database; when the therapeutic instrument is started, control signal parameters are obtained from the calibration database according to the set therapeutic parameters, the energy density output by the impact head is monitored in real time, and whether the interlocking state is kept or not is judged; when the interlocking is released, an output result is obtained through the calibration model, and calibration parameters are obtained according to the difference; respectively acquiring a first optimal control parameter and a second optimal control parameter in interlocking and unlocking states, and storing the first optimal control parameter and the second optimal control parameter in a temporary storage area; and judging whether the calibration database and the calibration model need to be updated or not, and if so, performing updating based on the temporary storage area data. The problem that the energy density output precision is not high is solved, and the energy density output precision is improved.
Owner:平顶山锐扬科技有限公司

Transport device with push mechanism

Transport device (V) which extends in a transport direction (X), a transverse direction (Y) orthogonal to it and a vertical direction (Z) orthogonal to both directions (X, Y) and is designed to transport discrete products (P) along a conveying path in the transport direction (X) above a transport plane (E) which extends in the XY direction in regular operation, a) wherein the transport device (V) has a staging zone (B) in which, during normal operation, no driven device components come into contact with the products located there, b) and wherein the staging area (B) is configured as a FIFO (First in / First out) storage area that can accommodate a limited number (n) of consecutive products (P), and c) wherein the transport direction (X) has a push mechanism (T) with a push element (S) that can be moved forward and backward, which does not interfere with the transport of the products in regular operation and is designed to, in a phase outside of regular operation, on demand, apply a push force to products (P) in the staging zone (B) and push them out of the staging zone (B) in the transport direction (X), d) wherein the pusher element (S) has a driver (H) which moves from a rest position, in which it does not protrude into the conveying path, to a working position, in which it protrudes into the conveying path, before or during the forward movement in order to be able to act upon the products (P) during the forward movement.
Owner:WIPOTEC GMBH