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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2019
Applicant:
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Julio Gil, Veldhoven, NL;
Thomas Ramsager, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B65G 67/04 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1376 (2013.01); B25J 9/1661 (2013.01); B65G 1/1371 (2013.01); B65G 67/04 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01);
Abstract
An identifier associated with one or more assets is obtained in response to a reader component reading a tag associated with one or more assets as the one or more assets traverse a conveyor apparatus. At least partially in response to the obtaining of the identifier, a storage unit of a plurality of storage units is caused to automatically rotate to a loading location to receive the one or more assets.