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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2020
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Riccardo Leone Benedetti, Fehraltorf, CH;
Reto Huesser, Hagendorn, CH;
Goran Savatic, Cham, CH;
Norbert Schmitt, Lucerne, CH;
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A method to localize a carrier on a laboratory transport system is presented. The laboratory transport system comprises a carrier associated with an identity, a multi-lane transport module, and a control unit. The carrier comprises a signal transmitter configured to transmit a signal comprising information about the identity. The multi-lane transport module comprises a transport surface comprising a first and a second transport lane as well as a first signal receiver and a second signal receiver each configured to receive the transmitted signal. Based on received signal strengths, the control unit localizes the carrier on one of the transport lanes of the multi-lane transport module.