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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2021
Applicant:

Verity Ag, Zurich, CH;

Inventors:

Luca Gherardi, Oberrieden, CH;

Markus Florian Hehn, Zurich, CH;

Assignee:

Verity AG, Zurich, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); G05D 1/467 (2024.01); G05D 1/48 (2024.01); G05D 1/622 (2024.01); G05D 1/648 (2024.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01); B64U 101/70 (2023.01); G05D 1/644 (2024.01); G05D 109/20 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G05D 1/46 (2024.01); G05D 1/467 (2024.01); G05D 1/48 (2024.01); G05D 1/622 (2024.01); G05D 1/648 (2024.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); B64U 2101/70 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01); G05D 2109/20 (2024.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for determining obstacle-free paths of an areal vehicle in a warehouse and for determining shortcuts to be generated in the warehouse to increase the number of obstacle-free paths available to the areal vehicle. The systems and methods include predicting at least one location of an inventory moving device in the warehouse based on the status of received inventory moving tasks, and determining an obstacle-free path of an aerial vehicle to a desired location in the warehouse based on the predicted at least one location of the inventory moving device. The systems and methods also include receiving inventory validation tasks in a warehouse comprising a plurality of storage racks, requesting, based on the received inventory validation tasks, a shortcut to be generated in a storage rack of the plurality of storage racks to provide a path segment for performing the inventory validation task.


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