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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2023
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
David Beck, Freiberg a.N., DE;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
There is described a method of operating a distribution system. The distribution system comprises a number of carriers wherein the carriers are adapted to carry one or more goods. A transport plane of the distribution system supports the carriers. A control device controls the drive means. During an initialization of the distribution system the control device pre-defines a pattern of safe points on the transport plane, wherein on the safe points a carrier can be placed. After the initialization of the distribution system the control device calculates partial routes for the carriers so that the end position of each partial route is either one of the safe points or has a free path to one of the safe points to be reachable in the next partial route.