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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Guancyun Li, Miaoli County, TW;
Ching-Jung Chang, Taichung, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method is provided. The method includes performing a first stocking operation associated with a first shelving unit using a stocking vehicle. The first stocking operation includes a put operation including transferring a first product unit from a load support component of the stocking vehicle to a first storage location over the first shelving unit, or a get operation including transferring the first product unit from the first storage location over the first shelving unit to the load support component of the stocking vehicle. The method includes capturing, using a first image sensor coupled to the stocking vehicle, a first image of a view associated with a first predefined position of the first shelving unit during the first stocking operation. The method includes determining, based upon the first image, whether the first shelving unit is associated with a potential shift event.