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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2008
Dov Moran, Kfar Saba, IL;
Avi Klein, Tel Aviv, IL;
Itzhak Pomerantz, Kfar Saba, IL;
Menahem Lasser, Kohav Yair, IL;
Eyal Bychkov, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Eran Leibinger, Bazra, IL;
Avraham Meir, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Dov Moran, Kfar Saba, IL;
Avi Klein, Tel Aviv, IL;
Itzhak Pomerantz, Kfar Saba, IL;
Menahem Lasser, Kohav Yair, IL;
Eyal Bychkov, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Eran Leibinger, Bazra, IL;
Avraham Meir, Rishon Lezion, IL;
SanDisk IL Ltd., Kfar Saba, IL;
Abstract
Methods and systems for counting items in storage containers in an array of at least two storage containers, the method including the steps of: providing a storage array of at least two storage containers, each of the storage containers containing an unknown amount of items; providing a receiving array of at least two receiving containers, wherein the receiving containers initially contain no items; extracting a layer of the items from the storage array; inserting the layer into corresponding locations in the receiving array; repeating the steps of extracting and inserting while at least one of the storage containers is not empty; counting, for each storage container in the storage array, a productive-extraction amount; and reporting, for at least some of the storage containers, the productive-extraction amount from each storage container. Preferably, the method further includes recovering a storage identity upon recovery from a system failure that erases the productive-extraction amount.