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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2012
Applicants:
Christian Fritz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Minh Binh DO, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Serdar Uckun, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christian Fritz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Minh Binh Do, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Serdar Uckun, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A warehouse management system including a layout module which determines a layout of the automated warehouse, the layout including at least one occupied cell and at least one blank cell and an analysis module which analyzes the layout of the automated warehouse to determine a minimum number of blank cells required to retrieve an object from all of the occupied cells in the warehouse.