Heads up display for material handling systems
First Claim
1. A method for more efficiently managing, with a portable computing device, containers and associated container information in a warehouse system, the method comprising:
- identifying, with a scanner, a container identification (ID) of a container in a warehouse, wherein the scanner is communicatively coupled to a portable computing device;
sending, with the portable computing device, the container ID to a warehouse server via a network;
receiving container information at the portable computing device from the warehouse server in response to the container ID and communicating the container information to a heads up display communicatively coupled to the portable computing device;
displaying, with the heads up display, informational content received from the portable computing device;
delivering the container to a target destination in the warehouse, wherein the target destination is included in the informational content and is based in part on the container information for the container; and
initiating, with the heads up display, a container delivery confirmation for the warehouse server when the container is delivered to the target destination, wherein, in response to the heads up display, the portable computing device sends the container delivery confirmation to the warehouse server at the time of delivery to the target destination, and wherein the warehouse server updates the container information based upon the container delivery confirmation.
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Abstract
A method for managing container information in a warehouse system. The method includes identifying a container identification (ID) of a container with a scanner communicatively coupled to a portable computing device. The container ID is sent from the portable computing device to a warehouse server via a network. The container information is received at the portable computing device from the warehouse server in response to the container ID. The container information is communicated to a heads up display communicatively coupled to the portable computing device. Delivering the container to a target destination in the warehouse, based in part on the container information for the container. A delivery confirmation is initiated at the heads up display for the warehouse server when the container is delivered to the target destination. The delivery confirmation occurs at the time of delivery to the target destination.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for more efficiently managing, with a portable computing device, containers and associated container information in a warehouse system, the method comprising:
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identifying, with a scanner, a container identification (ID) of a container in a warehouse, wherein the scanner is communicatively coupled to a portable computing device; sending, with the portable computing device, the container ID to a warehouse server via a network; receiving container information at the portable computing device from the warehouse server in response to the container ID and communicating the container information to a heads up display communicatively coupled to the portable computing device; displaying, with the heads up display, informational content received from the portable computing device; delivering the container to a target destination in the warehouse, wherein the target destination is included in the informational content and is based in part on the container information for the container; and initiating, with the heads up display, a container delivery confirmation for the warehouse server when the container is delivered to the target destination, wherein, in response to the heads up display, the portable computing device sends the container delivery confirmation to the warehouse server at the time of delivery to the target destination, and wherein the warehouse server updates the container information based upon the container delivery confirmation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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