Method and system for assisting a search for articles within a storage facility
First Claim
1. A system for locating articles managed by an inventory management system comprising:
- a management terminal for receiving an article search request having an article identifier;
a database for storing appearance data for each type of article managed by an inventory management system; and
a display for presenting appearance data corresponding to the article identifier in the article search request received by the management terminal.
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Abstract
A system and method facilitate searching for an article kept within a storage enclosure. The system includes tag detectors, item tags, and appearance data. Selection of an article for searching by a user enables retrieval of appearance data corresponding to the selected article so that the user may be aware of the packaging of the article for the search. If the user requires more detailed information, the tag detectors may be activated to interrogate for an item identifier embodied in an item tag. The magnitude of the response signals are used to determine the location of the selected article so that it may be displayed with the appearance data.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for locating articles managed by an inventory management system comprising:
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a management terminal for receiving an article search request having an article identifier;
a database for storing appearance data for each type of article managed by an inventory management system; and
a display for presenting appearance data corresponding to the article identifier in the article search request received by the management terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for facilitating a search for items managed by an inventory management system comprising:
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parsing an article request to identify an article;
retrieving appearance data corresponding to the identified article; and
displaying the appearance data corresponding to the identified article. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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