System for, method of generating and organizing a warehouse database and using the database to provide and/or present required information
First Claim
1. A system for generating a warehouse database containing information relating to the identity and location of certain items stored in the warehouse;
- each of the certain items having optical identifiers thereon;
the system including;
a plurality of markers providing location data indicating their own location distributed around the warehouse;
a guided vehicle equipped with an optical imaging device for traveling in the warehouse past the location of one or more certain items and one or more of the markers indicating their own location;
the optical imaging device providing electronic data, translatable into images including at least one or more of the certain items in the warehouse with the optical identifiers thereon;
a device responsive to at least the location data to provide physical location data related to the physical location of the one or more of the certain items;
the device also associating the electronic data or information derived there from with the physical location data to provide associated data; and
the associated data is stored in the database.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for generating a warehouse database containing information relating to the identity and location of certain items stored in the warehouse. Each of the certain items has optical identifiers thereon. A plurality of markers providing location data indicating their own location are distributed around the warehouse. The system includes a guided vehicle equipped with an optical imaging device. The vehicle travels in the warehouse aisles past the location of one or more certain items and one or more of the markers indicating their own location. The optical imaging device provides electronic data, translatable into images.
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1. A system for generating a warehouse database containing information relating to the identity and location of certain items stored in the warehouse;
- each of the certain items having optical identifiers thereon;
the system including;
a plurality of markers providing location data indicating their own location distributed around the warehouse;
a guided vehicle equipped with an optical imaging device for traveling in the warehouse past the location of one or more certain items and one or more of the markers indicating their own location;
the optical imaging device providing electronic data, translatable into images including at least one or more of the certain items in the warehouse with the optical identifiers thereon;
a device responsive to at least the location data to provide physical location data related to the physical location of the one or more of the certain items;
the device also associating the electronic data or information derived there from with the physical location data to provide associated data; and
the associated data is stored in the database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- each of the certain items having optical identifiers thereon;
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