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System and Method for Controlling and Managing an Automated Vehicle Parking Garage

  • US 20080288104A1
  • Filed: 05/12/2008
  • Published: 11/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automated system for a three-dimensional warehousing facility for receiving an item at a delivery bay, storing the item in a storage space, and retrieving the item from the storage space, the automated system comprising:

  • a. mechanical elements for transporting the item between the delivery bay and the storage space; and

    b. a distributed control system including;

    i. controllers, each with a controller program and each associated with one of the mechanical elements; and

    ii. a network interconnecting the controllers for communications among the controllers,iii. wherein the controller, running the controller program, controls the operation of its associated mechanical element.

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