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Automated inventory management system

  • US 9,216,857 B1
  • Filed: 12/04/2014
  • Issued: 12/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inventory system comprising:

  • a plurality of mobile drive units (MDU) remotely controllable to transport inventory holders within a storage region;

    a search automated aerial vehicle (AAV) and a retrieval AAV to identify and remove amnesty items from the storage region;

    at least one management module in wireless communication with the plurality of MDUs, the search AAV, and the retrieval AAV, the at least one management module configured to;

    receive image data from the search AAV;

    process the image data to identify a location and type of an amnesty item within the storage region; and

    provide instructions to the retrieval AAV to remove the amnesty item from the storage region.

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