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Storage and retrieval system case unit detection

  • US 9,776,794 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2016
  • Issued: 10/03/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A warehouse automated storage and retrieval system for transport and storage of cases of wares in a ware case storage room, the warehouse automated storage and retrieval system comprising:

  • a storage structure with an array of storage locations distributed on at least one storage shelf having a seating surface configured to support ware case units where a position of each ware case unit is non-deterministic for each storage location on the at least one storage shelf;

    a controller, where each case unit has a predetermined storage position in which the ware case unit is seated on the at least one storage shelf and the controller is configured to determine the predetermined storage position; and

    a disturbance restorative system includingat least one disturbance detection sensor disposed on the at least one storage shelf,a disturbance control module in communication with the at least one disturbance detection sensor and configured to identify a disturbance, andwherein the disturbance restorative system is configured so that the disturbance restorative system initializes a case mapper of the disturbance restorative system in response to the disturbance control module, wherein an automated guided vehicle within the storage structure traverses the storage structure relative to the at least one storage shelf to identify a seated position of at least one ware case unit within the storage structure.

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