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US 10,814,489 B1Granted
System and method of integrating robot into warehouse management software
AssigneeNimble Robotics, Inc.
InventorsSimon Kalouche, Siva Chaitanya Mynepalli, John Vashchhenko, Suyash Nigam, Jordan Dawson, George Marchman
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Abstract
A parsing system includes an imaging device and one or more processors. The imaging device may capture visual instructions displayed on a monitor. The one or more processors may be configured to receive, from the imaging device, the captured visual instructions, generate functions for a robot to perform based on the captured visual instructions, and transmit, to a robot, the functions to perform.
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A parsing system, comprising:
- an imaging device configured to capture visual instructions provided by a warehouse or fulfillment center system and displayed on a monitor, the warehouse or fulfillment center system being distinct from the parsing system;
- and
- one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- receive, from the imaging device, captured visual instructions;
- perform visual and/or optical character recognition on the received visual instructions to determine pick and place instructions included in the received visual instructions;
- generate functions for a robot to perform based on the determined pick and place instructions, the functions configured to cause the robot to perform the determined pick and place instructions;
- transmit, to a robot, the functions to perform;
- and
- transmit a response indicating completion of the determined pick and place instructions.
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A system, comprising:
- a robot having a picking arm configured to grasp an item from a first location and place the grasped item in a second location spaced from the first location;
- an imaging device to capture visual instructions provided by a warehouse or fulfillment center system and displayed on a monitor, the warehouse or fulfillment center system being distinct from the parsing system;
- and
- one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
- receive, from the imaging device, captured visual instructions;
- generate functions for the robot to perform based on the captured visual instructions;
- transmit, to the robot, the functions to perform;
- receive, from the robot, confirmation of performance of the functions;
- transmit, after receiving confirmation of performance of the functions, a response indicating completion of the determined pick and place instructions.
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A pick and place method, the method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, an image including visual instructions displayed on a monitor and provided by a warehouse or fulfillment center system;
- executing, by the one or more processors, vision or optical character recognition algorithms on the received image to determine pick and place instructions included in the visual instructions;
- generating, by the one or more processors, pick and place functions for a robot, the pick and place functions configured to cause the robot to perform the determined pick and place instructions;
- providing, by the one or more processors, the pick and place functions to the robot;
- and
- transmitting, by the one or more processors, a response indicating completion of the determined pick and place instructions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.