Method for automatically aligning an industrial truck in a warehouse, and system comprising an industrial truck and a warehouse
AssigneeJungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
InventorOliver Göpner
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Abstract
A method for automatically aligning an industrial truck in a warehouse, the method comprising the steps of: confirming that a pick has been executed by an operator and issuing a pick signal indicative thereof; determining a pick position and a next pick position and issuing pick position signals indicative of each; determining a side orientation of the industrial truck relative to a shelf side of a shelf aisle of the warehouse by the warehouse administration system in response to at least one of the pick position signals; and issuing a control command signal to the industrial truck such that the side orientation is automatically assumed for at least one of the pick positions.
Claims18
A method for automatically aligning an industrial truck in a warehouse, the method comprising the step of:
- confirming that a pick has been executed by an operator and sending a pick signal indicative thereof;
- receiving the pick signal by a warehouse administration system;
- determining a position of the industrial truck in the warehouse by the warehouse administration system using the pick signal;
- determining a next pick position of the industrial truck by the warehouse administration system and issuing a next pick position signal indicative of the next pick position;
- determining a side orientation of the industrial truck relative to a shelf side of a shelf aisle of the warehouse by the warehouse administration system for the next pick position;
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- issuing a control command signal to the industrial truck indicative of the next pick position and of the side orientation for the next pick and controlling the industrial truck such that the side orientation is automatically assumed for the next pick position.
A storage and retrieval system for optimizing movement of an industrial truck within a warehouse, comprising:
- an input unit disposed on an industrial truck and configured to receive operating commands to confirm a pick provided by an operator;
- a control unit configured to issue a pick signal corresponding to the pick provided by the operator;
- a warehouse administration system configured to:
- receive the pick signal of the control unit,
- determine a position of the industrial truck using the pick signal received form the control unit,
- determine a side orientation of the industrial truck relative to a shelf side of a shelf aisle in the warehouse for the next pick, and to issue control command signals to the industrial truck indicative of the side orientation of the industrial truck for the next pick;
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- a signal processor configured to receive the control command signals such that the side orientation is automatically assumed for the next pick position.
A storage and retrieval system having an industrial truck for executing a series of picks at a plurality of pick positions within an aisle formed by at least two shelves within a warehouse, the storage and retrieval system further comprising:
- a warehouse administration system configured to,
- determine a position of the industrial truck within a shelf aisle of the warehouse,
- determine a side orientation of the industrial truck in connection with each of the plurality of pick positions, and
- issue control command signals indicative of the side orientation;
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- a control unit operably coupled to the industrial truck and responsive to the control command signals to automatically move the industrial truck from one pick position to the next pick position such that the industrial truck automatically assumes the side orientation corresponding to the next pick position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.