# US 11,111,077 B2 · Logistics movement automation system and method

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- Number: US 11,111,077 B2
- Document ID: US11111077B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/478,513
- Filed: 2018-01-16
- Published: 2019-12-26
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2017-01-17
- Assignees: Cj Logistics Corporation
- Applicants: Cj Logistics Corporation
- Inventors: Seung Mo Kim; Jae Sook Jung; Koo Po Kwon; Tae Young Chung
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11111077B2

## CPC

- B65G 1/137: with arrangements or automatic control means for selecting which articles are to be removed
- B65G 1/1373: {for fulfilling orders in warehouses}
- B65G 1/1371: {with data records}
- B65G 13/06: Roller driving means
- B65G 43/08: Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed or discharged {(and controlling the discharging devices B65G47/42)}
- G06Q 10/04: Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" (market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202)
- G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

Disclosed are a logistics movement automation system and method in which transfer means automation and moving path optimization have been implemented in association with the existing logistics automation system for integrated cargo warehousing and delivery. When unit cargoes are piled up from an association system outside or within a warehouse to an association transfer unit, a recognition unit generates recognition information by recognizing the unit cargoes and transfers the recognition information to a control unit. The control unit generates a moving path based on the received recognition information using an optimization algorithm and moves, arranges, distributes or flat keeps the unit cargoes along the generated moving path through at least one of the association transfer unit, the distribution transfer unit and the plate unit for warehousing or delivery.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A logistics movement automation system, comprising:
an association transfer unit configured to transfer a plurality of unit cargoes piled up for warehousing or delivery the plurality of unit cargoes along a moving path;
a recognition unit configured to recognize the plurality of unit cargoes piled up on the association transfer unit and generate recognition information on the plurality of unit cargoes piled up on the association transfer unit;
a plate unit configured to arrange the plurality of unit cargoes thereon and move the arranged plurality of unit cargoes along the moving path; and
a distribution transfer unit configured to receive the plurality of unit cargoes from the association transfer unit or the plate unit and move the plurality of unit cargoes received from the association transfer unit to the plate unit or the association transfer unit in accordance with the moving path;
a horizontal moving unit configured to horizontally move the plate unit along the moving path; and
a control unit configured to receive the recognition information from the recognition unit and generate, based on the received recognition information, the moving path by combining the association transfer unit, the plate unit, the distribution transfer unit, and the horizontal moving unit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The logistics movement automation system of claim 1, wherein the control unit generates the moving path using an optimization algorithm.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The logistics movement automation system of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the warehousing and delivery of the unit cargoes in parallel simultaneously.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The logistics movement automation system of claim 1, wherein the plate unit is designed in a form of a module having fastening structures on sides and extended by additionally connecting the module.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The logistics movement automation system of claim 1, wherein the distribution transfer unit and the association transfer unit are located on both sides of the plate unit in order to receive the unit cargoes from the plate unit.

### Claim 6

A movement automat ion method for cargo warehousing or delivery, comprising:
piling up a plurality of unit cargoes on an association transfer unit;
generating, by a recognition unit, recognition information by recognizing the unit cargoes;
generating, by a control unit, a moving path using the recognition information received from the recognition unit;
moving the unit cargoes along the moving path generated by the control unit through at least one of
a plate unit configured to arrange the plurality of unit cargoes thereon and move the arranged plurality of unit cargoes along the moving path,
a distribution transfer unit configured to receive the plurality of unit cargoes from the association transfer unit or the plate unit and move the plurality of unit cargoes received from the association transfer unit to the plate unit or the association transfer unit in accordance with the moving path,
a horizontal moving unit configured to horizontally move the plate unit along the moving path, and
the association transfer unit configured to transfer the plurality of unit cargoes piled up for warehousing or delivery the plurality of unit cargoes along the moving path; and
transferring the plurality of unit cargoes to the association transfer unit and warehousing or delivering the unit cargoes.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the association transfer unit transfers the unit cargoes piled up for the warehousing or delivery to the distribution transfer unit along the moving path generated by the control unit.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the control unit generates the moving path using an optimization algorithm.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the control unit controls the warehousing and delivery of the unit cargoes in parallel simultaneously.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the plate unit is designed in a form of a module having fastening structures on sides and extended by additionally connecting the module.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the plate unit is capable of arranging, moving or flat keeping the unit cargoes on the plate unit.

### Claim 12 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the distribution transfer unit is capable of rotatably moving or straightly moving the unit cargoes received from the association transfer unit on the plate unit or the association transfer unit.

### Claim 13 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the distribution transfer unit and the association transfer unit are capable of being located on both sides of the plate unit in order to receive the unit cargoes from the plate unit.