Asset loading system
AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.
InventorsJulio Gil, Thomas Ramsager
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Abstract
An identifier associated with one or more assets is obtained in response to a reader component reading a tag associated with one or more assets as the one or more assets traverse a conveyor apparatus. At least partially in response to the obtaining of the identifier, a storage unit of a plurality of storage units is caused to automatically rotate to a loading location to receive the one or more assets.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- computer storage memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, implement operations comprising:
- obtaining an identifier of a first asset in response to a reader component reading a first tag associated with the first asset;
- at least partially in response to obtaining the identifier, populating, at a first time, a data structure indicating a sequence that the reader component read the first tag relative to one or more other tags associated with one or more other assets;
- and
- at least partially in response to populating the data structure, causing a plurality of storage units to automatically rotate to move a first storage unit of the plurality of storage units to a loading location.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining an identifier for each asset of a plurality of assets in response to a reader component reading a tag coupled to a respective asset of the plurality of assets;
- in response to obtaining the identifier for each asset of the plurality of assets, populating a data structure indicative of a sequence that the reader component read the tag for a respective asset of the plurality of assets relative to reading the tag for other assets of the plurality of assets;
- and
- for each asset of the plurality of assets and at least partially based on populating the data structure, causing a plurality of storage units to automatically rotate to move a respective storage unit of the plurality of storage units to a loading location.
One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining a first identifier of a first asset based at least in part on a reader component reading a first tag associated with the first asset;
- based at least in part on obtaining the first identifier, populating, at a first time, a data structure that indicates a sequence that the reader component read the first tag relative to one or more other tags associated with one or more other assets;
- and
- based at least in part on populating the data structure, causing a first storage unit located in a storage space of a vehicle to automatically rotate along a support surface of the storage space to a loading location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.