US 2026/0028849 A1 · AUTOMATED PARKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

Abstract

An automated parking system having pallets movable within a parking deck in the longitudinal and transverse directions for vehicles to be stored thereon, and having transport modules permanently installed on the parking deck for receiving the pallets, which are at least partially arranged adjoining one another in rows and columns, and are designed for alternately transporting the pallets in the longitudinal and transverse directions and for transfer to the respective adjacent transport module in the transport direction. The number of the pallets movable in the system is dynamically adapted to the utilization of the system in that, using a pallet pickup device, pallets are collected from the transport modules or additional pallets are provided. Unused pallets can be grouped using a stacking device into pallet stacks, which remain movable on the transport modules in the longitudinal and transverse directions, and pallet stacks can be broken up to provide additional pallets.

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Dependent claims

An automated parking system, comprising:

a plurality of pallets (11) movable within a parking deck in longitudinal and transverse directions for vehicles to be stored thereon;
a plurality of transport modules (10) permanently installed on the parking deck for picking up the pallets (11), the plurality of transport modules are at least partially arranged adjoining one another in rows and columns, and are designed for alternately transporting the pallets (11) in the longitudinal and the transverse directions and transferring the pallets (11) to an adjacent one of the respective transport modules (10) in the transport direction;
and
a pallet pickup device that is adapted to collect individual unoccupied ones of the pallets (11) from the transport modules (10) or to provide additional ones of the pallets (11) to adapt the parking system based on utilization.

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A method for operating an automated parking system having a plurality of pallets (11) movable within a parking deck in longitudinal and transverse directions for vehicles to be stored thereon, and having a plurality of transport modules (10) permanently installed on the parking deck for receiving the pallets (11), which are at least partially arranged adjoining one another in rows and columns, and are designed for alternately transporting the pallets (11) in the longitudinal and the transverse directions and for transferring the pallets (11) to a respective adjacent one of the transport modules (10) in a transport direction,

the method comprising:
adapting a number of the pallets (11) movable in the parking system based on a utilization of the parking system, by using a pallet pickup device and collecting the pallets (11) from the transport modules (10) or providing additional ones of the pallets (11) using a stacking device (15);
grouping unused ones of the pallets (11) into pallet stacks, which remain movable in the longitudinal and the transverse directions on the transport modules (10);
and
breaking up existing ones of the pallet stacks on the transport modules (10) to provide additional ones of the pallets (11).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Automated parking system and method for the operation thereof

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Abstract

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