Automatic stacked storage system for parking or storage

A process for storing an object in an automatic stacked storage system, the process comprising the steps of:

• (a) registering an object to be stored into the automatic stacked storage system, said system comprising:
• (i) a plurality of stationary docking cells positioned one next to another continuously in a lateral direction and a direction orthogonal thereto on a floor of a building or framed structure;
• each docking cell comprising a cell ID representing an address thereof in said building or framed structure;
• wherein each docking cell comprises:
• at least one ground driving device affixed on a bottom of the docking cell for driving a carriage engaged thereon in different directions of each docking cell horizontally;
• a docking cell control and interface unit (CIU) comprising at least one microprocessor and one or more operating programs for controlling an operation of said ground driving device;
• and
• one or more carriage position and ID sensors in communication with said CIU;
• (ii) a plurality of said carriages, wherein said carriages are driven by the ground driving devices affixed in the docking cells to move across the plurality of docking cells;
• wherein each carriage comprises:
• a planar platform comprising an engagement structure in mating relationship with the ground driving device of each docking cell on a bottom side of the planar platform;
• and
• a carriage identification and at least one position tag on each carriage detectable by said one or more carriage position and ID sensors in the docking cells;
• and
• (iii) a central management system communicating with and controlling operation of said CIU of each docking cell;
• (b) loading said object on one carriage in a starting docking cell;
• (c) selecting a destination docking cell by the central management system;
• (d) determining a transport route from a starting docking cell to the destination docking cell by a route optimization module of the central management system;
• and
• (e) automatically activating each said ground drive device by the CIU in corresponding docking cells in said transport route, as commanded by the central management system, to drive the carriage with the object loaded thereon horizontally from the starting docking cell through said corresponding docking cells in said transport route to the destination docking cell.