Inventory management system using automated guided vehicle
AssigneeHanmi It Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong Hoon Lim, Chulwoo Jun
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Abstract
An inventory management system that uses an automated guided vehicle that scans articles on a shelf case while reciprocating along guide lines is introduced. This inventory management system using an automated guided vehicle may include a scanning unit configured to recognize information about articles placed in a shelf case, guide lines deployed along a plurality of shelf cases that are spaced apart from each other, a vehicle configured to support the scanning unit, to recognize the guide lines, and to move along the guide lines, and a control unit configured to control the vehicle so that the vehicle moves along the guide lines recognized by the line recognition unit.
Claims11
An inventory management system using an automated guided vehicle, comprising:
- a scanning unit configured to recognize information about articles placed in a shelf case;
- guide lines deployed along a plurality of shelf cases that are spaced apart from each other;
- a vehicle configured to support the scanning unit, to recognize the guide lines, and to move along the guide lines;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the vehicle so that the vehicle moves along the guide lines;
- wherein the control unit receives location information of shelf cells of the shelf case and path information of the vehicle that are stored in tags of the guide lines, controls a moving direction of the vehicle, and controls the scanning unit so that only antennas of the scanning unit that are located to face the shelf cells can be operated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.