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6974928 |
Method and apparatus for efficient package delivery and storage
A method and system for the efficient bulk package delivery for recipients. Items ordered by different customers from different retailers, suppliers or manufacturers can be organized by common item...
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6959226 |
System and method for split lot ID naming
The present invention provides a system and method for creating an exclusive ID to a split lot in a multiple-plant enterprise. When a lot is divided, the split lot is first assigned a main code by...
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6937323 |
Interactive system for analyzing biological samples and processing related information and the use thereof
A interactive system for chemical and biological testing with the instant data processing and information analysis capability. The system utilizes a specially designed bio-disc and an optical...
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6909940 |
Method and apparatus for the exchange of batteries in a robot located in an automated library
An apparatus and a method for the exchange of power-supplied batteries which are arranged in a media-conveying untethered robot which is located in an automated data-storage library.
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6898480 |
Use of cartridge memory for storing logical library association information
An automated data storage library is partitioned into multiple logical libraries. A cartridge memory attached to each data storage cartridge in the library is used to hold library identification...
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6895301 |
Material handling system using autonomous mobile drive units and movable inventory trays
An inventory system includes a plurality of mobile drive units with a processor control and with a positioning system that enables the mobile drive units to navigate a factory floor. The mobile...
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6895306 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a tray changer incorporated in a robot control system
A control circuit of a tray changer is interfaced with a control circuit of a robot. A tray changer control program, used for operating the tray changer, is loaded into the robot control system....
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6889109 |
Method for maintaining the quality of produced products
A method 10 for maintaining the quality of produced goods by selectively, automatically, and remotely identifying the location of the goods 11 within a storage facility 19, thereby allowing...
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6885911 |
Track anomaly detection in an automated data storage library
Track anomalies in an automated storage library are detected by transmitting a track health signal from one portion of the track. The presence of a track anomaly is determined based on any...
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6878896 |
Synchronous semi-automatic parallel sorting
The present invention reveals a sorting system for use in manual sorting, which presents a detached ephemeral display moving in a manner corresponding to the movement of the article, by which an...
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6856985 |
Server based control of robotic libraries
A method and apparatus for controlling a storage library through a network. A request originating from the network is received, wherein the request is in a protocol and includes a command for the...
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6839609 |
System, method and apparatus for on-demand printing of hazardous materials placards for use in the transportation and/or storage of hazardous materials
A system for on-demand printing of hazardous material placards, the system comprising: (a) an input device through which a user can input parameters relating to a hazardous material to be...
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6823236 |
Material handling apparatus
A material handling apparatus comprising a material delivery configuration configured with a first end and a second end, a transfer configuration connected to the first end of the garment delivery...
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6816075 |
Evidence and property tracking for law enforcement
Methods and systems for collecting, tagging, searching for, retrieving, inventorying, and transferring evidence by law enforcement officials are described, in which RFID tags associated with pieces...
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6813539 |
Parts supplying system of assembling production line and supplying method of the same
The invention makes it possible to efficiently and accurately supply parts to a work in an assembling production line structured as a mixed assembly line, and to improve a flexibility of changing...
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6810306 |
Data storage library status monitoring
Library system health is monitored and displayed based on the location of equipment within the library relative to track layout. Robotic devices travel on rails within the data storage library...
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6779726 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a production operation using printed information on a component tape
A production operation is controlled by electronically scanning and reading printed information at intervals along a component tape. The printed information is continuously scanned and read from...
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6775588 |
Distributed intelligence, wireless, light-directed pick/put system
A system by which a portable computer on a cart translates warehouse locations to light addresses of locations on storage bays in a storage facility and communicates instructions by means of a...
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6762382 |
Track-type sortation system
A sortation system includes a track arrangement and a series of carriers which are movable on the track arrangement, such as by a roller chain or the like. A series of sort stations are provided at...
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6747560 |
System and method of detecting movement of an item
A system for determining movement of an item bearing an RFID label. The system includes an RFID reader for receiving RFID label identification information from an RFID label associated with the...
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6748295 |
Item delivery and retrieval system
An item delivery and retrieval system including a storage subsystem and a computer subsystem. The storage subsystem includes a secure enclosure having an item storage carousel including internal...
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6732010 |
Method, system, and product for associating subcomponents with a particular storage library
A system, method, and product are disclosed for associating subcomponents with a storage library. A unique identifier is stored in a particular storage library. Each subcomponent that is a part of...
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6711459 |
Automatic storage system, especially for vehicles
The invention relates to a system for storing and handling merchandise that can be managed by a computer and carried in a vehicle. Said system enables totally automated loading and transfer and...
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6711450 |
Integration of business rule parameters in priority setting of wafer processing
A method and a system for managing the movement of material lots through a semiconductor fabrication facility. In an example embodiment of the method, the movement of the material lots is tracked...
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6704613 |
Optimized automatic warehouse
One or two belts-staircases link several storage levels. Each storage level has linear storage belts accessed through a level belt. At the intake to levels and storage belts there are divertors to...
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6703574 |
Process for sorting distribution sequences
The invention relates to a process for sorting distribution sequences on a despatch sorting machine, in which each despatch is arranged in a distribution sequence according to its read and...
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6694217 |
Automated system for efficient article storage and self-service retrieval
An automated system of storage locker bins to efficiently provide the storage and self-service retrieval of articles. The articles can be packages and the automated system of storage locker bins...
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6671580 |
Outer route for robots in a horizontal storage library
A system for directing robot movement in a storage library is provided, the library comprising at least one horizontal array of storage cells and at least one robot that moves along the horizontal...
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6671574 |
Position detecting apparatus and library apparatus
A position detecting apparatus and a library apparatus that have a flag and a sensor for detecting the flag can shorten time required to perform a position detecting process. The position detecting...
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6625703 |
Verifying primary and backup copies of vital information for a processing system employing a pseudo-fixed reference identifier
Verification of a primary or backup copy of vital information of a processing system employs a pseudo-fixed reference identifier, defined as an identifier unlikely to change over the life of the...
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6604018 |
Computer-controlled cremation repository and associated methodology
A cremation repository stores a multiplicity of containers holding cremated remains of respective individual organisms. In response to a request from a living human patron, the request...
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6600967 |
Automated physical disk storage and management
A data storage system for remote access to stored data. The innovative system uses a storage library to contain magnetic hard disks and automatically replaces the hard disks upon failure, without...
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6600418 |
Object tracking and management system and method using radio-frequency identification tags
An object tracking and management system and method using radio-frequency identification (“RFID”) tags is disclosed. Objects to be moved between locations are outfitted with RFID tags having...
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6594551 |
Robot for expressing moods
A robot which incorporates a body, arms with a hand grip, legs, several sensors, light elements, an audio system, and a video system. The sensors allows the robot to interact with objects in the...
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6584371 |
Method and apparatus for process control of semiconductor device fabrication line
A lot-base management host computer performs management of wafers with a lot as a unit by managing a process condition for each lot, a correspondence between a carrier ID and a lot ID, and a...
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6560508 |
Standard parts metering system
A system and method for collecting, inventorying, stocking and performing metered delivery of standard parts to an assembly operation. Standard parts are collected from multiple suppliers in an...
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6539360 |
Special handling processing in a package transportation system
The application discloses a method and system for processing packages designated for special handling and notifying an appropriate party as to whether special handling has been applied to these...
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6529793 |
Method of sorting a group of integrated circuit devices for those devices requiring special testing
A method for sorting integrated circuit (IC) devices of the type having a fuse identification (ID) into those devices requiring enhanced reliability testing and those requiring standard testing...
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6519503 |
Collation system and method
A system for collating cheques (or other sheets bearing an account number), feeds cheques in a batch of cheques. The system reads the account number of each cheque in the batch and counts the...
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6512963 |
Library system having empty cartridge storage cell coded label stripe
In a mass storage library, a module storage array includes a back plate having apertures patterned to form a cartridge storage together with cell blocks that mate with the openings in the back...
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6505098 |
Robot system, robot device, and its cover
Firstly, a authenticating pattern is disposed on a cover and an authenticating device is disposed in a robot apparatus for authenticating the cover on the basis of the authenticating pattern of the...
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6502005 |
Elapsed time clock for part call tag-based replenishment system
An elapsed time clock is incorporated into a part call tag for requesting replenishment of components used by workstations of a manufacturing facility. One or more transmission readers spatially...
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6466836 |
Method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a human readable representation of options differentiating products or services
A method and apparatus for generating a unique and reversible human readable number is disclosed. The human readable number is comprised of human readable symbols for representing a specific...
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6427091 |
System and method for associating a certificate of authenticity with a specific computer
A method and system for managing unique COA labels in a build-to-order computer manufacturing environment. In one embodiment, a bar code located on OS back-up media identifies unique COA...
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6415201 |
Process and system for management of batches of components of the haematopoietic system for deferred use
Process for management of batches of haematopoietic-system components belonging to human subjects from whom these batches have been collected for deferred use. Each batch of haematopoietic-system...
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6356802 |
Method and apparatus for locating cargo containers
A method and apparatus for locating containers in a container storage area and identifying the containers by means of their ID tags and identifying the address of the repository location of the...
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6332098 |
Methods for shipping freight
A method for staging and shipping articles of freight at a transfer facility by which a radio frequency tag capable of receiving and storing transactional data is placed on each of a plurality of...
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6327519 |
Method and system for transferring energy between robotic mechanisms in an automated storage library
A storage library includes a first robotic mechanism having an energy coupler and a second robotic mechanism having an energy coupler. The storage library further includes tracks disposed adjacent...
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6323804 |
Method and apparatus for GPS time determination
A system for rapidly acquiring a time reference for the location determination of a wireless communication device. The system includes a wireless communication device (200), a GPS satellite (202)...
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6321138 |
Storage and retrieval system with automated order make up
A basket storage and retrieval apparatus and method has spaced parallel rows of storage racks with multiple horizontal tiers having aisles between the storage racks. Guides are connected to the...
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