STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM CASE UNIT DETECTION

摘要

An automated storage and retrieval system including a storage structure with storage racks having a seating surface configured to support case units where a position of each case unit is non-deterministic for each storage location on the storage racks, each case unit has a predetermined storage position and a controller is configured to determine the predetermined storage position, a picking aisle configured to provide access to the case units within the storage structure, and a seismic disturbance restorative system including seismic disturbance motions sensors disposed on the storage racks, a seismic disturbance control module in communication with the seismic disturbance sensors and configured to identify a seismic disturbance, and an automated case mapper configured to traverse the picking aisle, the automated case mapper being in communication with and initialized by the seismic disturbance control module to identify a seated position of at least one case unit within the storage structure.

主权项

1. A warehouse automated storage and retrieval system for transport and storage of cases of wares in a ware case storage room, the warehouse automated storage and retrieval system comprising:
a storage structure with an array of storage locations distributed on at least one storage shelf having a seating surface configured to support ware case units where a position of each ware case unit is non-deterministic for each storage location on the at least one storage shelf; a controller, where each case unit has a predetermined storage position in which the ware case unit is seated on the at least one storage shelf and the controller is configured to determine the predetermined storage position; and a disturbance restorative system including
at least one disturbance detection sensor disposed on the at least one storage shelf,a disturbance control module in communication with the at least one disturbance detection sensor and configured to identify a disturbance, andwherein the disturbance restorative system is configured so that the disturbance restorative system initializes a case mapper of the disturbance restorative system in response to the disturbance control module, wherein an automated guided vehicle within the storage structure traverses the storage structure relative to the at least one storage shelf to identify a seated position of at least one ware case unit within the storage structure.