US Patent Issued to Dematic on Aug. 12 for "Touchless confirmation for pick and put system and method" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,169, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Dematic Corp. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Touchless confirmation for pick and put system and method" was invented by Daniel J. Nowicki (Belmont, Mich.) and Stephen E. Hoffman (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A confirmation system including a touchless sensor and method for confirming that an order fulfilment operation has been performed. The system includes at least one touchless sensor to sense or recognize a gesture given by an operator, wherein the gesture confirms that a desired operation has been performed. The touchless sensor is connected to a workflow control system confi...