US Patent Issued to Murata Machinery on Aug. 26 for "Automated warehouse system, and control method for automated warehouse system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,990, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Murata Machinery Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Automated warehouse system, and control method for automated warehouse system" was invented by Taisuke Nako (Inuyama, Japan), Tsuyoshi Kakinuki (Inuyama, Japan) and Takahiro Sakai (Inuyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated warehouse system includes automated warehouses, work stations, a travel route, automated guided vehicles, and a controller. The travel route is accessible to the automated warehouses and the work stations. The automated guided vehicles travel along the travel route. The controller determines an area including at least a ...