Patent ID: 11897702
Assignee: MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A system for transferring a parcel, comprising:
a self-driving vehicle configured to transport the parcel in a first direction of travel and offload the parcel in a second direction of travel;
a conveyor configured to receive the parcel as the parcel is offloaded from the self-driving vehicle; and
a vision and control subsystem operably connected to the self-driving vehicle and the conveyor, including
one or more sensors for acquiring data from the conveyor, and
a controller including a processor for executing instructions stored in a memory component to (i) receive and analyze data from the one or more sensors to identify a target zone of the conveyor and to identify the position of the self-driving vehicle relative to the target zone, (ii) communicate instructions to the self-driving vehicle which cause the self-driving vehicle to move toward the target zone based on the identified position of the self-driving vehicle relative to the target zone, and (iii) communicate instructions to the self-driving vehicle which cause the self-driving vehicle to offload the parcel in the second direction of travel to the target zone.