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

Claim 0:
1. A system for transferring a parcel, comprising:
a conveyor configured to transport the parcel in a first direction of travel and offload the parcel in a second direction of travel;
a self-driving vehicle configured to travel alongside the conveyor and receive the parcel as the parcel is offloaded from the conveyor; and
a vision and control subsystem operably connected to the conveyor and the self-driving vehicle, including
one or more sensors for acquiring data corresponding to the positioning of the parcel on the conveyor, and
a controller including a processor for executing instructions stored in a memory component to (i) receive and analyze data received from the one or more sensors and from the self-driving vehicle to identify the position of the self-driving vehicle relative to the parcel, (ii) communicate instructions to the self-driving vehicle which cause the self-driving vehicle to move toward the parcel based on the identified position of the self-driving vehicle relative to the parcel, and (iii) communicate instructions to the conveyor which cause the conveyor to offload the parcel in the second direction of travel.