Patent ID: 8897913

Claim:
An automatic stacked storage system for parking or storage, the system comprising: (a) a plurality of stationary docking cells positioned one next to another continuously in a lateral direction and a direction orthogonal thereto on a floor of a building or framed structure; each docking cell comprising a cell ID representing an address thereof in said building or framed structure; wherein each docking cell comprises: at least one ground driving device affixed on a bottom of the docking cell for driving a carriage engaged thereon in different directions of the docking cell horizontally; a docking cell control and interface unit (CIU) comprising at least one microprocessor and one or more operating programs for controlling an operation of said ground driving device; and, one or more carriage position and ID sensors in communication with said CIU; (b) a plurality of said carriages, wherein said carriages are driven by the ground driving devices affixed in the docking cells to move across the plurality of docking cells; wherein each carriage comprises: a planar platform comprising an engagement structure in mating relationship with the ground driving device of each docking cell on a bottom side of the planar platform; and a carriage identification and at least one position tag on each carriage detectable by said one or more carriage position and ID sensors in the docking cells; and (c) a central management system communicating with and controlling operation of said CIU of each docking cell.