PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15967359
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["700", "228000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided herein for operating a conveyance system (e.g., a conveyor belt, tilt plane, robotic arm) of a mobile drive unit (MDU) independent of the MDU's navigation system. The MDU may be configured to obtain, convey, and deliver items within the workspace. Navigation information related to navigating the MDU within a workspace may be obtained. Operations of a navigational system of the MDU may be performed to move the MDU to various locations within the workspace in accordance with the navigation information. Conveyance information related to physically obtaining and/or delivering an item within the workspace may be obtained by the MDU (e.g., via conveyance-related fiducial markers and/or sensors of the MDU). At least one operation of a conveyance system of the MDU may be executed which may cause the item to be physically relocated based at least in part on the conveyance information.

Claim (Index 1):
A system, comprising:\n a management module configured to control navigation of a mobile drive unit (MDU) within a workspace; and an MDU configured for item conveyance within the workspace, the mobile drive unit comprising:\n a processor; \n a sensor mounted to the MDU; \n a conveyance system configured to receive and deliver an item within the workspace; and \n a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by the processor, configure the MDU to:\n receive, via the conveyance system, an item to be delivered to a delivery location within the workspace; \n obtain, utilizing the sensor, location information related to navigating within the workspace, the location information being obtained utilizing a first fiducial marker within the workspace; \n navigate, utilizing the management module, the MDU to the delivery location within the workspace according to the location information obtained utilizing the first fiducial marker; \n obtain, utilizing the sensor, conveyance information related to delivering the item, the conveyance information being obtained utilizing a second fiducial marker, the second fiducial marker being different from the first fiducial marker; and \n execute at least one operation of the conveyance system to deliver the item to the delivery location, the at least one operation of the conveyance system being executed based at least in part on the conveyance information obtained utilizing the second fiducial marker, and wherein the at least one operation of the conveyance system is executed independent of navigation of the MDU.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 42.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03704
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15279264', '15159917', '15087704', '14869566', '15727374']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3420892223161605
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4843089978097723
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3563111998655217
- Mean Citation Score: 153.987782
- Max Citation Score: 192.65
- Similarity Product: 136.95914680361747

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test