PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16122969
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["700", "218000"]

Abstract:
The present invention concerns an automated storage system and remotely operated vehicle or robot for picking up storage bins from a storage system. The inventive vehicle or robot comprises a vehicle body, which vehicle body further comprises a first section for storing vehicle driving means and a second section for receiving any storage bin stored in a storage column within the storage system, a vehicle lifting device which is at least indirectly connected to the vehicle body in order to lift the storage bin into the second section, a first set of vehicle rolling means connected to the vehicle body in order to allow movement of the vehicle along a first direction (X) within the storage system during use and a second set of vehicle rolling means connected to the vehicle body in order to allow movement of the vehicle along a second direction (Y) in the storage system during use. The second direction (Y) is oriented perpendicular to the first direction (X). The inventive vehicle is characterized in that the second section comprises a cavity arranged centrally within the vehicle body. This cavity has at least one bin receiving opening facing towards the underlying storage columns during use. In addition, at least one of the two sets of vehicle rolling means is arranged fully within the vehicle body.

Claim (Index 1):
An automated storage system, comprising\n a. a three-dimensional storage structure, comprising\n i. a plurality of pillars which are positioned with internal distances and in a rectangular arrangement, wherein the rectangular arrangement of the pillars define storage columns for the storage of a plurality of vertically-stacked storage bins, \n ii. supporting rails arranged in a two-dimensional matrix on top of the pillars, said supporting rails defining rolling tracks arranged in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the supporting rails further defining openings for the storage columns, \n b. a plurality of remotely controlled robot vehicles movable along the support rails, said robot vehicles comprising\n i. a vehicle body, \n ii. a cavity arranged internally within the vehicle body arranged to receive a storage bin from a storage column, \n iii. a plurality of wheels attached to the vehicle body, arranged for traveling along the rolling tracks in the first and second directions, \n iv. a lifting device arranged to lift a storage bin into the cavity, whereby the robot vehicle can move along the top of the storage structure to positions immediately above a storage column and lift bins into the centrally-arranged cavity for further transport along the top of the storage structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.78824
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15632441', '15818791', '15197391', '14650757', '15411301']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4549054042655728
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5680589606302172
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4662207599020373
- Mean Citation Score: 414.24743
- Max Citation Score: 447.76895
- Similarity Product: 445.91141468835775

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

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