US 11,718,472 B2
Automated guided vehicle designed for warehouse
Jui-chun Cheng, Shenzhen (CN); Shengdong Xu, Shenzhen (CN); and Yuqi Chen, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 16/476,126
Filed by HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 7, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/104652
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 5, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/095803, PCT Pub. Date May 23, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201711135812.7 (CN), filed on Nov. 14, 2017; and application No. 201711141498.3 (CN), filed on Nov. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0352092 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01); B66F 9/14 (2006.01); B66F 9/12 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)
CPC B65G 1/0435 (2013.01) [B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B65G 1/1375 (2013.01); B66F 9/063 (2013.01); B66F 9/075 (2013.01); B66F 9/122 (2013.01); B66F 9/141 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/104 (2013.01); B25J 9/1638 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 15/0014 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/137 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0216 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated guided vehicle (AGV) designed for storing or retrieving inventory items, said AGV comprising:
a drive unit configured to drive the AGV to travel between two warehouse shelves;
a multi-level frame installed on the drive unit and comprising a lifting device and one or more plates configured to hold one or more inventory items;
a material handling device, said material handling device comprising:
a tray configured to hold an inventory item of the one or more inventory items;
a lateral device configured to rotate the tray to the right side or the left side so that the tray is towards one of the two warehouse shelves; and
a retractable device configured to extend or retract;
a support frame, a camera set, a primary lighting device and two secondary lighting devices,
wherein the camera set and to primary lighting device are installed at the front of the material handling device, and the two secondary lighting devices are installed at the support frame and located on either side of the camera respectively,
wherein the retractable device comprises two arms installed on opposite sides of the tray, the two arms being extendable or retractable relative to the tray, and the two arms being configured to move the tray along a lateral direction to reach either one of the two warehouse shelves;
wherein the lifting device is configured to move the material handling device in a vertical direction; and
wherein the AGV is configured to transport the one or more inventory items.