US 12,264,011 B2
Automated warehouse improvements
Elliott Gerard Wolf, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Eckman, San Francisco, CA (US); and Brian Gutschow, Blair, NE (US)
Assigned to Lineage Logistics, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Lineage Logistics, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/731,461.
Application 18/731,461 is a continuation of application No. 18/308,730, filed on Apr. 28, 2023, granted, now 12,037,191.
Application 18/308,730 is a continuation of application No. 17/080,645, filed on Oct. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,807,455, issued on Nov. 7, 2023.
Application 17/080,645 is a continuation of application No. 16/354,647, filed on Mar. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,815,058, issued on Oct. 27, 2020.
Application 16/354,647 is a continuation of application No. 15/947,073, filed on Apr. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,259,648, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/482,609, filed on Apr. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0317495 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2024.01); F25D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/0485 (2013.01) [B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0233 (2013.01); F25D 13/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated-conveying system for moving and registering storage items in a facility, the automated-conveying system comprising:
multiple inbound conveyor lanes to each receive, within a docking area of the facility, storage items that are destined for a storage area of the facility;
multiple outbound conveyor lanes to each provide, within the docking area of the facility, storage items received from the storage area of the facility; and
a storage item profiling station associated with at least a portion of the multiple inbound conveyor lanes, wherein the storage item profiling station is configured to register item information for the storage items that are routed to and from the storage area of the facility by the multiple inbound conveyor lanes and the multiple outbound conveyor lanes.
 
16. A system for moving items in a facility, the system comprising:
multiple inbound conveyor lanes to each receive items to be routed to respective storage locations in the facility; and
a plurality of storage item profiling stations, wherein each of the plurality of storage item profiling stations is associated with a portion of the multiple inbound conveyor lanes and configured to register item information for the items.