US 12,280,951 B2
Warehouse management system, order picking and warehouse system and order picking method with eyecatching transmitters whose colors are changeable in an automatic manner
Emmanuel Harder, St. Leon-Rot (DE)
Assigned to KARDEX PRODUKTION DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Neuburg/Kammel (DE)
Appl. No. 17/430,336
Filed by Kardex Produktion Deutschland GmbH, Neuburg/Kammel (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/053784
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/165358, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 202 096.8 (DE), filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144545 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC B65G 1/1373 (2013.01) [H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); B65G 2203/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Warehouse management system for controlling order picking comprising:
at least one order picking trolley for storing items of a set of picking orders;
at least one storage unit with storage areas for storing the items;
at least one access station for providing access to the items; and
an information transmitter having a display area, the information transmitter configured to be worn on a body of an order picker,
wherein the at least one order picking trolley and the at least one access station include remotely switchable eye-catching transmitters configured to display a plurality colors; and
wherein the warehouse management system is configured to:
automatically detect whether at least one item of the items of the set of picking orders in the at least one access station is in an accessible position for the order picker;
automatically switch a color of a first eye-catching transmitter of the remotely switchable eye-catching transmitters to a color of a second eye-catching transmitter of the remotely switchable eye-catching transmitters in response to detecting that the at least one item is in the accessible position within a predetermined time; and
automatically set the display area of the information transmitter and a display area of an eye-catching transmitter of the at least one order picking trolley to a same color based on assignment of the at least one order picking trolley to the order picker.