US 12,351,392 B2
Article management system, logistics system, server device, and article management method
Grzegorz Szyszkowski, Pomeranian (PL); Lukasz Dawid Drewnowski, Lesser Poland (PL); Yosuke Maeno, Tokyo (JP); and Jumpei Shimizu, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to ROMS Inc, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/597,579
Filed by ROMS Inc, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/026933
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/010298, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-130474 (JP), filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234831 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1375 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article management system comprising:
an automated storage and retrieval system configured to store a plurality of containers, each container containing one or more articles, and take out, to a picking area adjacent to a pick-up area, a container containing at least one article to be picked up at the pick-up area, among the plurality of containers;
a control apparatus configured to control or support picking, at the picking area, the at least one article out of the container taken out by the automated storage and retrieval system;
a conveyor configured to transport, to the pick-up area, the at least one article picked by the picking; and
a storage configured to temporarily store the at least one article picked by the picking,
wherein the conveyor has a first lane configured to transport, to the pick-up area, the at least one article picked by the picking in a case in which the at least one article is not temporarily stored in the storage, and a second lane configured to transport, to the pick-up area, the at least one article picked by the picking in a case in which the at least one article is temporarily stored in the storage.