US 12,106,621 B2
Methods and apparatus to monitor and manage loading docks and facility operations
James C. Boerger, Franksville, WI (US); John Jeffers, Franklin, WI (US); Richard Mews, Bonduel, WI (US); Adam White, River Hills, WI (US); Kyle Wurster, Richfield, WI (US); Viswa Teja Yerramsetty, Mountain View, CA (US); Kenneth C. Bowman, Cedarburg, WI (US); and Brian J. Peschel, Saukville, WI (US)
Assigned to RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Appl. No. 16/979,416
Filed by RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION, Milwaukee, WI (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/021514
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/173811, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/701,381, filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/641,078, filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0082220 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); B65G 67/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G07C 9/10 (2020.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 9/10 (2020.01) [B65G 67/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06F 9/541 (2013.01)] 52 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to monitor operations at a material handling facility, the apparatus comprising:
a data analyzer to:
monitor first data indicating whether a truck trailer is present at a dock of the material handling facility; and
monitor second data indicating a condition associated with equipment at the dock, the second data being different than the first data; and
a notification generator to generate a notification based on the first data and the second data.