An apparatus for controlling movement of a motorised transport unit (MTU) 102 within a shopping facility 101 comprises a location controller 602 separate from the MTU, which comprises a transceiver 112 configured to receive a unique identifier detected by the MTU 102. The location controller also receives additional sensor information from the MTU 102. Based upon the identifier and the additional sensor information, the location controller determines a location of the MTU 102 relative to a mapping of the shopping facility 101. The location controller 602 may determine a destination within the shopping facility 101 and issue movement commands to the transport unit 102. The MTU may read further machine readable codes (such as barcodes or RFID tags) to aid location determination. The MTU 102 may detect multiple emitter identifiers simultaneously. The emitters may comprise radio, audio or light beacons.


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    Titel :

    Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods


    Beteiligte:
    DONALD R HIGH (Autor:in) / MICHAEL D ATCHLEY (Autor:in) / SHUVRO CHAK-ROBARTTY (Autor:in) / KARL KAY (Autor:in) / BRIAN GERARD MCHALE (Autor:in) / ROBERT TAYLOR (Autor:in) / JOHN P THOMPSON (Autor:in) / ERIC E WELCH (Autor:in) / DAVID C WINKLE (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2019-12-11


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / A47F Spezialmöbel, Einrichtungen oder Zubehör für Ladengeschäfte, Lagerräume, Bars, Restaurants oder dgl. , SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS, OR THE LIKE / B62B Von Hand bewegte Fahrzeuge, z.B. Handkarren oder Kinderwagen , HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS / G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung



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