Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Mechanized store
Reexamination Certificate
2002-08-23
2003-04-22
Lee, Michael G. (Department: 2876)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Mechanized store
C235S385000, C235S470000, C235S472020, C705S028000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06550674
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Applicant(s) hereby incorporate herein by reference, any and all U. S. patents, U.S. patent applications, and other documents and printed matter cited or referred to in this application.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to inventory systems and more particularly to such a system capable of locating items of inventory in a three-space environment.
2. Description of Related Art
The following art defines the present state of this field:
Barritz et al., U.S. 20020008621 describes a system and method, which allows the identity of assets and their physical locations to be mapped and associated with one another. The invention includes a locator tool which receives an input which allows the tool to determine its own spatial location and thereby the spatial locations of various objects such as furniture, computer equipment, and structural components such as doors, windows to be identified and located and thereafter mapped in the form of architectural layout, diagrams, and the like. The invention is also an inventory system as well as a verification system that allows objects or assets to be inventoried, tracked, or verified against purchasing lists or the like.
Stanis et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,135,241 describes a data handling system for a hospital or like establishment. The system keeps track of bed allocation, changes in inventory, and charges to patients, and also serves as a communication network for the hospital. Data is fed into the system in the form of pre-punched cards bearing patient information, inventory data, and commands or messages, and thus unskilled personnel can quickly feed data into the system without error. Message data is routed directly to teleprinters at addressed locations. Bed allocation and patient data, and charge and inventory data are respectively stored in separate magnetic drum storage areas. Searching facilities are provided which can locate desired data entries in either storage area and mark these entries for printout, and separate printout circuitry then transfers marked data items to the proper addresses in the proper format. At the end of each day, a final search is performed which produces a printout of all charges organized by patient number. A tally inventory search is also performed which produces a printout of inventory changes organized by item number and by department number. The tally search is cumulative, and a tally arithmetic unit summarizes inventory data for each separate item before printout. A running record is kept of each day's total charges, credits, and payments on account in a central core memory, and this record is continually updated by a central arithmetic unit.
Guthrie, U.S. Pat. No. 5,565,858 describes a device, which locates a container from a group of containers utilizing an electronic tag; the electronic tag is capable of being positioned in close proximity to one of the containers. The electronic tag includes at least one long-range transceiver portion and at least one short-range transceiver portion. Each long-range transceiver portion is capable of communicating with either a short-range transceiver portion associated with another electronic tag, or an interrogator unit. Each short-range transceiver portion is capable of communicating with a long-range transceiver portion of another electronic tag. The device assists in locating a container, relative to other containers, when the containers are stored in a stacked or nested configuration. A global positioning system (GPS) can be utilized to locate the position of the containers on the Earth's surface.
Bunte et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,873,070 describes an improved data collection system utilizing at least partially integrated data collection and gathering devices and related peripherals. The system includes an at least partially wearable data collection terminal, associated peripherals, and a communication system. The data collection system may utilize a wearable data collection terminal having a computer processor, associated memory, inputs, and outputs. Associated peripheral devices may include voice inputs and outputs; an optically readable information set reader, a keyboard and/or touch-panel, intelligent-body-conforming battery packs, mass storage devices, user position and next task location device, a display, a printer, and a data communication system for both local area and wide area communication.
Woolley, U.S. U.S. Pat. No. 5,959,568 describes an object in a storage area or moving vehicle that is monitored by attaching an electronic tag to the object. An electronic device detects the presence of the object by communicating with the tag while the object is in storage or is being moved by the vehicle. The tags may also determine the location of an attached object and may reroute the object if it deviates from a given shipping schedule. A group of objects is monitored by two electronic tags, each attached to an object in the group. Each tag has circuitry for communicating information relating to an object in the group to a second tag. Each tag also includes a memory connected to the circuitry that is capable of storing the information, and a controller connected to the memory and the circuitry. A distance is measured by transmitting multiple symbols from one object to another object, having the symbols returned such that the symbols' measured round-trip times are not all identical, and calculating the distance using the measured round-trip times.
Amon et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,960,413 describes a scanning radar unit or a phased array scanning radar unit, for the purposes of additionally obtaining unit interior topological information. Such interior information is required to determine an accurate tally count in the case where two or three boards such as, have been longitudinally aligned to span the entire board row of a given coarse (a technique referred to as “nesting”). In the case of scanning radar unit, this additional interior topology information is gathered by emitting a focused pulsed incident scanning energy beam, which is of an energy chosen to be transmissive to paper wrap materials which might be covering unit and to the lumber of unit itself. As beam transmits through “nested” boards such as it will encounter a board row break such as where the two boards are abutted. Either board end, which defines this break, will have been previously demarcated during unit construction by a reflective material. This reflective marking will cause the incident beam to reflect back towards scanning radar unit as reflective beam. The reflective information obtained by unit is input to the unit interior topological processor which then determines the three dimensional locations of all board row breaks within lumber unit which is communicated to computer. Computer then combines this interior end surface information with the exterior information to provide a precise tally count of unit.
O'Callaghan et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,311,892 describes Apparatus for automatically acquiring and verifying, relative to pre-established rules, information affixed to relatively flat articles transported along a transport path comprises weighing means for measuring weight of articles being processed, image acquisition means for acquiring a representation of indicia appearing on an article, processing means for recognition of the indicia appearing on an article, and processing means for verifying acquired data against the pre-established rules.
Salvo et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,341,271 describes an inventory management system that automatically monitors inventory amounts, provides information concerning inventory, and decides if an order for replacement inventory should be placed. The system includes a storage for inventory, an indicator for monitoring and reporting the level of current inventory, and a controller for receiving information from different inventory suppliers and for integrating such information with information on current inventory amounts and estimated future use to decide if an order
Fureman Jared J.
Gene Scott-Patent Law & Venture Group
Lee Michael G.
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