Methods and systems for operating a material handling system
US10204247B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/50358
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A material handling system comprising one or more sub-systems and one or more sensing panels is provided. Each sensing panel may determine whether a mode control token is within a vicinity of the respective sensing panel. When the mode control token is within the vicinity of the respective sensing panel, the sensing panel may generate a signal, and when the mode is outside of the vicinity of the respective sensing panel, the generation of the signal is halted. The material handling system may further include a processor that enables at least one of the one or more sub-systems of the material handling system in response to the generated signal and disables each of the one or more sub-systems of the material handling system in response to a halting of the generation of the signal.
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