Inventory management system with position determination of storage goods and associated storage regions

US12039488B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Würth International AG · CH

Inventors

• Adrien Marquette · Schwäbisch Hall, DE
• Wolfgang Hohl · Ohrenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2019
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2024
• Expiry date: Apr 22, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/80
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Inventory management system, having a plurality of storage regions, which are to be loaded with storage goods, a plurality of storage goods, which are arranged at the storage regions, a plurality storage region identification devices, of which each one is located at an associated one of the storage regions, a plurality of storage goods identification devices, of which each one is located at an associated one of the storage goods, and a determination device, which is, by recognizing the storage region identification devices and the storage goods identification devices and by recognizing positions of the storage region identification devices and the storage goods identification devices, configured for determining a data record, which is indicative for each one of the storage goods and for each of the storage regions as to which storage good is located at which storage region at which position.