User-configurable guidance system of an order-picking warehouse and method for configuring the order-picking warehouse
US8626334B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/137
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for manually configuring an order-picking warehouse by using a guidance system comprises equipping at least some of the storage locations with respective storage-location displays; connecting the associated storage-location displays to a master computer via a controller, and allocating to each controller a dedicated controller address; and configuring the order-picking warehouse by assigning respectively dedicated storage-location addresses to the equipped storage locations. All of the displays, which have not yet been assigned a dedicated storage-location address, are visually activated. At least one visually activated display is selected, thereby selecting the associated storage location and causing visual deactivation of the selected storage-location display. Each of the selected storage locations is assigned one dedicated storage-location address. The steps are repeated until all of the associated storage locations have been assigned a dedicated storage-location address, or until the user no longer wishes to assign dedicated storage-location addresses.
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