US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Sept. 22 for "Method and system for detecting position of a vehicle relative to tracks the vehicle is running on" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,084, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Method and system for detecting position of a vehicle relative to tracks the vehicle is running on" was invented by Ingvar Hognaland (Nedre Vats, Norway), Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway) and Jorgen Djuve Heggebo (Olen, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle for an automated storage and retrieval system is configured to follow a route relative to tracks of the automated storage and retrieval system. The route includes one or more track crossings. The vehicle includes a first set of wheels capable of moving the vehicle in a first direct...