ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,681, issued on May 26, was assigned to DAIFUKU Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Sorting system and sorting method" was invented by Semma Sakaida (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To enable an operator to recognize arrival of a sorting target article, even while the operator is away from an operation area. A first control section (12) of a control device (1) determines a sorting destination on the basis of identification information that has been read by a reading device (3), and causes a first wireless communication section (11) to transmit information on reception of an article to a mobile terminal (2) that is associated with the determ...