US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Oct. 6 for "Smart shelf logistics" (Canadian, American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,238, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Smart shelf logistics" was invented by Jason Bonafide (Winter Garden, Fla.), Eric L. Caron (Ottawa) and Vinicius Michel Gottin (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Smart shelf logistics is disclosed. A shelf (or rack) in a warehouse environment may be equipped with a compute device and a radio transmitter. The shelf can detect or determine attributes such as center of gravity, capacity and open spots. This may be determined using information about pallets that is available for consumption. As new pallets enter the environment, shelves can b...