ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,050, issued on March 17, was assigned to Dematic Corp. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Omnichannel sortation system" was invented by Arturo Hinojosa (Austin, Texas) and Ozge C. Ersoy (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An omnichannel order fulfilment and sortation system and method for operating same are provided for optimizing order fulfilment processes within an order fulfilment facility. The system includes multiple automated storage and retrieval systems or units, including aisle-based systems, grid-based systems, and full case handling systems. A continuous loop sorter is positioned centrally relative to the storage units to ...