ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,099, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to DEXORY Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Warehouse management system and a method of operating such a system" was invented by Andrei Danescu (London) and Adrian Negoita (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A warehouse management system and a method of using such a system are disclosed. A data gathering apparatus including lidar and visual image capture devices is attached to a vehicle such as a forklift. The data gathering apparatus gathers lidar and visual image data as it moves around a warehouse with storage locations such as shelves. The lidar and visual image data are processed to produce processed...