US Patent Issued to Murata Machinery on July 7 for "Automated warehouse, automated warehouse control method, program, and automated warehouse system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,821, issued on July 7, was assigned to Murata Machinery Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Automated warehouse, automated warehouse control method, program, and automated warehouse system" was invented by Taisuke Nako (Inuyama, Japan) and Hiroki Morisaki (Bungotakada, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated warehouse includes shelves, a carrier, an elevator, and a controller. The shelves include a first shelf storing a first article and a second shelf which is larger than the first shelf and stores the first article and the second article. The carrier is provided at each shelf and transfers articles. The elevator moves articles up or dow...