ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,655, issued on July 14, was assigned to Rapyuta Robotics Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Control system and control method for automated warehouse system" was invented by Gajamohan Mohanarajah (Tokyo), Arudchelvan Krishnamoorthy (Tokyo) and Seiji Shigaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for an automated warehouse system (1) includes a controller (51) controlling the automated warehouse system (1), the automated warehouse system (1) including: a rack (10) for arranging at least one storing bin (20) for storing at least one item (23); a plurality of picking stations (40) for picking the item (23) from one or more of the storin...