MUMBAI, India, July 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202644005041 A) filed by Daifuku Co. , Ltd. on January 19, 2026, for Article Shipment System.
Inventors include Saga Jun; Yoshida Masaru; Takai Ryousuke -; Oda Ryohei; Ueda Tomoaki; Taniguchi Seiki; Katayama Yuji; Sato Nobuhiko; Ukisu Kenichi; and Imura Kyosuke.
The application for the patent was published on July 24, 2026, under issue no. 30/2026.
Abstract: An article shipment system (100) includes an automated warehouse (1), a picking area (2), a consolidation area (4), and a control system (5). The control system (5) alternately provides, to the automated warehouse (1), a transfer command to transfer a target mount with a higher picking workload from the automated warehouse (1) and a transfer command to transfer a target mount with a lower picking workload from the automated warehouse (1) to transport multiple first mounts to the picking area (2). The target mount is a first mount, among the first mounts, loaded with articles of a specified type included in a target article-specific order information group. The target article-specific order information group is a group of pieces of article-specific order information included in part of multiple pieces of order information among pieces of article-specific order information included in the multiple pieces of order information. [Figure 1]
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