Patents by Inventor Jui-chun Cheng
Jui-chun Cheng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240043207Abstract: A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Jui-Chun CHENG, Shengdong XU, Yuqi CHEN
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Publication number: 20230348249Abstract: This application provides a fork collision processing method and apparatus, a robot, a device, a medium, and a product. The method includes: determining a collision type when it is detected that a fork of a robot encounters a collision; determining a fork collision processing strategy according to the collision type; and processing the fork collision according to the fork collision processing strategy. In this application, when it is detected that the fork of the robot encounters a collision, the collision type of the fork collision is first determined, then the fork collision processing strategy is determined according to the determined collision type, and finally the fork collision event is processed according to the determined fork collision processing strategy.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Huixiang LI, Jui-chun CHENG, Jiawei HE
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Patent number: 11794995Abstract: A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jui-chun Cheng, Shengdong Xu, Yuqi Chen
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Patent number: 11794996Abstract: A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jui-chun Cheng, Shengdong Xu, Yuqi Chen
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Publication number: 20230286750Abstract: Provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure are a method and device for storing goods, a robot, a warehousing system and a storage medium. The method for storing goods includes: moving to a target position according to a storage instruction for goods to be stored; detecting a storage space corresponding to the storage instruction, where the storage space for the goods to be stored is determined according to size information of the goods to be stored and a dynamic goods storage space on a rack corresponding to the goods to be stored; determining, according to the detection result, whether the storage space corresponding to the storage instruction includes continuous vacant spaces of preset size; and storing the goods to be stored in the vacant spaces of the preset size of the storage space in response to determining that the storage space corresponding to the storage instruction includes the continuous vacant spaces of the preset size.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Huixiang LI, Jui-chun CHENG
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Publication number: 20230286751Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and device for taking out and placing goods, a warehousing robot and a warehousing system. For the warehousing system based on a dynamic storage location storage mechanism, the method includes: moving, according to an operation instruction for target goods, to a target position, where the target position is a position corresponding to a dynamic goods storage space for the target goods; acquiring first state information and second state information, and determining, according to the first state information and the second state information, available spacing between the target goods and adjacent objects, where first state information is used for representing a spatial position feature of the target goods and the second state information is used for representing spatial position features of the adjacent objects; and taking out or storing, according to the available spacing, the target goods.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Ying ZHAO, Jui-chun CHENG
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Publication number: 20230286752Abstract: A goods storage method and apparatus, a robot, a warehousing system, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: moving to a position corresponding to a first target region according to a storage instruction of goods to be stored, where the first target region is a storage region corresponding to the goods to be stored, and the first target region is determined according to size information of the goods to be stored and a dynamic goods storage space on a rack corresponding to the goods to be stored; moving toward a direction of an unoccupied region in the first target region, in a case that the first target region is occupied; and placing the goods to be stored in a second target region, where the second target region is a corresponding storage region after the robot moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Han LIN, Jui-chun CHENG
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Patent number: 11718472Abstract: An Automated Guided Robot (AGV) system designed for carrying, storing and retrieving inventory items to and from storage shelves. The AGV (100) can move between warehouse shelves and reach to the inside of a shelf without turning. The AGV (100) is equipped with a material handling device (130). The material handling device (130) comprises a lateral device that is configured to move in a lateral direction either to the right side or to the left side. The movement of the lateral device can be either rotational or translational. The material handling device (130) further comprises a retractable device that retracts or extends in a direction perpendicular to the lateral direction. The retractable device allows the material handling device (130) to extend into the storage shelf to fetch or place an inventory item.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jui-chun Cheng, Shengdong Xu, Yuqi Chen
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Patent number: 11655099Abstract: A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jui-chun Cheng, Shengdong Xu, Yuqi Chen
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Publication number: 20230121672Abstract: An intelligent warehousing system, a material fetching and placing method and a processing terminal thereof, where the intelligent warehousing system includes a first warehousing robot and a second warehousing robot, the first warehousing robot is configured to receive a first scheduling instruction, move to a fixed shelf to fetch and place a material box according to the first scheduling instruction, and handle the material box to a first target position; and the second warehousing robot is configured to receive a second scheduling instruction, move to a portable shelf according to the second scheduling instruction, and handle the portable shelf to a second target position. Through the technical solution of the present application, compatibility of the intelligent warehousing system is improved, which may be applied to a warehouse with different shelves, thus improving the utilization rate of the warehouse.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Yuqi CHEN, Jui-chun CHENG, Hongxia ZHOU, Xin AI
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Publication number: 20230114588Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure provides a warehouse robot control method and apparatus, a robot, and a warehouse system. The method includes: obtaining a container scheduling instruction of a first target container, where the container scheduling instruction includes a container type of the first target container; determining a container pose recognition algorithm according to the container type of the first target container, and recognizing pose information of the first target container based on the container pose recognition algorithm; and controlling the warehouse robot to pick up the first target container according to the pose information. For different types of containers, using corresponding pose recognition algorithms to determine pose information thereof and automatically picking up different types of the containers based on the pose information improve application range and efficiency of automatic pickup of the warehouse robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Huixiang LI, Jui-chun CHENG, Ying ZHAO
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Publication number: 20230111540Abstract: A photographing method for picking or placing, applied includes: obtaining first multi-dimensional image information of a target position in a target shelf; determining, according to the first multi-dimensional image information, whether there is a first item in the target position; and determining a photographing strategy of the photographing module according to a determining result, wherein the photographing strategy includes one of: the photographing module not moving with the handling apparatus in a telescopic direction for continued photographing, the photographing module moving a preset distance along the telescopic direction with the handling apparatus, and performing an operation of starting a solution; the solution includes at least one of stopping photographing, sending a warning signal, and reporting to a server to which the transport robot belongs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Han LIN, Jui-chun CHENG
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Publication number: 20230106134Abstract: The present disclosure provides a warehouse robot control method and apparatus, a device and a readable storage medium. According to the method of the present disclosure, before a carrying task is executed, image data of a target storage location is acquired through an image acquisition apparatus, whether an execution condition of a carrying task is satisfied is determined according to the image data of the target storage location, and in a case that the execution condition of the carrying task is satisfied, that is, no danger may happen during execution of the carrying task by a carrying apparatus, the carrying apparatus is controlled to execute the carrying task. The occurrence of danger is avoided and the safety of warehouse robots is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Huixiang LI, Jui-chun CHENG, Yuqi CHEN
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Publication number: 20230108073Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a box retrieval method and apparatus, a system, a robot, and a storage medium. The method is applied to a warehouse robot, and includes: acquiring a detection image, where the detection image includes an image of a target box and neighboring objects; determining a box spacing between the target box and each neighboring object according to the detection image; and if the box spacing satisfies retrieval conditions for a warehouse robot, retrieving the target box. Automatic detection of the box spacing is achieved with low detection cost and high detection accuracy, and goods is retrieved only when the spacing satisfies conditions, such that goods retrieval safety is increased, and the probability of goods damage and falling down of shelves during a retrieval process is greatly lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Huixiang LI, Ying ZHAO, Jui-chun CHENG
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Publication number: 20230075332Abstract: This application relates to a navigation method and a navigation apparatus. The navigation method is executed by a mobile carrier and includes: moving along a preset guide trajectory body according to obtained target location information; and determining whether a current state of the mobile carrier is out-of-position, and in response to determining that the current state of the mobile carrier is out-of-position, obtaining current initialization location information of the mobile carrier after moving to a preset initialization tag. According to embodiments of the disclosure, reliable operation of the mobile carrier is ensured by re-initializing the mobile carrier in a case that an error occurs in the mobile carrier along the preset guide trajectory body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Huixiang LI, Jui-chun CHENG, Shengdong XU
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Patent number: 11565882Abstract: An intelligent warehousing system, a material fetching and placing method and a processing terminal thereof, where the intelligent warehousing system includes a first warehousing robot and a second warehousing robot, the first warehousing robot is configured to receive a first scheduling instruction, move to a fixed shelf to fetch and place a material box according to the first scheduling instruction, and handle the material box to a first target position; and the second warehousing robot is configured to receive a second scheduling instruction, move to a portable shelf according to the second scheduling instruction, and handle the portable shelf to a second target position. Through the technical solution of the present application, compatibility of the intelligent warehousing system is improved, which may be applied to a warehouse with different shelves, thus improving the utilization rate of the warehouse.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuqi Chen, Jui-Chun Cheng, Hongxia Zhou, Xin Ai
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Publication number: 20230013220Abstract: A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Jui-chun CHENG, Shengdong Xu, Yuqi Chen
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Publication number: 20220411183Abstract: A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Jui-chun CHENG, Shengdong XU, Yuqi CHEN
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Publication number: 20220371821Abstract: A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Jui-chun CHENG, Shengdong Xu, Yuqi Chen
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Publication number: 20220348405Abstract: A method for retrieving an inventory item based on a handling robot, where the handling robot includes: a storage frame; and a material handling device installed on the storage frame, and including a telescopic arm and a manipulator installed to the telescopic arm; and the method for retrieving an inventory item includes: driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator to extend to a preset position of warehouse shelf along a preset horizontal reference line; loading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item located in the preset position; driving, by the telescopic arm, the manipulator loaded with the inventory item to move to the storage frame along the reference line; and unloading, by the manipulator that is remained on the reference line, the inventory item to the storage frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Jui-chun CHENG, Shengdong XU, Yuqi CHEN