Patents by Inventor Ted Schnackertz

Ted Schnackertz 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).

  • Traffic management system and method for materials handling using traffic balancing and traffic density
    Patent number: 6647316
    Abstract: A traffic management system for an automatic material handling system (AMHS) divides time into a series of discrete time periods and analyzes a plurality of move requests that are to be executed within a particular time period is disclosed. The traffic management system receives a plurality of move requests from the AMHS and determines how many move requests are to be executed and selects which move requests in particular will be executed in the next time period. The traffic management system prioritizes the selected move requests by analyzing each source node and destination node contained in a move request in conjunction with other node traffic data. The traffic management system analyzes this data to ensure that a move request is not executed if a material transport vehicle would be dispatched to a node having a node traffic balance value that exceeds a predetermined value and a node traffic density value that exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: PRI Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Namdar Bahri, Robert Gaskins, David Levassuer, Jing Wen Liu, Thomas Mariano, Ted Schnackertz
  • Traffic management system and method for materials handling using traffic balancing and traffic density
    Publication number: 20020138172
    Abstract: A traffic management system for an automatic material handling system (AMHS) divides time into a series of discrete time periods and analyzes a plurality of move requests that are to be executed within a particular time period is disclosed. The traffic management system receives a plurality of move requests from the AMHS and determines how many move requests are to be executed and selects which move requests in particular will be executed in the next time period. The traffic management system prioritizes the selected move requests by analyzing each source node and destination node contained in a move request in conjunction with other node traffic data. The traffic management system analyzes this data to ensure that a move request is not executed if a material transport vehicle would be dispatched to a node having a node traffic balance value that exceeds a predetermined value and a node traffic density value that exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Namdar Bahri, Robert Gaskins, David Levassuer, Jing Wen Liu, Thomas Mariano, Ted Schnackertz