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    • 专利摘要:
    The present invention relates to a method and a system for managing object storage. It includes an object receiving support with barcodes; a reading base with optical means; a receiving tray with a rail that allows the displacement of the support, resulting in an orderly succession of readings, by optical means, of the bar codes arranged in the support and the object located in said support; and a control module to receive the readings of the optical media, determine a relative position of the object and stored in a database next to an object identification information, where the stored objects are recovered by means of a light system associated with the relative position of the object in the system. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
    公开号:ES2737679A1
    申请号:ES201830692
    申请日:2018-07-11
    公开日:2020-01-15
    发明作者:Pegueroles Pedro Felix Falco
    申请人:Menarini Diagnosticos SA；
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    专利说明:

    [0001]
    [0002]
    [0003]
    [0004] OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
    [0005] The present invention relates to the technical field of object storage and more specifically to the storage, identification and selection of objects, such as laboratory samples, with the help of certain visual indicators.
    [0006]
    [0007] BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
    [0008] Currently, one of the most important points in the management of a laboratory is the correct management of the flow of liquid specimens (for example serum, plasma, blood, urine, etc.) to optimize work and performance. Thus, laboratories are designed so that the larger volume tests are fully automated, usually in the form of chains in which a sample goes through different machines that use it if there are pending tests, or alicuotators that generate different aliquots of the sample For use on various machines.
    [0009]
    [0010] In general, it can be said that there are valid and satisfactory solutions for the management of samples in the processes of greater volume of the analytical laboratories, but there are departments outside the main circuits where the current solutions are not valid for various reasons, such as:
    [0011]
    [0012] - departments with small-medium volumes (50-400 samples / day) where the costs of solutions valid for large volumes are unacceptable;
    [0013] - laboratories not integrated in the main workflows;
    [0014] - laboratories where the tests to be carried out vary depending on the results obtained, where more than performing a given test, a request is received and the sample is characterized according to that request, which may require several tests sequentially, depending on previous results and combining several techniques. This implies the temporary and localized storage of the sample;
    [0015] - laboratories where there is a wide variability of technologies.
    [0016] In these laboratories it is usual to receive 50 to 400 samples per day that are stored in different sized racks, organized in different ways (usually, one rack per day), where the samples must be manually sorted according to different criteria such as technique, sequential number etc.
    [0017]
    [0018] Among other problems, when a technique must be processed in one of these laboratories, a list of the Laboratory Information System (LIS) is obtained on paper organized in different ways, according to which the samples must be searched in the racks. As this search is manual, the process usually requires between several hours / person / day, which is an important fraction of the resources of the laboratory / department.
    [0019]
    [0020] Therefore, a solution is needed in the state of the art to classify and recover samples that adapt to the needs of these laboratories and that are fast, efficient and economical.
    [0021]
    [0022] DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
    [0023] In order to achieve the objectives and avoid the aforementioned drawbacks, the present invention describes, in a first aspect, a system for managing the storage of an object, where the system comprises: at least one linear support with multiple receiving cameras of arranged objects longitudinally, where a position information of at least one of the cameras is previously registered on a first label disposed on the linear support and readable by optical means; a reading base with optical reading means configured to obtain the position information of the at least one camera and an identification information of the object to be stored, where said identification information is previously registered on a second label disposed on the object and readable by optical means; a receiving tray of linear supports coupled on the reading base, where the receiving tray comprises at least one guide rail, attachable to the linear support, which allows a displacement of the linear support along the guide rail and where said displacement results in a succession sorting of readings, by the optical means, of the first and second labels arranged in the linear support and the object located in the receiving chamber respectively; a control module in communication with the reading base, configured to receive the position and identification information obtained by the optical means, determine a relative position of the object arranged in the receiving chamber of the linear support coupled in the guide rail, storing in said database said relative position associated with the identification information obtained from the object, and sending an activation signal to a visual indicator determined in response to a request for the collection, by a user, of a previously stored object; and a plurality of visual indicators arranged in proximity to each of the linear support receiver cameras, configured to receive the activation signal from the control module and illuminate as a result of receiving said activation signal.
    [0024]
    [0025] In one embodiment of the invention, the visual indicators are arranged in the linear support, where each of the visual indicators is associated, by proximity, with one of the receiving cameras of the linear support.
    [0026]
    [0027] The present invention, in one of its embodiments, further comprises a light template, attachable on the receiving tray, where the plurality of visual indicators are arranged in said light template so that, in a coupled position of the light template on the receiving tray , each of the visual indicators is associated, by proximity, with one of the object receiving cameras.
    [0028]
    [0029] According to a particular embodiment, the present invention contemplates dividing walls arranged between the rails of the receiving tray, where the visual indicators are arranged in said dividing walls so that each of the visual indicators is associated, by proximity, with a of the receiving cameras of the linear support fully inserted in the guide rail of the receiving tray.
    [0030]
    [0031] Additionally, the present invention contemplates incorporating USB connection means, where the reading base comprises at least one USB female connector connectable to the reading module.
    [0032]
    [0033] Optionally, the receiving tray is contemplated to be a removable tray with first electrical contacts in correspondence with second electrical contacts arranged in the reading base to connect the tray with the base, and the tray also comprises holes corresponding to some pivots, arranged in the reading base, to engage the removable tray on the reading base in a specific position.
    [0034] One of the embodiments of the invention further comprises at least one sensor disposed in the guide rail, wherein said sensor is configured to detect the presence of a linear support in said guide rail and transmit a detection information to the control module, where The control module is further configured to, in response to the detection information, send a read order to the optical means of the reading base.
    [0035]
    [0036] In one of the particular embodiments of the present invention, fixing means between the linear support and the receiving tray are additionally contemplated, where the fixing means are based on a tongue and groove comprising tongues at the base of the linear support, which they are arranged in correspondence with slots in the guide rail of the receiving tray.
    [0037]
    [0038] The optical reading means, according to one of the particular embodiments of the invention, are arranged perpendicularly to the direction of the guide rail of the receiving tray, such that the optical reading means emit a beam of light that intersects the linear supports in an entry point of the guide rail.
    [0039]
    [0040] Additionally, in one of the embodiments of the invention, retention means are contemplated between the linear support and the receiving tray, where the linear support comprises at one of its upper ends a clamp and the receiving tray comprises stops arranged in the part upper of the wall opposite the entrance of the guide rail, such that the linear support completely inserted in the guide rail runs into said wall and is temporarily retained by the mechanical coupling between the clamp and the stops.
    [0041]
    [0042] A second aspect of the invention relates to a method for managing the storage of an object, where the method comprises the following steps:
    [0043] a) recording a position information of at least one object receiving camera of a linear support on a first label disposed on said linear support and readable by optical means;
    [0044] b) record an object identification information on a second label disposed on said object and readable by optical means;
    [0045] c) coupling the linear support to a guide rail of a receiving tray, in turn coupled to a reading base comprising optical reading means, where the linear support comprises the object in the at least one object receiving chamber; d) move the linear support along the guide rail;
    [0046] e) as a result of the displacement of the linear support, identify, by the optical means of the reading base, the first and second labels arranged on the linear support and the object respectively;
    [0047] f) send the camera position information and the identification information of the object to be stored, registered on the identified labels, to a control module; g) determine, by the control module, a relative position of the object disposed in the receiving chamber of the linear support coupled to the guide rail;
    [0048] h) storing, in a database of the control module, the relative position associated with the object identification information;
    [0049] i) make a collection request, by a user interacting with the control module, based on the identification information of a previously stored object;
    [0050] j) in response to the request for collection, send an activation instruction, from the control module, to a specific visual indicator, located in proximity to the linear support receiving camera corresponding to the associated relative position information in the base of data with the identification information of the stored object; Y
    [0051] k) activate the determined visual indicator, in response to the activation instruction sent from the control module, to indicate to the user in which receiving chamber the object to be collected is.
    [0052]
    [0053] According to one of the particular embodiments, the present invention contemplates, once the user has collected a previously stored object, make an additional reading of all the linear supports of the receiving tray and check that the camera corresponding to the relative position of the Object to be collected is free.
    [0054]
    [0055] Optionally, in one of the embodiments of the present invention, the following additional steps are contemplated: detecting the presence of a linear support in the guide rail by means of a presence sensor disposed in said guide rail; transmit detection information to the control module; In response to the detection information, send an order reading from the control module to the optical media of the reading base; and emit a beam of light from the optical means focused on the entrance of the guide rail to read the corresponding labels.
    [0056]
    [0057] Additionally, in one of the embodiments of the invention it is contemplated to complete a map of positions in the database according to the object identification information and its corresponding relative position information, determined by the control module.
    [0058]
    [0059] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
    [0060] To complete the description of the invention and in order to help a better understanding of its characteristics, in accordance with a preferred example of its realization, a set of drawings is attached where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, represented the following figures:
    [0061]
    [0062] - Figure 1 represents a linear support with built-in visual indicators, according to one of the embodiments of the invention.
    [0063]
    [0064] - Figure 2 shows a portable receiving tray, where the guide rails and tongue and groove fixing means for the linear supports can be seen. There are electrical contacts in the area in contact with the linear supports and the base of the receiving tray that transmit information between the base of Figure 4 and the linear supports.
    [0065]
    [0066] - Figure 3 shows a portable receiving tray with several linear supports placed in it.
    [0067]
    [0068] - Figure 4 shows a reading base according to one of the embodiments of the invention, configured to be attachable to a portable receiving tray, and containing a fixed barcode reader, reliefs to fit said portable receiving tray, contacts which connect with said tray and connection to the central control unit.
    [0069]
    [0070] - Figure 5 shows the reading base with the portable receiving tray already attached and several linear supports in it, one of which is inserted partially on one of the rails, so that the optical path of the barcode reader intersects.
    [0071]
    [0072] - Figure 6 shows an embodiment of the invention where the reading base has guides for directly loading the linear supports and the indicator LEDs are in the structure of the reading base and not in the linear supports.
    [0073]
    [0074] - Figure 7 shows an embodiment of the invention where the visual indicators are arranged in a light template, attachable on the receiving tray.
    [0075]
    [0076] - Figure 8 shows an embodiment of the invention where the linear supports do not have LEDs, but these are located in the receiving template.
    [0077]
    [0078] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
    [0079] The present invention discloses a method and system that facilitates storage and subsequent search and retrieval of stored objects, such as laboratory sample tubes. It is based on the combination of a linear support device, such as a rack for example, that receives the objects and the identification of the relative position of said objects by reading identifying barcodes and a limited movement and calibration of said linear support Regarding a barcode reader. Once the objects have been registered in a central computer connected to the reader, they can be recovered easily and quickly depending on any of the identifying characteristics that have been previously assigned in said central computer following simple visual indications, either through a screen or Through a lighting system.
    [0080]
    [0081] The limited and calibrated movement of the linear supports consists in the retention of the linear supports in rails that guide the linear supports in a linear movement of entry and exit on a tray. This limited movement is calibrated by an arrangement of bar codes on one side of the linear support that allows to identify the locations susceptible to receiving objects. In this way, objects deposited on a linear support are identified and recorded sequentially as said linear support travels (according to limited movement) along a lane perpendicular to the reading axis of a barcode reader. Once the identity and position of a object, the central control module stores both associated parameters in a position map.
    [0082]
    [0083] One of the advantageous applications of the present invention relates to the storage and search of liquid biological samples (serum, blood, urine, etc.) in tubes subject to analysis and study in research or diagnostic laboratories, but is applicable to many other objects. and scenarios.
    [0084]
    [0085] The linear support 1, according to one of the embodiments shown in Figure 1, is an elongated body 2 with a plurality of object receiving chambers 3 arranged perpendicularly to a common base 4 and parallel to each other. The chambers are preferably equal hollow bodies and are designed to receive in each of them a laboratory sample 5. The space 6 defined between each two chambers is used to place a bar code 7 with position information relative to the adjacent chambers. The side wall of each of the cameras contains an opening 8. The inner wall 9 of each of the cameras is used to place another bar code with information related to the camera's occupation, where said code will be readable through the opening 8 in the side wall only if the camera is not occupied by any object. If there is an object in the chamber, a sample tube for example, the tube itself and the identifying barcode 13 that are disposed therein, prevent the reading of the interior code. The barcodes can be read by means of an optical reader oriented towards the side of the linear support in which the barcodes are arranged.
    [0086]
    [0087] The linear support may contain additional barcodes at the beginning or at the end thereof, which indicate characteristics such as the number of tubes it can accommodate, its diameter, a unique identifying number of the support etc. In one of the embodiments of the invention, the linear supports also contain a visual indicator 10 (for example, LED) in the upper area, next to each tube. These LEDs are connected to a small internal chip that also contains a unique identifier for each support and the chip is connected to one or more metal contacts at the base of the support for the power and data transmission functions.
    [0088] The linear support, according to one of the embodiments, is provided with a clamp 11 at one of its upper ends to firmly secure it to a rail of a receiving tray or a transport tray. Additionally, to increase the firmness of the fixation of the linear support to a rail of a receiving tray or a transport tray, tongues 12 can also be arranged along the base of the linear support, configured to make a tongue and groove set with the corresponding slots arranged in a lane of the receiving tray or transport tray.
    [0089]
    [0090] In figure 5, a reading module 20 is shown, which is formed by a reading base 25 and, forming a single body with the base, a tray 26 adapted to receive one or several linear supports 1, identifiable by means of a code Unique bars for each of them, and allow reading from bar code reader 21.
    [0091]
    [0092] The tray has an arrangement of parallel rails 22 that are adapted to guide the linear supports in a linear displacement 23 and perpendicular to the optical path of the light 24 emitted by the optical reader. Thus, the linear supports, when inserted into each of said rails, intersect the beam of light 24 emitted by the optical reader and, in this way, the optical reader 21 identifies the samples contained in the linear support in each of the cameras. as said support moves linearly along rail 22 of the tray and bar codes 13 are read in order. Consequently, the corresponding electrical signals and control signals that feed the central control module are generated.
    [0093]
    [0094] The rails of the tray, can be realized in several ways, in one of said embodiments shown in more detail in Figure 6, there are dividing walls 34 that delimit the rails, in addition to the guides of the base, which have with an open inlet end 30 to receive the linear supports and a width 31 designed in correspondence with that of the linear supports, so that the linear support introduced in the rail is retained in the transverse axis, but is kept free at length of the longitudinal axis of the support. The dividing walls have as main object
    [0095]
    [0096]
    [0097] containing the visual indicators 32, such as sample LEDs, in one of the embodiments of the invention.
    [0098]
    [0099] In an alternative embodiment, shown in Figure 2, the rails of the tray are preferably arranged without dividing wall. Instead, although they are not incompatible characteristics and can be combined in the same embodiment, the guidance of the linear supports is carried out by providing grooves 50 in correspondence with each of the rails in correspondence with the tabs 12 arranged at the base of the linear supports, so that said linear supports can be attached to the tray by tongue and groove. The tongue and groove joint provides more firmness to the union of the linear supports with the rail, but does not affect the longitudinal movement of the linear support in said rail.
    [0100]
    [0101] Additionally, according to any of the previous guidance configurations, stops 51 can be arranged at the top of the wall opposite the open end of the rails that engage with the clamp 11 of the linear support. In this way, the linear support, once completely inserted into the rail, is also retained longitudinally. The retention can be released by making a small pressure on the sides 53 of the clamp, necessary to remove the linear support from the rail or to perform reading operations.
    [0102]
    [0103] At the base of the reading module 20 there is an optical barcode reader 21, which emits a beam of light 24 perpendicular to the input / output direction 23 of the linear supports on the rails 22 which detects any barcode placed on a stand that moves along any one of the rails of the reading base. In one of the embodiments of the invention, the optical reader is located in a fixed position in a corner of the base and is oriented parallel to one of its sides, the tray being quadrangular in shape, and at a distance from its nearest side such that the beam of light emitted does not intersect the rails of the tray, but is as close as possible to the entrance of said rails. The reader communicates with the central control module and sends the corresponding electrical and control signals to each reading.
    [0104] The central control module comprises a central computer configured to receive the signals generated by the optical reader and to associate the information contained in the bar codes with information previously loaded in the central computer. In the central control module, the position of each of the identified samples is recorded exactly, for example in a matrix of positions, since the linear displacement of the linear supports causes an orderly reading of the barcodes of the samples. Therefore, once the dimensions of the linear supports are known, as well as the number of cameras for receiving available objects, the central control module has an empty map of the possible positions to be occupied by the samples. As the linear supports move along the rails arranged in the receiving tray, the central module receives the readings made from the barcode reader sequentially and fills the map with these readings. Additionally, empty chambers are also identified by reading the barcode placed on the inner wall of the chambers. Finally, each of the positions of the position map of the central control module is associated with the identification information registered in the corresponding bar codes, such as sample type, date, user, analysis, test to be performed or others.
    [0105]
    [0106] A graphic interface is provided in the central control module to allow a user to interact with the system and define the search parameters, dimensions of the supports, types of samples or any other identifying detail of them.
    [0107]
    [0108] Once the map of positions of the samples identified in the central control module is completed, it is possible to locate any one of the samples by entering any of the identifying data that has been stored associated with said sample. The user enters the chosen parameter through the graphic interface of the central module and it retrieves from its database the position that said sample occupies in the position map. Once the central module has determined the position of the searched sample, it proceeds to send an activation signal to the visual indicator associated with that position. In this way, the user receives a clear visual indication of the sample to be collected quickly and easily.
    [0109] The visual indicators can preferably be implemented in the linear supports, as explained above and can be seen in Figure 1 or in the tray of the reading module, as seen in Figure 6. For example, according to one of the embodiments shown in Fig. 6, a visual indicator 32, such as a light emitting diode (LED), is provided on the upper profile 33 of the wall 34 separating adjacent rails of the tray next to each of the possible positions of the samples , so that a blink or light of a certain color is emitted only at the indicator next to the sample to be collected. Optionally, multi-colored light devices can be included in the same position, in order to allow multiple searches. The LED lights are connected to the central control module and are responsive to the electrical control signals emitted from it.
    [0110]
    [0111] Additionally, it can be verified that the object removed from the linear support (following the indications of the central control module) is effectively the indicated object. For this, in an embodiment of the invention an external reading of the object identifier extracted by the operator is contemplated (for example, the reading of the barcode by means of an external barcode reader each time an object is manually selected), or, according to another of the embodiments, by means of a complete reading of all the positions of the linear support, where it is verified that the positions with identified objects are unoccupied (which means that the operator has selected the correct object).
    [0112]
    [0113] In one embodiment of the invention, the reading module consists of two pieces that can be coupled together, on the one hand the reading base 40, which is shown in isolation in Figure 4, and on the other a tray 52, such as the one shown in figure 2, with the particularity that both pieces are removable. For this, the reading base comprises electrical contacts 41 and fixing means, for example pivots 42 that fit into holes made in the lower part of the removable tray to engage said removable tray in a specific position on the base of reading. The coupled position of both pieces can be seen in Figure 5.
    [0114]
    [0115]
    [0116] This removable tray can comprise any of the rail arrangements described above, such as dividing walls and / or grooves in the base that can be coupled by tongue and groove to the linear supports (as is the case of tray 52 shown in Figure 3), for the reception and storage of linear supports while these are not required for any test.
    [0117]
    [0118] The removable trays are manually identified by the operator in order to be able to relate the identified objects with the transport / storage unit, for example with a user-intelligible label. They can also be identified by barcode; by RFID radio frequency techniques, adhering RFID tags in said trays and the corresponding RFID readers in the reading base; or by any other method of identification to use, such as an internal chip identifying the removable tray and electrical contacts for the reading bases through which to transmit the power and data of the bases. Removable trays can store the tubes in the refrigerator for as long as necessary and associate with each other to form larger structures, both transport and storage.
    [0119]
    [0120] Additionally, in one of the embodiments of the invention, the trays, whether removable trays or trays permanently attached to the reading base, have sensors 43 that detect if there are loaded linear supports. To read the tubes contained in the linear supports, determine their position and that these are identified, the linear support is moved on one of the rails of the tray, so that these sensors 43 detect the movement of the linear support and indicate the optical reader where the beam of light should focus. Additionally, the sensor transmits the identification of the linear support to the reading base, data and the feeding of said linear support.
    [0121]
    [0122] Removable trays can incorporate visual indicators to indicate the position of a desired object (sample). In this case, the activation of the indicator lights, LEDs preferably, can be done through a wireless communication between the removable tray and the central control module, as an alternative to the option of physically connecting the removable tray and the central control module through the corresponding physical connectors, where the electrical path of the removable tray to the central control module, according to one of the embodiments of the invention, consists of electrical contacts 41 between the removable tray and the reading base, in turn combined with a pair of USB 61 female connectors arranged on one side of the base of the reading module.
    [0123]
    [0124] One of the advantages of the embodiments of the invention based on removable elements is that it is not necessary to remove the linear supports from a receiving or transport tray to place them in the reading module, but that the removable trays themselves can be identified and form superstructures of storage to store and later transport the linear supports and, with all the linear supports, they can be coupled directly on the reading base. For the registration of the linear supports it will be necessary to move each of the linear supports linearly (without removing them completely from the tray) with the samples, so that the beam of light emitted from the barcode reader intersects and detects all the codes of bars.
    [0125]
    [0126] The visual indicators, according to an embodiment of the invention, are located in external elements compatible with the reading module, such as, for example, the light templates 62 shown in Figure 8. A modular configuration of the present invention can be seen in three pieces, that is to say, the reading base, the removable tray coupled on it and a luminous template attachable on the assembly that form the reading base and the removable tray.
    [0127]
    [0128] Coupling means are arranged between the light template and the tray. The light template comprises perforations 63 in the rear corners in correspondence with pivots 64 arranged in the rear wall of the tray. When inserting the holes in the pivots, the coupling position between the template and the tray assumes the total coincidence of the reception chambers of the linear supports and an arrangement of holes 65 of the light template. This coincidence allows to introduce and extract test tubes in the linear supports in the coupling position of the template and the tray. The light template has an arrangement of visual indicators, preferably LED 66 lights, located next to the
    [0129]
    [0130]
    [0131] holes, so that in the coupled position, each of the visual indicators is associated with one of the positions of the linear supports.
    [0132]
    [0133] The communication between the template and the central control module can be based on RFID radio communications or through electrical contacts between the template and the tray, such as a USB connector 60 that makes use of any of the USB 61 female connectors that are available at the base of the reading module in some embodiments of the invention, so that the central control module can send the necessary electrical and control signals for the activation of the corresponding lights.
    [0134]
    [0135] Some of the infrastructure that can be used with the embodiments described in this document is now available, such as: general purpose computers, computer programming tools and techniques, digital storage media, and communications networks. A control module is understood to include a computer and / or a processor, such as a microprocessor, microcontroller, logic circuitry, or the like. The processor may include a special purpose processing device, such as an ASIC, PAL, PLA, PLD, programmable field gate array, or other custom or programmable device. The computer may also include a computer readable storage device, such as non-volatile memory, static RAM, dynamic RAM, ROM, CD-ROM, disk, tape, magnetic, optical, flash memory, or other storage media readable by computer.
    [0136]
    [0137] The present invention should not be limited to the embodiment described herein. Other configurations may be made by those skilled in the art in view of the present description. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is defined by the following claims.
    [0138]
    [0139]
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    权利要求:
    Claims (14)
    [1]
    1. System to manage the storage of an object characterized by comprising:
    - at least one linear support (1) with multiple receiving cameras (3) of longitudinally arranged objects, where a position information of at least one of the cameras is previously registered on a first label (7) arranged on the linear and readable support by optical means;
    - a reading base (25) with optical reading means (21) configured to obtain the position information of the at least one camera and an identification information of the object to be stored, where said identification information is previously registered in a second label (13) arranged on the object and readable by optical means;
    - a receiving tray (26) of linear supports coupled on the reading base, where the receiving tray comprises at least one guide rail (22), attachable to the linear support, which allows a displacement (23) of the linear support along the guide rail and where said displacement results in an orderly succession of readings, by optical means, of the first and second labels arranged in the linear support and the object located in the receiving chamber respectively;
    - a control module in communication with the reading base, configured to receive the position and identification information obtained by the optical means, determine a relative position of the object arranged in the receiving chamber of the linear support coupled in the guide rail, store in a database said relative position associated with the identification information obtained from the object, and sending an activation signal to a determined visual indicator in response to a request for collection, by a user, of a previously stored object; Y
    - a plurality of visual indicators (10, 32, 66) arranged in proximity to each of the linear support receiver cameras, configured to receive the activation signal from the control module and illuminate as a result of receiving said activation signal.
    [2]
    2. System according to claim 1 wherein the visual indicators are arranged in the linear support, where each of the visual indicators is associated, by proximity, with one of the receiving cameras of the linear support.
    [3]
    3. System according to claim 1 further comprising a light template (62), attachable on the receiving tray, wherein the plurality of visual indicators (66) are arranged in said light template so that, in a coupled position of the Luminous template on the receiving tray, each of the visual indicators is associated, by proximity, with one of the object receiving cameras.
    [4]
    4. System according to claim 1 further comprising dividing walls (34) arranged between the rails of the receiving tray, where the visual indicators are arranged in said dividing walls so that each of the visual indicators is associated, by proximity, with one of the receiving cameras of the linear support completely inserted in the guide rail of the receiving tray.
    [5]
    5. System according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising USB connection means, wherein the reading base comprises at least one USB female connector (61) connectable to the reading module.
    [6]
    6. System according to any of the preceding claims wherein the receiving tray is a removable tray (52) comprising first electrical contacts (41) in correspondence with second electrical contacts arranged in the reading base to connect the tray with the base, and the tray also comprises holes in correspondence with pivots (42), arranged in the reading base, for attaching the removable tray on the reading base in a specific position.
    [7]
    7. System according to any of the preceding claims which further comprises at least one sensor (43) disposed in the guide rail, wherein said sensor is configured to detect the presence of a linear support in said guide rail and transmit a detection information to the control module, where the control module is further configured to, in response to the detection information, send a read order to the optical means of the reading base.
    [8]
    8. System according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising fixing means between the linear support and the receiving tray, where the fixing means are based on a tongue and groove comprising tabs (12) in the base
    one
    of the linear support, which are arranged in correspondence with slots (50) in the guide rail of the receiving tray.
    [9]
    9. System according to any of the preceding claims wherein the optical reading means are arranged perpendicularly to the direction of the guide rail of the receiving tray, such that the optical reading means emits a beam of light (24) that intersects the supports linear at an entry point of the guide rail.
    [10]
    10. System according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising retaining means between the linear support and the receiving tray, wherein the linear support comprises at one of its upper ends a clamp (11) and the receiving tray comprises stops (51) arranged in the upper part of the wall opposite the entrance of the guide rail, such that the linear support completely inserted in the guide rail runs into said wall and is temporarily retained by the mechanical coupling between the clamp and the stops.
    [11]
    11. Method for managing the storage of an object characterized by comprising the following steps:
    a) recording a position information of at least one receiving camera (3) of objects of a linear support (1) on a first label (7) disposed on said linear support and readable by optical means;
    b) record an object identification information (5) on a second label (13) disposed on said object and readable by optical means;
    c) coupling the linear support to a guide rail (22) of a receiving tray (26), in turn coupled to a reading base (25) comprising optical reading means (21), where the linear support comprises the object in the at least one object receiving camera;
    d) move (23) the linear support along the guide rail;
    e) as a result of the displacement of the linear support, identify, by the optical means of the reading base, the first and second labels arranged on the linear support and the object respectively;
    f) send the camera position information and the identification information of the object to be stored, registered on the identified labels, to a control module;
    one
    g) determine, by the control module, a relative position of the object disposed in the receiving chamber of the linear support coupled to the guide rail;
    h) storing, in a database of the control module, the relative position associated with the object identification information;
    i) make a collection request, by a user interacting with the control module, based on the identification information of a previously stored object;
    j) in response to the request for collection, send an activation instruction, from the control module, to a specific visual indicator (10), located in proximity to the linear support receiver chamber corresponding to the associated relative position information in the database with the identification information of the stored object; Y
    k) activate the determined visual indicator, in response to the activation instruction sent from the control module, to indicate to the user in which receiving chamber the object to be collected is.
    [12]
    12. Method according to claim 11 further comprising, once the user has collected a previously stored object, make an additional reading of all the linear supports of the receiving tray and verify that the camera corresponding to the relative position of the object to pick up is free.
    [13]
    13. Method according to any one of claims 11,12 further comprising:
    - detecting the presence of a linear support in the guide rail by means of a presence sensor arranged in said guide rail;
    - transmit a detection information to the control module;
    - in response to the detection information, send a reading order from the control module to the optical means of the reading base; Y
    - emitting a beam of light (24) from the optical means focused on the entrance of the guide rail to read the corresponding labels.
    [14]
    14. Method according to any one of claims 11-13, further comprising completing a map of positions in the database according to the
    two
    object identification information and its corresponding relative position information, determined by the control module.
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