Methods and apparatus for grouping items
Granted: January 16, 2024
Patent Number:
11875304
This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically grouping the same or similar items provided by various suppliers that may use various supplier identification systems to identify the items to a retailer. In some examples, a computing device receives a supplier identifier from a supplier. The supplier identifier identifies an item that the supplier provides to the retailer for sale. The computing device may determine a group identifier for the item, where the group…
Automated system for transporting payloads
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11866257
An automated warehouse storage system including a multilevel storage array is provided. Each aisle has a set of storage levels and each level has storage locations distributed along the aisle. The guideway network extending through the multilevel storage array is configured for autonomous vehicles to move along the guideway network within the multilevel storage array. The guideway network including an inter-aisle guideway spanning at least two of the multiple aisles and a set of guideway…
Systems and methods for delivering merchandise using autonomous ground vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11869111
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to delivering merchandise using autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs) in cooperation with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In some embodiments, the system includes: an AGV having a motorized locomotion system, a storage area to hold merchandise, a sensor to detect obstacles, a transceiver, and a control circuit to operate the AGV; a UAV having a motorized flight system, a gripper mechanism to grab merchandise, a…
System and method for perpetual inventory management
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11868960
An analysis of the scans is performed to determine whether the selected item was moved from the back room to the shelf, then returned from the shelf to the back room. The analysis also determines a re-bin time when the selected product was returned to the back room. An adjustment to the PI is blocked when last PI adjustment time is later than the re-bin time. An adjustment to the PI is also blocked when an audit indicator is received at the interface indicating that the retail store is…
Storage cart providing item storage verification
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11868959
Examples provide an item storage cart for verifying correct item placement into containers on the item storage cart. A cart manager component outputs planogram data identifying a location of a selected item. Weight data generated by one or more weight sensors associated with the set of item storage containers is analyzed to verify whether a correct item is placed in a given storage container on the cart and/or verify a selected item is placed into a correct storage container. The cart…
Systems and methods for optimization of pick walks
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11868958
Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: receiving a respective number of totes for each respective order of one or more orders; determining, using a first set of rules, when the respective number of totes for a respective order of the one or more orders can be reduced; when the respective number of totes is determined to be able to be…
Clustering regulated VRPTW solver for large scale batch optimization of last mile delivery
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11868951
A system for generating a geographically-clustered routing solution includes a computer system configured to receive a plurality of orders. Each order in the plurality of orders comprises a geographic location. The plurality of orders are clustered into a plurality of clusters based on the geographic location of each order and a routing solution is generated for each of the plurality of clusters. Each routing solution is transmitted to at least one vehicle system.
Systems and methods for sortation of products using a conveyor assembly
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11868947
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to the sortation of products using a conveyor assembly. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for receiving and sorting products shipped to a shopping facility including: a delivery location at a shopping facility configured to receive a shipment of products; a conveyor assembly comprising: a product identification module configured to read identification data from an identification label disposed on a…
Systems and methods for generating dynamic instructions for database querying and data retrieval
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11868342
A data retrieval system can include a computing device that is configured to, in response to receiving a uniform resource locator from a user device, parse the uniform resource locator to identify a dynamic path variable. The computing device can be configured to generate a set of execution steps based on the received uniform resource locator. The computing device can also be configured to execute the set of execution steps to retrieve a set of data, the set of execution steps being…
Systems and methods for correcting label bias in data
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11868337
This application relates to systems and methods for automatically correcting labels in untrusted data based on a small sample of trusted data in a training database. In some examples, training data may be divided into a trusted dataset and an untrusted dataset using stratified sampling. An adversarial algorithm may be used to reassign labels in the data samples associated with the untrusted data based on a set of features in the data and labels in the trusted dataset. The untrusted…
Climbing robot with compliant pinion drive
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11866256
An automated order fulfillment system and mobile robot are disclosed, where the mobile robot includes a compliant drive for moving between levels of a multilevel storage structure.
Systems and methods for managing meat cut quality
Granted: January 9, 2024
Patent Number:
11864562
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to ensuring quality of meat cuts. In some embodiments, a system for ensuring quality of meat cuts comprises a capture device comprising an image capture device configured to capture an image of a cut of meat, a depth sensor configured to capture depth data, a transceiver configured to transmit the image and the depth data, a microcontroller configured to control the image capture device, the depth sensor, and the…
Environmental control device mounting frame
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11858311
Examples provide an attachment frame for combination attachment of environmental control devices. A plurality of non-articulating, rigid segments within a main body bend at various fixed angles. A perpendicular support arm forms an “L-shaped” attachment at the top of the main body. The support arm mounts one or more lights which attach to a top surface of the support arm. A bottom surface of the support arm mounts a fan or heater above a conveyor or other work area. The attachment…
System and method for determining shopping facilities available for order pick up
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11861682
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to facilitating the vehicle pick up of orders at shopping facilities. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: an electronic interface for receiving an order corresponding to a customer and for receiving a time period during which the customer requests to pick up the order; a control circuit configured to: determine the location of the customer; determine a plurality of shopping facilities near the…
Automatic item grouping and personalized department layout for reorder recommendations
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11861676
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform certain acts. The acts can include obtaining reorder likelihood scores for items that a user has ordered historically. The acts also can include grouping the items into groups using a taxonomy. The acts additionally can include adjusting the groups based on a respective number of items in each of the…
Systems and methods for behavior based messaging
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11861473
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform functions comprising: calculating a first user propensity score and a second user propensity score for a user based on at least one feature vector of historical data of the user; using the first user propensity score to place the user into a first segment; using the…
High efficiency data querying
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11860870
An approach is disclosed for optimizing jobs, which involve effective data retrieval across multiple data sources, via an externalized query pattern. The approach receives a query. The approach allocates computing power to one or more computing nodes to process a job for the received query. The approach determines whether the job for the received query corresponds to an identifier indexed in a search engine. The approach retrieves, in response to determining the job for the received…
Optimizing scans using query planning on batch data
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11860867
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: bundling multiple registered queries of a dataset using a scheduling technique, wherein the dataset is homogenous in schema; running a single table scan of the dataset to process the multiple registered queries of the dataset in parallel; and generating a respective output responsive to each of the…
Mobile assembly apparatus
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11860605
A mobile assembly apparatus and a method of assembling a retail product utilizing a retail assembly are discussed. The mobile assembly apparatus may include a cabinet structure, an expandable work surface, a frame, wheels, an articulated arm, outrigger supports, a power supply, sensors, a hardware dispenser, and a computing device. The mobile assembly apparatus scans a machine readable identifier and retrieves assembly instructions for an item associated with the identifier. The…
Systems and methods for assembling unpacked merchandise in containers
Granted: January 2, 2024
Patent Number:
11858676
There are provided systems and methods relating to assembling unpacked merchandise in containers. In one form, the system includes an order of merchandise items to be assembled in containers, and a predetermined set of containers defining different sizes and including at least two different types of containers. The system also includes a control circuit configured to: receive notification of the order, select a first type of container, determine a first subset of the plurality of…
