Overriding control of motorized transport unit systems, devices and methods
Granted: December 12, 2023
Patent Number:
11840814
Some embodiments include apparatuses providing control over movement of motorized transport units at a retail facility, comprising: multiple self-propelled motorized transport units; a wireless communication network; and a central computer system, wherein the central computer system comprises: a transceiver; a control circuit; and a memory storing computer instructions that when executed cause the control circuit to: receive an override command, from a worker associated with the retail…
Cleaning cart
Granted: December 5, 2023
Patent Number:
D1007092
Personalized item recommendations through large-scale deep-embedding architecture with real-time inferencing
Granted: December 5, 2023
Patent Number:
11836782
A method being implemented via execution of computing instructions configured to run at one or more processors and stored at one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The method can include training two sets of item embeddings for items in an item catalog and a set of user embeddings for users, using a triple embeddings model, with triplets. The triplets each include a respective first user of the users, a respective first item from the item catalog, and a respective second…
Systems and methods for determining customer lifetime value
Granted: December 5, 2023
Patent Number:
11836747
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 acts of storing, for each respective customer of one or more customers, respective customer information in a customer database; predicting, using a machine learning lifetime value (LTV) update model, a respective LTV for each respective customer of the one or more customers; determining an online…
Digital wallet management system
Granted: December 5, 2023
Patent Number:
11836709
An example system for digital wallet management including one or more databases and a computing system is described. The databases are configured to store data corresponding to purchase history of a user, the purchase history including payment account information for a first transaction captured through a reader at a point-of-sale system at the time of the first transaction and an identifier associated with the first transaction. The computing system receives a machine-readable element…
Automated inspection system
Granted: December 5, 2023
Patent Number:
11836674
Examples of the disclosure provide for an automated inspection system. The system includes an inspection component implemented on at least one computing device with at least one sensor configured to capture data about a good; and a communication component communicatively coupled to the computing device and configured to receive information regarding regulations and quality control standards associated with the good, and transmit the information regarding the acceptability of a good to an…
Inventory management system and method
Granted: December 5, 2023
Patent Number:
11836672
A fully automated supply chain, in combination with tracking technology and the unified commerce engine (UCE) enables the exact location of every item (or each) to be tracked from the manufacturer's facility to a customer's bag. Eaches are tracked using the UCE as they move within and between one or more regional distribution centers and a market distribution center.
Systems and methods for assessing delivery vehicles
Granted: December 5, 2023
Patent Number:
11836658
In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided herein useful to assess or determine available cargo capacity for multiple commercial product delivery vehicles (“delivery vehicles”). In some embodiments, systems are provided to assess delivery vehicles and may include multiple electronic user devices each having a delivery agent interface operating thereon and an association with one or more delivery agents. At least one control circuit is communicatively coupled to the…
Systems and methods for altering a graphical user interface
Granted: December 5, 2023
Patent Number:
11836066
Systems and methods 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: receiving in-session user activity comprising types of user interactions during a browsing session displayed by a graphical user interface (GUI) of an electronic device of a user; generating a distribution of interaction counts of…
System and method for automated product sorting and coordinated delivery using autonomous delivery vehicles within a facility
Granted: December 5, 2023
Patent Number:
11834272
Systems, methods, and machine readable media are provided for automated product sorting and coordinated delivery using autonomous delivery vehicles within a facility. In exemplary embodiments, a system scans machine readable identifiers affixed to items, and sorts the items into two or more categories. A selected item is identified as scheduled to be picked up in-facility based on the scanning of the machine-readable identifier. An optimal route within the facility from the automated…
Autonomous robot delivery systems and methods
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11829898
A robotic delivery system includes a server, a dispatch module, and a robotic delivery vehicle. The dispatch module transmits a suggested item to the dispatch application being executable on a client device operated by a user; transmits an item cost for the suggested item to a dispatch application; receives, from the dispatch application, a selection of the suggested item from the user of the client device; transmits a message directing the robotic delivery vehicle to deliver the…
Automatic generation of incremental load design with stacks of pallets
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11829688
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 information about a trailer that has been partially loaded with preloaded stacks in a manner that deviates from an original load design. The trailer is being loaded with stacks of pallets comprising the preloaded stacks and unloaded stacks. The acts also can…
System, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for generating synonyms of a search query
Granted: November 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11829395
A method including analyzing the query data to formulate one or more groups of synonym candidates, wherein each synonym in the one or more groups of synonym candidates is categorized in one or more synonym candidate categories. Reformulating the first search query by removing at least one synonym candidate from the first group of synonym candidates to form a first set of synonyms such that each synonym in the first set of synonyms is categorized in the synonym candidate category that…
Systems and methods for dual optimization of pick walk and tote fill rates for order picking
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11823123
Methods and systems and computer-readable media are provided for dual optimization of pick walk and tote fill rates in order picking. Embodiments provide improved order picking speed and quality by optimizing pick routing with consideration of both proximity constraints and tote value constraints. Tote value constraints can include constraints on carrying capacity, volume, size in a particular dimension, or weight capacity.
Systems and methods for controlling communication capabilities of unmanned vehicles via intermediate communication devices
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11822343
In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided that provide for monitoring and controlling communication capabilities of unmanned transport vehicles that via one or more intermediate communication devices that provide relay communications between the unmanned transport vehicles and a control station device when the unmanned transport vehicles travel through areas where the network quality does not permit direct communication between the unmanned transport vehicles and the control…
Picking workstation with mobile robots and machine vision verification of each transfers performed by human operators
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11820600
A workstation is disclosed for transferring objects between containers such as product and order totes in an order fulfillment system. The workstation may include an object pick system, for example including a measuring array or a machine vision system, which directs and monitors the transfer of objects between the containers.
Integrated item decanting system
Granted: November 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11820022
Examples provide a system for system for customized item decanting. A robotic picker device is configured to remove a selected item from a selected case in an open configuration on a conveyor device. A decan manager, implemented on a processor, is configured to identify a destination tote in a set of totes for placement of the selected item, The robotic picker device places the selected item into the destination tote and the decant manager analyzes sensor data and item data associated…
Conveyor and logic systems to return, balance, and buffer processed or empty totes
Granted: November 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11814249
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to automatically balance and buffer the return of empty containers or other totes to a plurality of areas. In some embodiments, a control circuit employs a logic system in which empty totes are directed along primary, secondary, or tertiary paths depending on information gathered from sensors regarding the availability of space for empty totes at a plurality of potential destinations. In this way, the return of empty…
Probabilistic fresh in-store production management
Granted: November 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11816614
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for in-store production management. A method comprises training a probabilistic demand model using the training dataset based on a machine learning algorithm, determining a probabilistic forecast of a demand for a perishable product at a store location on a date based on the probabilistic demand model, applying an objective function to each of the plurality of demand values in the probabilistic forecast to determine an objective value…
Systems and methods for executing attention-based object searches on images using neural network architectures
Granted: November 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11815942
A systems 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 acts of: receiving a query image comprising at least one target object and at least one candidate image; generating a plurality of proposals based on the at least one candidate image; selecting a portion of the plurality of proposals to produce a reduced proposal set; generating a query embedding corresponding…
