Apparatus, system, and method for a drive-through grocery service
AssigneeHotberry, LLC
InventorKaren Lynnette Montgomery
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Abstract
A system for use in consolidating items into orders and delivering items to a workstation is described herein. The system includes a plurality of workstations, each workstation including an assembling area for assembling orders, an assembly line system configured to deliver items to the plurality of workstations, and a computing system to execute the steps of: receiving an order notification indicating an order, identifying items included in the order, assigning a corresponding workstation to the order, and operating the assembly line system to deliver the identified items included in the order to the corresponding workstation.
Claims18
A system for use in consolidating items into orders and delivering items to a workstation, comprising:
- a plurality of workstations, each workstation including:
- a workstation scanning device;
- an assembling area for assembling orders;
- and
- a display monitor positioned near the assembling area;
- an assembly line system configured to deliver items to the plurality of workstations;
- an assembly line device, automated machine, humanoid or robot configured to identify items being transported by the assembly line system;
- and
- a computing system to execute the steps of:
- receiving an order notification indicating an order;
- identifying items included in the order;
- assigning a corresponding workstation to the order;
- and
- operating the assembly line system to deliver the identified items included in the order to the corresponding workstation including:
- receiving information indicating a plurality of items being transported by the assembly line system from assembly line devices, conveyors, automated machines, humanoids or robots;
- receiving information from a corresponding workstation scanning device, automated machine, humanoid or robot associated with the corresponding workstation indicating a corresponding item included in the order is adjacent to the corresponding workstation;
- and
- displaying a notification message on a corresponding display monitor associated with the corresponding workstation indicating the corresponding item is adjacent to the corresponding workstation.
A method of operating a system for use in consolidating items into orders and delivering items to a workstation in a warehouse, the system including a plurality of workstations, an assembly line system configured to deliver items to the plurality of workstations, an assembly line device configured to identify items being transported by the assembly line system, and a computing system including a processor, each workstation includes a workstation scanning device, an assembling area for assembling orders, and a display monitor positioned near the assembling area, the method including the processor of the computing system executing the steps of:
- receiving an order notification indicating an order;
- identifying items included in the order;
- assigning a corresponding workstation to the order;
- and
- operating the assembly line system to deliver the identified items included in the order to the corresponding workstation including:
- receiving first information from the assembly line device indicating a plurality of items being transported by the assembly line system;
- receiving second information from a corresponding workstation scanning device associated with the corresponding workstation indicating a corresponding item included in the order is adjacent to the corresponding workstation;
- and
- displaying a notification message on a corresponding display monitor associated with the corresponding workstation indicating the corresponding item is adjacent to the corresponding workstation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.