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US 12,545,467 B2Granted
System and methods for reducing multi-container packing errors
AssigneeKoiReader Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAshutosh Prasad, Vivek Prasad
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Abstract
A system and devices for automating and computerizing audits, tracking, and error prevention associated with container packing events and, in particular, multi-container packing events at a storage facility, yard, warehouse, or the like. In some cases, the systems and devices may be configured to monitor and detect errors or issues with packing items and send alerts and control signals to agents, such as autonomous agents, to correct the detected errors.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving first image data of a packing event occurring in a packing area, the packing event including at least a first item and at least a first container and a second container;
- determining, based at least in part on the first image data, that the first item was not placed in the first container by an agent;
- determining, based at least in part on the first image data, that the first item was placed in the second container by the agent;
- sending a first alert to the agent, the first alert notifying the agent to repack the first item, the first alert including an indication of the second container that the first item was placed in;
- receiving second image data of the packing event occurring in the packing area, the second image data including at least the first container and the second container;
- determining, based at least in part on the second image data, that the first item was repacked in the first container by the agent;
- and
- sending a second alert to the agent, the second alert notifying the agent to proceed with a next item.
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A method comprising:
- sending a first alert to a display associated with an agent engaged in a packing event including a first container and a second container, the first alert to indicate that a first item was packed incorrectly in the first container, the display presenting concurrently with the first alert a first display portion representing the first container and a second display portion representing the agent, the first display portion including an indication or an expected number of items to be place in the first container, a detected number of items placed in the first container;
- a label identifying each item placed in the first container, and a label identifying a first portion of the first container and the second display portion including an operator status and a bin status;
- receiving, from an image device, first image data of the packing event occurring in the packing area and including at least the first container and the second container;
- determining, based at least in part on the first image data, that the first item was repacked correctly in the second container by the agent;
- and
- sending a second alert to the display, the second alert notifying the agent to proceed with a next item.
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A method comprising:
- receiving first image data associated with a packing event occurring in a packing area, the first image data including at least a first container and a second container;
- generating, based at least in part on the first image data, second image data associated with the packing event, the second image data including a first display portion representing the first container and the second container associated with the packing event and a second display portion representing the agent associated with the packing event, the first display portion including an indication or an expected number of items to be place in the first container, an expected number of items to be placed in the second container, a detected number of items placed in the first container, a detected number of items placed in the second container, a label identifying each item placed in the first container, and a label identifying a first portion of the first container and the second display portion including an operator status and a bin status;
- presenting, to the agent, the second image data on a display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.