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US 2018/0018619 A1Published application
System and method of arranging items in a vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorMark KISILER
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Abstract
The systems and methods provided herein are directed to identifying items to be loaded or unloaded into a vehicle, determining an arrangement of the items, and providing instructions for loading or unloading the items. The arrangement and a route may be generated based on one or more characteristics of the items and the location of the items. Instructions may be generated based on the arrangement and route.
Claims20
A system for arranging items in a vehicle having an available space comprising:
- an identification component receiving:
- (a) a first indication of a first item to be obtained and loaded into the available space at a first location, the first indication including at least one characteristic of the first item;
- and
- (b) a second indication of a second item to be obtained and loaded into the available space at a second location, the second indication including at least one characteristic of the second item;
- a storage optimization component determining an arrangement of the first and second items within the available space based on the at least one characteristic and the first location of the first item and the at least one characteristic and the second location of the second item;
- and
- an output component providing instructions for placing the first item and the second item in the available space according to the arrangement.
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A method for arranging items in a vehicle, comprising:
- determining a space in the vehicle located at a starting location;
- receiving, at an identification component, a first indication of a first item to be loaded or unloaded into the space at a first location, the first indication including at least one characteristic of the first item;
- receiving, at the identification component, a second indication of a second item to be loaded or unloaded into the space at a second location, the second indication including at least one characteristic of the second item;
- determining an arrangement of the first and second items within the space based on the at least one characteristic and the first location of the first item, the at least one characteristic and the second location of the second item and the space;
- providing, on a display, instructions for placing or removing the first item and the second item in the space according to the arrangement.
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A computing device for arranging items, comprising:
- a sensor analyzing and monitoring an available space in a vehicle;
- and
- a storage optimizer:
- receiving:
- (a) a first indication of a first item to be obtained and loaded into the available space at a first location, the first indication including at least one characteristic of the first item;
- and
- (b) a second indication of a second item to be obtained and loaded into the available space at a second location, the second indication including at least one characteristic of the second item;
- calculating an optimal route from a starting location to the first location and the second location based on the at least one characteristic of the first item and the at least one characteristic of the second item, wherein the at least one characteristic of the first item is a time at which the first item has to be obtained and the at least one characteristic of the second item is a weight of the second item;
- determining an arrangement of the first item and second item within the available space, the arrangement being determined based on the optimal route, the at least one characteristic of the first item and the at least one characteristic of the second item;
- and
- providing, on a display, instructions for routing to the first location, placing the first item in the available space according to the arrangement, routing to the second location, placing the second item in the available space according to the arrangement and routing to the starting location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.