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US 2018/0120812 A1Published application
Configurable Product Housing System
AssigneeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
InventorsRobert James Taylor, Jeffrey Scott Cruz, Jamison Lonnie Kyle Sibley, Leigh Ann Marie Scobey, Timothy Scott Eller
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Abstract
Systems and methods for a configurable product housing are described. A reconfigurable product housing is mechanically coupled to an adjustment mechanism and communicatively coupled to a computing device thereby enabling adjustment of a volume of an interior cavity of the product housing.
Claims19
A configurable product housing system comprising:
- a housing equipped with an included processing device and further including a back wall, opposing side walls, and a base defining an interior cavity accessible via an open front face of the housing, the housing configured to store a plurality of physical objects within the interior cavity, the included processing device including a processor and a communication capability;
- a backer positioned in front of the back wall in the interior cavity, the backer extending from the base;
- an adjustment mechanism mechanically coupled to the backer and configured to adjust a position of the backer within the interior cavity, the adjustment mechanism controllable by the included processing device;
- a database holding information about the plurality of physical objects;
- and
- a computing device in communication with the database and the included processing device, the computing device configured to:
- query the database to retrieve a set of attributes associated with the plurality of physical objects;
- calculate a quantity of physical objects to be loaded into the interior cavity of the housing based on the set of attributes;
- and
- transmit a command to the included processing device to adjust the position of the backer within the interior cavity based on the calculated quantity of physical objects;
- wherein the calculated quantity of physical objects is loaded into the interior cavity of the housing.
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A loading method for a configurable product housing, the method comprising:
- providing a housing equipped with an included processing device and further including a back wall, opposing side walls, and a base defining an interior cavity accessible via an open front face of the housing, a backer extending from the base and positioned in front of the back wall in the interior cavity, the include processing device including a processor and a communication capability, the backer configured to be adjustable within the interior cavity;
- querying, via a computing device in communication with the included processing device, a database to retrieve a set of attributes associated with a plurality of physical objects;
- calculating, with the computing device, a quantity of the plurality of physical objects to be loaded into the interior cavity of the housing based on the set of attributes;
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- transmitting a command to the included processing device to adjust the position of the backer based on the calculated quantity of physical objects;
- wherein the position of the backer is adjusted by an adjustment mechanism controlled by the included processing device and the calculated quantity of physical objects is loaded into the interior cavity of the housing.
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A configurable product housing system comprising:
- a housing equipped with an included processing device and disposed in a shelving unit located in a facility, the housing further including a top wall, an adjustable back wall, opposing side walls, and a base defining an interior cavity accessible via an open front face of the housing, the interior cavity configured to store a plurality of physical objects;
- an adjustment mechanism mechanically coupled to the adjustable back wall and configured to adjust a position of the back wall within the housing, the adjustment mechanism controllable by the included processing device;
- a database holding information about the plurality of physical objects;
- and
- a computing device equipped with a processor, in communication with the included processing device and a database, the computing device configured to:
- query the database to retrieve a set of attributes associated with the plurality of physical objects;
- calculate a quantity of physical objects to be loaded into the interior cavity of the housing based on the set of attributes;
- and
- transmit a command to the included processing device to adjust the position of the adjustable back wall within the housing based on the calculated quantity of physical objects;
- wherein the calculated quantity of physical objects is loaded into the interior cavity of the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.