US 2022/0067645 A1Published application

Systems and Methods for Automatic Determination of a Packing Configuration to Pack Items in Shipping Boxes

OwnerMurali Krishna Gopalakrishnaninventor

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Abstract

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to automatically determine packing configurations. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for automatically determining packing configurations for packing items into shipping boxes including a plurality of human operated packing stations; a plurality of robot operated packing stations; a database; and a control circuit configured to execute one or more machine learning models to: execute a first feedback loop; provide adjusted first packing configuration to one or more of the plurality of human operated packing stations; execute a second feedback loop; and determine data corresponding to human operator deviations from the adjusted first packing configuration; and provide the adjusted first packing configuration to one or more of the plurality of human operated packing stations and the plurality of robot operated packing stations to pack additional orders of a first set of items into one or more shipping boxes.

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Dependent claims

A system for automatically determining packing configurations for packing items into shipping boxes at a retail facility, the system comprising:

a plurality of human operated packing stations;
a plurality of robot operated packing stations;
a database storing item data, shipping box data, and packing configuration data including packing configurations for packing combinations of items into shipping boxes;
and
a control circuit coupled to the database, the plurality of human operated packing stations and the plurality of robot operated packing stations, wherein the control circuit is configured to execute one or more machine learning models to:
execute a first feedback loop to compare past packing configurations of a first set of item with a first packing configuration for the first set of items and adjust the first packing configuration based on this comparison;
provide the adjusted first packing configuration to one or more of the plurality of human operated packing stations for a human to pack the first set of items into one or more shipping boxes in accordance with the adjusted first packing configuration;
execute a second feedback loop to receive data from the plurality of human operated packing stations comprising whether human operators packed the first set of items in accordance with the adjusted first packing configuration;
and determine data corresponding to human operator deviations from the adjusted first packing configuration based on the data received from the plurality of human operated packing stations;
and
provide the adjusted first packing configuration to one or more of the plurality of human operated packing stations and the plurality of robot operated packing stations to pack additional orders of the first set of items into the one or more shipping boxes.

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A method for automatically determining packing configurations for packing items into shipping boxes at a retail facility, the method comprising:

executing, by a control circuit coupled to a database, a plurality of human operated packing stations, and a plurality of robot operated packing stations, a first feedback loop to compare past packing configurations of a first set of item with a first packing configuration for the first set of items and adjusting the first packing configuration based on this comparison, wherein the database stores item data, shipping box data, and packing configuration data including packing configurations for packing combinations of items into shipping boxes;
providing, by the control circuit, the adjusted first packing configuration to one or more of the plurality of human operated packing stations for a human to pack the first set of items into one or more shipping boxes in accordance with the adjusted first packing configuration;
executing, by the control circuit, a second feedback loop to receive data from the plurality of human operated packing stations comprising whether human operators packed the first set of items in accordance with the adjusted first packing configuration;
and determine data corresponding to human operator deviations from the adjusted first packing configuration based on the data received from the plurality of human operated packing stations;
and
providing, by the control circuit, the adjusted first packing configuration to one or more of the plurality of human operated packing stations and the plurality of robot operated packing stations to pack additional orders of the first set of items into the one or more shipping boxes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.