公开(公告)号：US20180060806A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-01

申请号：US15797071

申请日：2017-10-30

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Budy D. NOTOHARDJONO ,  Arkadiy O. TSFASMAN ,  John S. WERNER

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06K7/10

Abstract: Assigning boxes to available spaces in storage bays may include: obtaining a first data structure identifying available spaces in multiple storage bays, the first data structure including xyz measurements of available spaces, and the multiple storage bays including one or more boxes; comparing, by a processor, for match xyz dimensions of a box with xyz dimensions of one or more available spaces in the first data structure to identify a matching available space, the box being selected from a second data structure identifying boxes to be placed into the multiple storage bays; and assigning, based on a match, the box to the matching available space, and removing the box from the second data structure, and the matching available space from the first data structure. The assigning of boxes may be combined with identifying desired products to be ordered, and ordering products based on available spaces in the storage bays.

公开(公告)号：US20180018621A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15209916

申请日：2016-07-14

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Budy D. NOTOHARDJONO ,  Arkadiy O. TSFASMAN ,  John S. WERNER

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06F17/10 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W4/02

CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 ,  H04W4/023 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: Mapping boxes in a storage bay is provided, which includes: ascertaining storage bay boundaries; wirelessly reading, using a mobile device, identifying information from tags associated with the boxes, each box having one or more associated tags, and the identifying information including size information for the associated box; determining position of the tags in the storage bay by triangulating tag locations relative to, in part, one or more locations of the mobile device; and creating, by a processor, a mapping of boxes in the storage bay using the tag positions and the identifying information wirelessly read from the tags. In one or more implementations, the tags are near-field communication (NFC) tags associated with the boxes, and the creating may include automatically reorienting a floating box in the mapping of boxes, as well as automatically repositioning a box when boxes overlap each other, or overlap an edge of the storage bay.