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公开(公告)号：US20190279426A1
公开(公告)日：2019-09-12
申请号：US15917239
申请日：2018-03-09
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Vishal Musunuri , Michael Bhaskaran
Abstract: A technology for virtualized container opening and optimized item placement, and in an example includes a receiving, from an augmented reality device, a first image of user view capturing a storing surface of a storage space; receiving an input identifying a first item; retrieving item data associated with the first item based on the input; determining, from the one or more placement regions, a set of one or more viable placement regions for placing the first item on the storing surface based on an arrangement model and the item data associated with the first item; generating overlay placement data describing the set of one or more viable placement regions; transmitting the overlay placement data to the augmented reality device; and instructing the augmented reality device to superimpose one or more virtual items in the storage space in the user view based on the overlay placement data.
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公开(公告)号：US10373097B2
公开(公告)日：2019-08-06
申请号：US15814564
申请日：2017-11-16
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Girish Kulkarni , Michael Bhaskaran , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan
Abstract: An example system may comprise a docking station remotely located from a fulfillment center, a fulfillment system, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and an autonomous ground vehicle (AGV). The fulfillment system manages the fulfillment center and the docking station, receives a request to ship an item, determines an item transfer point based on a delivery point, and calculates a flight path to the item transfer point. The fulfillment system loads the item at the fulfillment center via a handling mechanism of the UAV and deploys the UAV to the item transfer point using the flight path. The AGV is coupled for wireless communication with the fulfillment system, the docking station, and the AGV. The item transfer point indicates a geographical location where the item is to be transferred from the UAV to one of the docking station and the AGV based on the delivery point.
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公开(公告)号：US20180127211A1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-10
申请号：US15863050
申请日：2018-01-05
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Amit Kalra , Rodney Gallaway , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan
CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 , B65G1/137 , B65G1/1378 , G01C21/206 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0225 , G05D1/0274 , G05D1/0285 , G05D1/0297 , G05D2201/0216 , G06Q10/087
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system with a robot execution system (REX) is described. In an example implementation, a REX may induct, into the hybrid modular storage fetching system, an order identifying items to be fulfilled by automated guided vehicles (AGVs) at an order fulfillment facility. The REX may generate at task list including tasks for a first and second AGV, instruct the first AGV to retrieve a first item in the order from a first storage area based on the task list and deliver the first item to a pick-cell station. The REX may also instruct the second AGV to retrieve a second item of the order from a second storage area and deliver the second item to the pick-cell station. The REX may communicate with other components of the hybrid modular storage fetching system to coordinate the paths of the AGVs to fulfill the order.
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公开(公告)号：US20240104500A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-28
申请号：US18531557
申请日：2023-12-06
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan , Rodney Gallaway
IPC: G06Q10/0875 , G01C21/20 , G05D1/02
CPC classification number: G06Q10/0875 , G01C21/206 , G05D1/0225 , G05D1/0274 , G05D1/0285 , G05D1/0297 , B65G43/00 , B65G2209/06 , G05D2201/0216
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system is described. In an example implementation, the system may include a warehouse execution system adapted to generate a picking schedule for picking pick-to-cart and high-density storage items, and an AGV dispatching system adapted to dispatch a cart automated guided vehicle and a modular storage fetching automated guided vehicle based on the picking schedule. The cart automated guided vehicle may be adapted autonomously transport a carton through a pick-to-cart area and to a pick-cell station. The modular storage fetching automated guided vehicle may be adapted to synchronously autonomously transport a modular storage unit containing items to be placed in the cartons from a high-density storage area to the pick-cell station.
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公开(公告)号：US11702287B2
公开(公告)日：2023-07-18
申请号：US16902030
申请日：2020-06-15
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Amit Kalra , Rodney Gallaway , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan
CPC classification number: B65G1/1375 , B60P1/00 , B60P1/02 , B65G1/0435 , B65G1/0492 , B66F9/06 , G05D1/0225 , G05D1/0234 , B65G1/1378 , B65G2209/06 , G05D1/0274 , G05D2201/0216 , G06Q10/087
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system is described. In an example implementation, an automated guided vehicle of the hybrid modular storage fetching system includes a drive unit that provides motive force to propel the automated guided vehicle within an operating environment. The automated guided vehicle may also include a container handling mechanism including an extender and a carrying surface, the container handling mechanism having three or more degrees of freedom to move the carrying surface along three or more axes. The container handling mechanism may retrieve an item from a first target shelving unit using the carrying surface and the three or more degrees of freedom and place the item on a second target shelving unit. The automated guided vehicle may also include a power source coupled to provide power to the drive unit and the container handling mechanism.
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公开(公告)号：US11590997B1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-28
申请号：US16534957
申请日：2019-08-07
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Michael Bhaskaran , Weston Harris , Maimuna Rangwala
IPC: B62B5/00 , G06Q30/0601 , B62B3/14 , G06K7/14
Abstract: In an example implementation, a smart cart system may include a cart including a frame and an item holder supported by the frame and configured to transition between an open position and a storage position that is more compact than the open position. The smart cart system may include a motivator configured to provide a motive force to the cart, a power source coupled with the motivator, and a charging interface attached to the frame of the cart and that interacts with a cart charging system of a cart storage rack to charge the power source. The smart cart system may also include a user interface device, a computing device, and a smart cart controller operable on the computing device to receive information describing an attribute of an item and provide information describing the attribute of the item for presentation by the user interface device.
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公开(公告)号：US11180069B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-23
申请号：US16237645
申请日：2018-12-31
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Amit Kalra
Abstract: A system and method for automated loading of delivery vehicles using automated guided vehicles is described. In an example implementation, a loading coordination engine may determine a delivery destination of a first item based on item data associated with the first item, assign the first item to a location in a delivery vehicle, and generate a task list including an instruction to an automated guided vehicle to position the first item in the delivery vehicle based on the assigned location in the delivery vehicle. In some instances, the automated guided vehicle may navigate to a loading area to retrieve the first item from the loading area, navigate to a point proximate to the assigned location in the delivery vehicle, and place the first item at the assigned location based on the task list.
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38.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11119487B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-14
申请号：US16237649
申请日：2018-12-31
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Amit Kalra
Abstract: A system and method for automated preparation of deliveries in delivery vehicles using automated guided vehicles is described. In an example implementation, the method may determine a future delivery in a set of deliveries assigned to a delivery vehicle, the future delivery including a first item and determine a storage location in the delivery vehicle of the first item. In some implementations, an AGV may, during transit of the delivery vehicle along a route for delivering the set of deliveries, navigate to a point proximate to the storage location of the first item in the delivery vehicle, and retrieve the first item from the storage location in the delivery vehicle. The AGV may then deliver the first item to a delivery point.
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39.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11030573B2
公开(公告)日：2021-06-08
申请号：US16044210
申请日：2018-07-24
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Sandeep Sikka , Nitin Verma , Michael Bhaskaran
Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method determines a container containing one or more items associated with one or more item types, the container located at a current position in a storage facility; determines one or more order likelihoods of the one or more item types contained in the container; determines a container utilization likelihood of the container based on the one or more order likelihoods of the one or more item types contained in the container; determines an optimal position for the container in the storage facility based on the container utilization likelihood of the container, the optimal position being different from the current position of the container; and instructing an automated guided vehicle (AGV) to transport the container from the current position of the container to the optimal position of the container in the storage facility.
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公开(公告)号：US20210009352A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-14
申请号：US16902030
申请日：2020-06-15
Applicant: Staples, Inc.
Inventor： Daniel Jarvis , Paolo Gerli Amador , Michael Bhaskaran , Amit Kalra , Rodney Gallaway , Vikranth Gopalakrishnan
Abstract: A hybrid modular storage fetching system is described. In an example implementation, an automated guided vehicle of the hybrid modular storage fetching system includes a drive unit that provides motive force to propel the automated guided vehicle within an operating environment. The automated guided vehicle may also include a container handling mechanism including an extender and a carrying surface, the container handling mechanism having three or more degrees of freedom to move the carrying surface along three or more axes. The container handling mechanism may retrieve an item from a first target shelving unit using the carrying surface and the three or more degrees of freedom and place the item on a second target shelving unit. The automated guided vehicle may also include a power source coupled to provide power to the drive unit and the container handling mechanism.
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