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公开(公告)号：US20230034586A1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-02
申请号：US17958928
申请日：2022-10-03
申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC
发明人： Ben Edwards , Brian C. Roth , Paul Durkee
摘要： Examples provide a system for system for customized item decanting. A robotic picker device is configured to remove a selected item from a selected case in an open configuration on a conveyor device. A decan manager, implemented on a processor, is configured to identify a destination tote in a set of totes for placement of the selected item, The robotic picker device places the selected item into the destination tote and the decant manager analyzes sensor data and item data associated with the selected item to confirm an identification of the selected item placed into the destination tote for inventory update
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公开(公告)号：US11491656B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-08
申请号：US16453023
申请日：2019-06-26
申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC
发明人： Ben Edwards , Brian C. Roth , Paul Durkee
摘要： Examples provide a system for decanting items from a set of cases into a set of storage totes in preparation for induction into an automated tote storage device. A set of robotic decanting devices includes at least one robotic de-palletizing device configured to remove a selected case comprising a set of items from a pallet at a de-palletizing station. A stationary robotic case opener device opens each case as it moves along a conveyor device. A set of sensor devices scans cases and/or contents of cases to identify each item removed from each case. A stationary robotic picker device removes each item from each case and places each item into an appropriate destination tote. A robotic tote transfer device moves the destination tote to an induction point of the storage device. A decant manager component updates inventory to include items placed into each tote inducted into the storage device.
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公开(公告)号：US20200283229A1
公开(公告)日：2020-09-10
申请号：US16436884
申请日：2019-06-10
申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC
摘要： Examples provide a tote conveyance system for autonomously conveying totes from a storage system to a pickup/receiving area via smart container transport carts. The smart container conveyance cart aligns with the induction station on the storage system. The system utilizes actuators to move totes onto the cart from an induction station on the storage system or move totes off the cart into the induction station. Loading or unloading of totes are performed in accordance with priorities assigned based on cold-chain compliance temperature thresholds associated with the contents of the totes, weights of the totes, and destination of totes.
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公开(公告)号：US10769587B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-08
申请号：US16435735
申请日：2019-06-10
申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC
发明人： Paul E. Durkee , Brian C. Roth
摘要： Apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful in retail store inventory storage and retrieval. Some embodiments provide systems, comprising: a rack system positioned above a dropdown ceiling and extending over the sales floor, and comprising: a plurality of racks, a rail system and the plurality of access passages; a plurality of unmanned vehicles; a plurality of access stations, wherein the access stations physically cooperate with one of the access passages; each rack comprises storage cells to receive a reusable tote; and wherein the central control circuit is configured to receive a request for a first product, identify a first access station, access the inventory tracking system to identify a first storage cell in which the first product is stored, identify an available unmanned vehicle, and communicate to the unmanned vehicle directing the unmanned vehicle to retrieve the tote and transport the tote to the first access station.
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公开(公告)号：US20200005229A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-02
申请号：US16435735
申请日：2019-06-10
申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC
发明人： Paul E. Durkee , Brian C. Roth
摘要： Apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful in retail store inventory storage and retrieval. Some embodiments provide systems, comprising: a rack system positioned above a dropdown ceiling and extending over the sales floor, and comprising: a plurality of racks, a rail system and the plurality of access passages; a plurality of unmanned vehicles; a plurality of access stations, wherein the access stations physically cooperate with one of the access passages; each rack comprises storage cells to receive a reusable tote; and wherein the central control circuit is configured to receive a request for a first product, identify a first access station, access the inventory tracking system to identify a first storage cell in which the first product is stored, identify an available unmanned vehicle, and communicate to the unmanned vehicle directing the unmanned vehicle to retrieve the tote and transport the tote to the first access station.
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公开(公告)号：US20240212368A1
公开(公告)日：2024-06-27
申请号：US18594125
申请日：2024-03-04
申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC
IPC分类号： G06V20/64 , G06Q10/0631 , G06T7/62 , G06V10/75
CPC分类号： G06V20/64 , G06Q10/06313 , G06T7/62 , G06V10/751
摘要： The contents of totes and the amount a tote container is filled are monitored. A central database stores product dimensions and tote dimensions as well as a percentage of which a tote is to be filled. Image scanners that obtain three-dimensional images are used to determine if the actual dimensions of the tote, the product, and the fill amount are consistent with the expected or optimal values of these characteristics. When there is a discrepancy between measured and expected values, then one or more actions can be taken.
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公开(公告)号：US12020451B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-25
申请号：US18078296
申请日：2022-12-09
申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC
CPC分类号： G06T7/70 , B25J9/1669 , B25J9/1679 , B25J9/1697 , G06T7/0004 , G06V20/10 , H04N5/38 , H04N23/54 , G06T2207/30108
摘要： Examples provide a system and method for autonomously placing items into non-rigid containers. An image analysis component analyzes image data generated by one or more cameras associated with picked items ready for bagging and/or a non-rigid container, such as, but not limited to, a bag. The image analysis component generates dynamic placement data identifying how much space is available inside the bag, bag tension, and/or contents of the bag. A dynamic placement component generates a per-item assigned placement for a selected item ready for bagging based on a per-bag placement sequence and the dynamic placement data. Instructions, including the per-item assigned placement designating a location within the interior of the non-rigid container to the selected item and an orientation for the selected item after bagging, is sent to at least one robotic device. The robotic device places the selected item into the non-rigid container in accordance with the instructions.
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公开(公告)号：US11948375B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-02
申请号：US17517748
申请日：2021-11-03
申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC
IPC分类号： G06V20/64 , G06Q10/0631 , G06T7/62 , G06V10/75
CPC分类号： G06V20/64 , G06Q10/06313 , G06T7/62 , G06V10/751
摘要： The contents of totes and the amount a tote container is filled are monitored. A central database stores product dimensions and tote dimensions as well as a percentage of which a tote is to be filled. Image scanners that obtain three-dimensional images are used to determine if the actual dimensions of the tote, the product, and the fill amount are consistent with the expected or optimal values of these characteristics. When there is a discrepancy between measured and expected values, then one or more actions can be taken.
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公开(公告)号：US20230092053A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-23
申请号：US18072170
申请日：2022-11-30
申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC
发明人： Brian C. Roth , Paul Durkee , Ben Edwards
摘要： An automated in-rack picking solution enables improved efficiency by permitting automatic reconfiguration of automated picking system (APS) deployments within an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS). The storage volume of an ASRS can be more thoroughly utilized, even with a smaller number of APSs, when at least one APS is operable to autonomously relocate within the ASRS based at least on a stored item's location and/or property (e.g., suitability for handling by a particular end effector). An exemplary solution includes an APS positioned to reach stored items within a first subset of storage locations when affixed to a first attachment point; a transport component operable to relocate the APS to a second attachment point, wherein the APS is positioned to reach stored items within a second subset of the storage locations when affixed to the second attachment point; and a controller operable to instruct relocation of the APS.
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公开(公告)号：US11361277B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-14
申请号：US16436884
申请日：2019-06-10
申请人： Walmart Apollo, LLC
IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 , H04W4/35 , H04W4/38 , G05B19/418 , B25J5/00 , B65G1/04 , B25J11/00 , G05D1/02 , B65G1/137 , B66F9/06 , G01K1/024
摘要： Examples provide a tote conveyance system for autonomously conveying totes from a storage system to a pickup/receiving area via smart container transport carts. The smart container conveyance cart aligns with the induction station on the storage system. The system utilizes actuators to move totes onto the cart from an induction station on the storage system or move totes off the cart into the induction station. Loading or unloading of totes are performed in accordance with priorities assigned based on cold-chain compliance temperature thresholds associated with the contents of the totes, weights of the totes, and destination of totes.
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