System for improving order batching using location information of items in retail store and method of using same

US10445691B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ashwin Kumar · Bengaluru, IN
• Ameya Ajay Shendre · Bengaluru, IN
• Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa · Bengaluru, IN
• R R Pavan Kumar · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 27, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01C21/206
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method includes receiving a plurality of orders having one or more items, separating the orders by load number and due times, batching the separate orders into different commodities, generating an optimized pick path through a retail store to pick the one or more items according to an optimization algorithm that generates the optimized pick path based on item location of the one or more items within the batched orders of the different commodities, obtaining a store map, the store map being indicative of a layout of the retail store, transmitting a representation of the store map and the optimized pick path to the user device, and displaying the store map overlaid with the optimized pick path on a graphical display of the user device.