Determining items to pick in a storage facility
US12211002B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/08
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described are systems and methods for identifying an item in a storage facility to fulfill a pick request. The method includes receiving, by a computing system, a request for a physical item of a particular type, identifying a set of available physical items of the particular type from a plurality of physical items stored in storage locations in the storage facility, determining a score for each respective available physical item based on multiple sub-scores specific to the respective available physical item, to generate a set of scores corresponding to the set of available physical items, selecting a selected physical item from among the set based on the selected physical item having a most favorable score, identifying a selected storage location of the selected physical item, and providing instructions to cause a mechanical moving system to route the selected physical item from the selected storage location to a destination picking location.
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