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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2018
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Andrew B. Millhouse, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Jeffrey Alan Ward, Casa Grande, AZ (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
An unloading gate at the destination is assigned and a first resources schedule for unloading personnel or automated vehicles to remove the products from the vehicle at the gate is determined by a control circuit based at least in part upon the anticipated future conditions of the product and resources information. A second resources schedule for quality control personnel or automated vehicles to inspect the products and to determine a quality control result based at least in part upon the anticipated future conditions of the product and the resources information. Based upon quality control results and the priority parameters, a product disposition schedule is determined by the control circuit.