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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
David Winkle, Bella Vista, AR (US);
Bruce W. Wilkinson, Rogers, AR (US);
Todd Davenport Mattingly, Bentonville, AR (US);
Luke Matthew Reynolds, Dallas, TX (US);
Michael Dean Atchley, Springdale, AR (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
An automated tote routing systems that includes a conveyer belt, an array of sensors underneath the conveyer belt, and an identifier reader disposed with respect to the conveyer belt is discussed. The conveyer belt can be configured to receive a tote filled with physical objects. The array of sensors can detect a first set of attributes associated with the physical objects within the tote. The identifier reader can read and decode an identifier from a machine-readable element disposed on the tote. The array of sensors and identifier reader can transmit the first set of attributes and the identifier to a computing system. Based on the set of information associated with the physical objects and the set of attributes associated with the physical objects, a routing module executed by the computing system can automatically trigger the conveyer belt to route the tote to a selected distribution end of the conveyor belt.
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