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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Florian Pinel, New York, NY (US);
Shikhar Kwatra, Durham, NC (US);
Russell Patrick Bobbitt, New York, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for assigning one or more conveyor belts to convey a plurality of items. The computer-implemented method determines an availability of one or more conveyor belts, determines a quantity of a plurality of items to be loaded onto the one or more conveyor belts, and assigns the one or more conveyor belts to convey the plurality of items, based on the determined quantity of the plurality of items to be loaded onto the one or more conveyor belts. The computer-implemented method further tracks a location of each of the plurality of items on the assigned one or more conveyor belts, associates each of the plurality of items with a user, and directs the user to the one or more conveyor belts based on the tracked location of each of the plurality of items associated with the user.