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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Sandeep Sikka, Natick, MA (US);

Nitin Verma, Natick, MA (US);

Michael Bhaskaran, Sherborn, MA (US);

Assignee:

Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/342 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/905 (2013.01); B07C 5/342 (2013.01); G06N 5/048 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a method may determine a first candidate item type and a second candidate item type for a container. The method may determine appearance feature(s) of the first candidate item type and appearance feature(s) of the second candidate item type. The method may determine, using a trained dissimilarity model, a distinguishability score between the first candidate item type and the second candidate item type based on the appearance feature(s) of the first candidate item type and the appearance feature(s) of the second candidate item type. The method may determine to store the first candidate item type and the second candidate item type together in the container based on the distinguishability score between the first candidate item type and the second candidate item type. In some instances, the method may place item(s) of the first candidate item type and item(s) of the second candidate item type in the container.


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