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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2022
Liberty Reach Inc., Clearwater, ID (US);
G. Neil Haven, Clearwater, ID (US);
LIBERTY ROBOTICS INC., Dexter, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and system for efficiently packing a transport container with a plurality of substantially identical target items picked from a transport structure with a picking tool are provided. The method includes the step of providing a plurality of equivalence classes which partition all possible sequences of legal picks. Each equivalence class containing a subset of items from a ranked configuration. The method also includes ranking the equivalence classes in order of expected time efficiency under the constraint that a minimum, predetermined level of space efficiency is maintained. Finally, the method includes selecting the best ranked equivalence class for picking.