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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
David Brust, Asheville, NC (US);
Angela I. Robertson, Arden, NC (US);
Frederick John Stingel, Iii, Asheville, NC (US);
Jeffrey W. Stingel, Asheville, NC (US);
David Brust, Asheville, NC (US);
Angela I. Robertson, Arden, NC (US);
Frederick John Stingel, III, Asheville, NC (US);
Jeffrey W. Stingel, Asheville, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of determining pallet layers for placement by a material handling system robot can include identifying cases for inclusion in a pallet and identifying case dimension information for the cases. Using the case dimension information, the cases can be classified into at least one group, wherein each group is defined by a height range such that cases classified within a group have a height within the height range associated with that group. Cases of one of the groups can be assigned to locations within a pallet layer, wherein the pallet layer has an area within a predefined area range.