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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2012
Sebastian Lehmann, Seattle, WA (US);
Sebastian Lehmann, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure describes, in part, a system and method for improving the stacking of containers on or in a transportation unit. In some implementations, a stacking configuration may be planned that identifies containers and a position for those containers in the stacking configuration. As part of the planning, a volume correction may be identified that if corrected would improve the stability of the stacking configuration. A planned custom container may also be identified and one or more dimension values of the planned custom container modified based on the volume correction. The modified planned custom container may be added to the planned stacking configuration to improve the stability of the stacking configuration.