US 12,234,092 B2
System-directed single line pick batching
Stephen Nilsen, Clayton, NC (US); Matthew Robert Douglas, Orlando, FL (US); Gregory Patrick Cox, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US); Paolo Gerli Amador, Framingham, MA (US); Daniel Jarvis, Orlando, FL (US); and Amit Kalra, Acton, MA (US)
Assigned to Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA (US)
Filed by Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,681.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,892, filed on Jul. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0033186 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/08 (2024.01)
CPC B65G 1/1373 (2013.01) [B65G 1/1371 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G06K 7/10445 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06K 7/10297 (2013.01); G06K 2007/10504 (2013.01); G06Q 2250/70 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, data describing a set of orders, the set of orders including one or more items having one or more stock keeping unit (SKU) identifiers associated with the one or more items;
sorting, by the one or more processors, the set of orders into a subset of orders based on each order of the subset of orders consisting of a single variety of SKU identifier;
identifying, by the one or more processors, a first cart for batch picking;
assigning, by the one or more processors, a first location in a pick-to-cart area to a task queue of the first cart based on a first item having a first SKU identifier being located at the first location and a first order of the subset of orders including the first SKU identifier;
navigating, by the one or more processors, the first cart to the first location in the pick-to-cart area;
instructing, by the one or more processors, a picker to pick the first item having the first SKU identifier at the first location;
receiving, by the one or more processors, one or more confirmation inputs indicating completion of a pick of the first item having the first SKU identifier to the first cart; and
navigating, by the one or more processors, the first cart to an end point.