US 12,033,113 B2
System and method for order processing
Pareiya Gupta, Gurgaon (IN); Mayank Siotia, Fancy Bazar Guwahati (IN); and Varundev Solanki, Vadodara (IN)
Assigned to Grey Orange Inc., Roswell, GA (US)
Filed by Grey Orange Inc., Roswell, GA (US)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/345,752.
Prior Publication US 2022/0398528 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); G05B 19/4189 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50391 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An order processing system comprising:
a plurality of robotic devices;
a set of storage systems that accommodates a plurality of inventory items;
an order consolidation system having a defined capacity, wherein the order consolidation system comprises a first set of order bins in accordance with the defined capacity; and
a control server configured to:
receive a set of orders for a first inventory item of the plurality of inventory items;
determine a first cumulative order quantity of the first inventory item for the set of orders;
select a first subset of orders from the set of orders to be opened up for consolidation at the order consolidation system based on at least the defined capacity of the order consolidation system;
identify, from the set of storage systems, at least one storage system that stores the first inventory item in accordance with the first cumulative order quantity;
assign the identified storage system to an operator station for batch picking of the first cumulative order quantity of the first inventory item from the identified storage system;
control a first robotic device of the plurality of robotic devices to transport the identified storage system to the operator station for the batch picking; and
control a second robotic device of the plurality of robotic devices to collect from the operator station a first portion of the first cumulative order quantity that is batch picked at the operator station and transfer the collected first portion to the first set of order bins, wherein the first portion of the first cumulative order quantity corresponds to the first subset of orders.