Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for packing products with increased efficiency across packaging levels
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Application No.: US17336098Application Date: 2021-06-01
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Publication No.: US11861506B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Aniruddha Singhal , Ankush Ojha , Supratim Ghosh , Rajesh Sinha
- Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Applicant Address: IN Mumbai
- Assignee: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
- Current Assignee: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: IN Mumbai
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
- Priority: IN 2021023183 2020.06.02
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/04 ; B65B57/10 ; B65B65/08 ; G06N5/01

Abstract:
This disclosure relates generally to automated packing of objects, and, more particularly, to a method and system for packing products with increased efficiency across packaging levels. While conventional methods of improving packaging efficiency focus on only one of the multiple levels in the packaging process, most commonly the tertiary level, the present disclosure attempts increasing packaging efficiency across packaging levels. Embodiments of present disclosure achieves increased efficiency across packaging levels by identifying standard size of secondary packages for packing a plurality of primary packages, packing the secondary packages within tertiary packages using a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) optimization model based on packing heuristics, and providing a feedback between tertiary and secondary packaging levels to identify standard secondary packages which can pack the primary packages with higher packing efficiency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210374654A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PACKING PRODUCTS WITH INCREASED EFFICIENCY ACROSS PACKAGING LEVELS Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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