Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for sortation of products using a conveyor assembly
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Application No.: US17988443Application Date: 2022-11-16
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Publication No.: US11868947B2Publication Date: 2024-01-09
- Inventor: Robert J. Taylor , Matthew D. Alexander , William M. Propes , John C. Crecelius, Jr. , Jason D. Bellar
- Applicant: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
- Current Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/083 ; G06Q10/087 ; G06Q50/28 ; G06K7/10 ; G06K7/14

Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to the sortation of products using a conveyor assembly. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for receiving and sorting products shipped to a shopping facility including: a delivery location at a shopping facility configured to receive a shipment of products; a conveyor assembly comprising: a product identification module configured to read identification data from an identification label disposed on a product; a plurality of sortation modules configured to move the product to one of a predetermined plurality of sortation destination areas; a control circuit operatively coupled to the product identification module and to each of the sortation modules, the control circuit configured to: receive the identification data from the product identification module; determine the sortation destination area for the product based at least on one of shopping facility data and shipping data regarding the product as sortation criteria; and cooperate with the plurality of sortation modules to move the product to the determined sortation destination area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230079572A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SORTATION OF PRODUCTS USING A CONVEYER ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2023-03-16
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