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Mapping boxes in a storage bay

  • US 10,346,800 B2
  • Filed: 10/25/2018
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • mapping boxes residing in a storage bay, the mapping comprising;

    ascertaining storage bay boundaries;

    wirelessly reading, using a handheld mobile device, identifying information from tags associated with the boxes within a proximity sphere of the handheld mobile device, each box having at least one tag associated therewith, and the identifying information including box size information for the associated box;

    determining position of the tags in the storage bay by triangulating tag locations relative to, at least in part, one or more determined locations of the handheld mobile device during the wirelessly reading;

    creating, by a processor, a mapping of location and orientation of boxes in the storage bay using, at least in part, the determined tag positions and the identifying information wirelessly read from the tags; and

    wherein the creating further comprises automatically repositioning boxes in a row of boxes in the mapping of boxes when boxes overlap or a box overlaps an edge of the storage bay boundary.

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