IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0515111
(2006-08-31)
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등록번호 |
US-8321258
(2012-11-27)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Gottlieb, Jens
- Eckert, Jochen Christoph
- Engelmann, Thomas
- Schumm, Carsten
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
1 인용 특허 :
9 |
초록
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Embodiments of the invention include a system for scheduling the shipment of a set of products. The shipment may be loaded into a set of vehicles and further configured to fit a set of compartments on those vehicles. The system may include attempts to fill each vehicle and the compartments of each v
Embodiments of the invention include a system for scheduling the shipment of a set of products. The shipment may be loaded into a set of vehicles and further configured to fit a set of compartments on those vehicles. The system may include attempts to fill each vehicle and the compartments of each vehicle. The system may include evaluating a set of constraints on the shipment. The constraints may include a complex logical statement.
대표청구항
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1. A method comprising: receiving a transportation order indicating an item to be transported;determining a first configuration with the item in a first compartment of a first vehicle having a plurality of separate compartments, each compartment having an associated capacity value;generating, in a c
1. A method comprising: receiving a transportation order indicating an item to be transported;determining a first configuration with the item in a first compartment of a first vehicle having a plurality of separate compartments, each compartment having an associated capacity value;generating, in a computer, an indicator of feasibility for the first configuration based on whether the first configuration meets a first set of transportation constraints;adjusting, in the computer, the capacity value for the first compartment if the first configuration is not feasible; anddetermining, in the computer, if the first configuration is feasible with the capacity value of the first compartment adjusted. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: storing the first configuration in a compartment configuration data structure for the first vehicle. 3. The method of 1, further comprising: determining a second configuration with the item in a second compartment of the first vehicle if the first configuration is not feasible. 4. The method of 1, further comprising: performing a local search to optimize a placement of the item in at least one of the plurality of compartments of the first vehicle. 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: serializing a set of transportation orders to determine feasibility of a transportation plan based on whether the set of transportation orders can be distributed across a plurality of compartments of a vehicle. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the set of transportation orders are serialized in an order based on a predetermined characteristic of the set of transportation orders. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising: checking a capacity of the first compartment of the first vehicle. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining compatibility of the item with the first compartment. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining compatibility of a first set of items with a second set of items in the first compartment. 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining compatibility of a first item with a second item in the first compartment. 11. The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying a set of transportation orders organized by vehicle and compartment. 12. The method of claim 1, further comprising: verifying that the first configuration does not exceed a capacity of a vehicle. 13. The method of claim 1, further comprising: verifying that the first configuration does not exceed the capacity of a compartment. 14. The method of claim 1, further comprising: verifying that transportation orders assigned to the first compartment do not exceed a capacity of the first vehicle. 15. The method of claim 1, further comprising: verifying that transportation orders assigned to the first vehicle do not exceed vehicle capacity. 16. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a relationship between vehicle capacity usage and number of items placed in the vehicle using a function representing compartment storage characteristics. 17. A system comprising: a demand order generating module, to generate a set of demand orders;a transportation determination module to receive the set of demand orders and generate a set of transportation orders; anda compartment determination module to receive a transportation order and generate an indication of feasibility based on compatibility of an assignment of the transportation order to a compartment of a vehicle, wherein the compartment determination module operates transparently to the transportation determination module. 18. The system of claim 17, further comprising: a user interface module to display vehicle, compartment and transportation order arrangement. 19. The system of 17, further comprising: a storage device to store a compartment configuration data structure of a vehicle with assignments of orders to compartments. 20. The system of claim 17, further comprising: a serialization module to prepare a set of transportation orders for compartmentalization analysis. 21. The system of claim 17, wherein the set of transportation orders are serialized in an order based on a predetermined characteristic of the set of transportation orders. 22. A non-transitory machine readable medium having a set of instructions stored therein which when executed cause a machine to perform a set of operations comprising: receiving a set of transportation orders;iterating through permutations of the transportation orders distributed across compartments of a set of vehicles;identifying configurations that meet a set of predetermined constraints related to the compartments and transportation orders; andgenerating instructions for sizing the compartments and loading the set of vehicles based on a selected configuration that meets the set of predetermined instructions. 23. The machine readable medium of claim 22, having a further set of instructions stored therein which when executed cause a machine to perform a set of operations further comprising: generating a configuration of the set of transportation orders distributed across compartments of the set of vehicles. 24. The machine readable medium of claim 22, having a further set of instructions stored therein which when executed cause a machine to perform a set of operations further comprising: displaying the set of transportation orders organized by vehicle and compartment. 25. An apparatus comprising: means for receiving a set of transportation orders;means for iterating through permutations of the transportation orders distributed across compartments of a set of vehicles; andmeans for adjusting compartment capacity values during iteration through the permutations;means for identifying configurations that meet a set of predetermined criteria related to the compartments. 26. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising: means for generating a configuration of the set of transportation orders distributed across compartments of the set of vehicles. 27. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising: means for displaying the set of transportation orders organized by vehicle and compartment. 28. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising: means for performing any one of local search, tabu search, simulated annealing, evolutionary algorithms, mixed integer programming or constraint programming to optimize a placement of a set of items from a transportation order across compartments of a vehicle during each iteration. 29. The machine readable medium of claim 22, having a further set of instructions stored therein which when executed cause a machine to perform a set of operations further comprising: performing any one of local search, tabu search, simulated annealing, evolutionary algorithms, mixed integer programming or constraint programming to optimize a placement of a set of items from a transportation order across compartments of a vehicle during each iteration. 30. A system comprising: a demand order generating module to generate a set of demand orders;a transportation determination module to receive the set of demand orders and generate a set of transportation orders, each of the transportation orders are generated based on a local search which optimizes a placement of a first item in at least one of a plurality of compartments, the transportation determination module determines compatibility of the first item with a second item in the first compartment;a compartment determination module to receive a transportation order and to generate an indication of feasibility based on compatibility of an assignment of the transportation order to a compartment of a vehicle;a user interface module to display a set of transportation orders organized by vehicle and compartment; anda serialization module to prepare a set of transportation orders prior to determining feasibility of a transportation plan based on whether the set of transportation orders can be distributed across a plurality of compartments of a vehicle.
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