Walmart Inc.
Inventory management system
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Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for product storage location identification. Reconfigurable lights can be mounted to product storage locations and one or more of the lights can be illuminated to identify a particular storage location, such as for placement or pick up of a product. The system described herein can utilize radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips or tags to identify products and storage locations. So configured, the system can identify which storage location a particular product is in or can identify where a particular product should be placed.
Status:
Grant
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
12 Jun 2019
Issue date:
3 Mar 2020