Patent ID: 11954641
Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is further configured to:
identify a plurality of groups of the containers that are eligible for the product merging therebetween;
determine a space utilization value for each of the containers in each of the groups, the space utilization value being based on a product fill level percentage of each of the containers;
generate a ranking of the groups, the ranking listing the groups in an order from a highest combined group space utilization value to a lowest combined group space utilization value; and
transmit a third signal to the control unit to cause the at least one conveyor of the container transport system to transport the containers of the group ranked as having the highest combined group space utilization value from the storage structure toward the at least one picking station for the product merging.