Patent ID: 11928608
Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for transport asset monitoring, the system comprising:
a first sensor configured to sense a first unloading operation progress parameter data for a first transport asset at an unloading location, wherein the first transport asset is partially unloaded, wherein the first unloading operation progress parameter data comprises identification of items unloaded from the first transport asset;
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that are operative when executed by the processor to:
receive the first unloading operation progress parameter data from the first sensor;
determine, based at least on the first unloading operation progress parameter data, a predicted milestone parameter, the milestone parameter comprising a determination of an expected completion time of unloading at least one item remaining on the first transport asset and a determination of an expected departure-ready time when the first transport asset is expected to be ready to depart, based on current data and historical data, the current data comprising at least one of the first unloading operation progress parameter data received from the first sensor or a data set, and the historical data comprising at least one of a record of past contents of the current data or actual operational activity timing;
and
report the predicted milestone parameter to a remote node to integrate activity schedules for the first transport asset and at least one other transport asset, wherein integrating activity schedules further comprises scheduling acceptance of a second incoming transport asset to the unloading location based on the expected completion time for the first transport asset.