Patent ID: 7061508

Claim:
A loading pattern generating method, based on which goods are loaded on a pallet by turns, on the display screen of a computer, comprising the steps of: displaying an area indicating a plan view of the pallet on said display screen; displaying a pattern, which represents said goods, by indicating a plan view and a direction thereof at a position separate from said area of said display screen, said direction being compared with that of another of the goods to be loaded on the pallet; moving said pattern to an appointed position in said area on said display screen; and determining a layout in said area of said pattern by changing the direction of said pattern to an appointed direction, wherein positioning said goods on the pallet is done by placing figures one by one at a time on a computer screen and positioning said goods is based upon the pallet used and on the direction that previously loaded goods were positioned; whereby loading patterns of goods on said pallet are prepared.