Patents by Inventor Howard Preston Smith, II

Howard Preston Smith, II has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dynamically generating a sort zone assignment plan
    Patent number: 11093891
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating a sort zone assignment plan for packages expected to arrive at a facility during a predetermined period of time. Prior to arrival of the packages at the facility, a sort zone assignment plan is generated that optimizes distribution of the plurality of packages to a plurality of sort zones within the facility for a given sorting cycle. Once a package arrives at the facility, the package is scanned and the sort zone assignment is determined according to the sort zone assignment plan. The package is then transferred to the assigned sort zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Enrique Pachon, Marc Joseph Anderson, Howard Preston Smith, II