Patents by Inventor Kaiwen LUO

Kaiwen LUO 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).

  • Patent number: 12293322
    Abstract: Automated storage and retrieval systems for managing storage of inventory at a retail facility include a storage structure with storage locations configured to store containers that contain retail products, and a conveying system that conveys the containers between the storage locations and a product picking station. A processor-based control circuit analyzes one or more business rules governing product merging between the containers being conveyed toward the picking station by the conveying system to identify two containers that are eligible for the product merging therebetween. When the control circuit detects that the two containers identified as product merging eligible arrived at the picking station, these two containers are kept by the conveying system at the picking station until all of the products are removed from a first one of these two containers and merged together with the products stored in a second one of these two containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Vivek Tomar, Rei E. Siew Hew Sam, Sunada S N Chakravarthy, Kaiwen Luo
  • Patent number: 12288188
    Abstract: Automated storage and retrieval system for managing storage of inventory at a retail facility includes a storage structure with storage locations configured to store containers that contain retail products, and a conveying system that conveys the containers between the storage locations and a product picking station. A computing device analyzes one or more business rules to identify at least two containers that are eligible for the product merging therebetween and causes the conveying system to move these two containers from the storage structure toward a picking station selected by the control circuit. When the two containers identified as product merging eligible arrive at the picking station, these two containers are kept by the conveying system at the picking station until all of the products are removed from a first one of these two containers and merged together with the products stored in a second one of these two containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Vivek Tomar, Rei E. Siew Hew Sam, Sunada SN Chakravarthy, Kaiwen Luo
  • Publication number: 20240211878
    Abstract: Automated storage and retrieval system for managing storage of inventory at a retail facility includes a storage structure with storage locations configured to store containers that contain retail products, and a conveying system that conveys the containers between the storage locations and a product picking station. A computing device analyzes one or more business rules to identify at least two containers that are eligible for the product merging therebetween and causes the conveying system to move these two containers from the storage structure toward a picking station selected by the control circuit. When the two containers identified as product merging eligible arrive at the picking station, these two containers are kept by the conveying system at the picking station until all of the products are removed from a first one of these two containers and merged together with the products stored in a second one of these two containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Vivek Tomar, Rei E. Siew Hew Sam, Sunada SN Chakravarthy, Kaiwen Luo
  • Publication number: 20240193529
    Abstract: Automated storage and retrieval systems for managing storage of inventory at a retail facility include a storage structure with storage locations configured to store containers that contain retail products, and a conveying system that conveys the containers between the storage locations and a product picking station. A processor-based control circuit analyzes one or more business rules governing product merging between the containers being conveyed toward the picking station by the conveying system to identify two containers that are eligible for the product merging therebetween. When the control circuit detects that the two containers identified as product merging eligible arrived at the picking station, these two containers are kept by the conveying system at the picking station until all of the products are removed from a first one of these two containers and merged together with the products stored in a second one of these two containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Vivek Tomar, Rei E. Siew Hew Sam, Sunada SN Chakravarthy, Kaiwen Luo
  • Patent number: 11954641
    Abstract: Automated storage and retrieval system for managing storage of inventory at a retail facility includes a storage structure with storage locations configured to store containers that contain retail products, and a conveying system that conveys the containers between the storage locations and a product picking station. A computing device analyzes one or more business rules to identify at least two containers that are eligible for the product merging therebetween and causes the conveying system to move these two containers from the storage structure toward a picking station selected by the control circuit. When the two containers identified as product merging eligible arrive at the picking station, these two containers are kept by the conveying system at the picking station until all of the products are removed from a first one of these two containers and merged together with the products stored in a second one of these two containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Vivek Tomar, Rei E. Siew Hew Sam, Sunada S N Chakravarthy, Kaiwen Luo
  • Patent number: 11948120
    Abstract: Automated storage and retrieval systems for managing storage of inventory at a retail facility include a storage structure with storage locations configured to store containers that contain retail products, and a conveying system that conveys the containers between the storage locations and a product picking station. A processor-based control circuit analyzes one or more business rules governing product merging between the containers being conveyed toward the picking station by the conveying system to identify two containers that are eligible for the product merging therebetween. When the control circuit detects that the two containers identified as product merging eligible arrived at the picking station, these two containers are kept by the conveying system at the picking station until all of the products are removed from a first one of these two containers and merged together with the products stored in a second one of these two containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Vivek Tomar, Rei E. Siew Hew Sam, Sunada S N Chakravarthy, Kaiwen Luo
  • Publication number: 20230281556
    Abstract: Systems for decanting inventory products from cases at a retail facility include a loading zone that receives products cases, decanting stations having associated containers with an amount of available space therein, and a decanting transport system that transports the product cases from the loading zone to the decanting stations and has sensors that obtain information relating to the product cases. A processor-based a control circuit receives from the sensors information relating to product cases being transported from the loading zone by the decanting transport system, selects a subset of the product cases, analyzes one or more business rules governing decanting to assign each product case in the subset to a decanting station, and causes the decanting transport system to divert each product case in the subset to its assigned decanting station based on the one or more business rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sunada Chakravarthy, Vivek Tomar, Rei Siew Hew Sam, Kaiwen Luo
  • Publication number: 20230281557
    Abstract: Automated storage and retrieval system for managing storage of inventory at a retail facility includes a storage structure with storage locations configured to store containers that contain retail products, and a conveying system that conveys the containers between the storage locations and a product picking station. A computing device analyzes one or more business rules to identify at least two containers that are eligible for the product merging therebetween and causes the conveying system to move these two containers from the storage structure toward a picking station selected by the control circuit. When the two containers identified as product merging eligible arrive at the picking station, these two containers are kept by the conveying system at the picking station until all of the products are removed from a first one of these two containers and merged together with the products stored in a second one of these two containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Vivek Tomar, Rei E. Siew Hew Sam, Sunada SN Chakravarthy, Kaiwen Luo
  • Publication number: 20230245034
    Abstract: Automated storage and retrieval systems for managing storage of inventory at a retail facility include a storage structure with storage locations configured to store containers that contain retail products, and a conveying system that conveys the containers between the storage locations and a product picking station. A processor-based control circuit analyzes one or more business rules governing product merging between the containers being conveyed toward the picking station by the conveying system to identify two containers that are eligible for the product merging therebetween. When the control circuit detects that the two containers identified as product merging eligible arrived at the picking station, these two containers are kept by the conveying system at the picking station until all of the products are removed from a first one of these two containers and merged together with the products stored in a second one of these two containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Vivek Tomar, Rei E. Siew Hew Sam, Sunada SN Chakravarthy, Kaiwen Luo
  • Publication number: 20220218030
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an atomizing core and an electronic atomizing device. The atomizing core includes: a base including an atomizing surface; and a heating element disposed on the base, and capable of atomizing liquid on the atomizing surface. The heating element includes a first surface that is in a thickness direction thereof and attached to the base. The heating element is provided with liquid guiding channels that are kept at a set distance from the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hongliang LUO, Kaiwen LUO, Congwen XIAO