Patents by Inventor Kunlei Lian

Kunlei Lian 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).

  • Publication number: 20240083698
    Abstract: This application relates to automated processes for assigning item containers, such as boxes, to a location on a shipping container, such as a pallet. For example, a computing device may receive an item assignment request identifying a plurality of item containers, and determines a subset of the plurality of item containers for assigning to a layer of a shipping container. Further, the computing device determines a plurality of positions and a plurality of orientations for each of the subset of the plurality of item containers. The computing device also assigns the subset of the plurality of item containers to the layer of the shipping container based on the plurality of positions and the plurality of orientations. The computing device further generates an item assignment response identifying the assignments of the plurality of item containers, and transits the item assignment response for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kunlei Lian, Cai Gao, Cong Guo, Mingang Fu
  • Publication number: 20240086835
    Abstract: This application relates to automated processes for assigning item containers, such as boxes, to a location on a shipping container, such as a pallet. For example, a computing device may receive an item assignment request identifying a plurality of item containers, and determines a subset of the plurality of item containers for assigning to a layer of a shipping container. Further, the computing device determines a plurality of positions and a plurality of orientations for each of the subset of the plurality of item containers. The computing device also assigns the subset of the plurality of item containers to the layer of the shipping container based on the plurality of positions and the plurality of orientations. The computing device further generates an item assignment response identifying the assignments of the plurality of item containers, and transits the item assignment response for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kunlei Lian, Cai Gao, Cong Guo, Mingang Fu
  • Publication number: 20230385727
    Abstract: A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: generating a schedule summary comprising one or more selectable portions of availability for drivers; receiving a selection of an unfilled portion of a respective schedule for a respective driver of the drivers adds the respective driver to a list of respective drivers to be scheduled on the schedule summary displayed on a GUI of an electronic device of a user; receiving one or more selections of the one or more selectable portions of availability of the schedule summary causes one or more changes to occur on the schedule summary displayed on the GUI of the electronic device of the user; and displaying one or more schedules for the drivers. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Kunlei Lian, Ming Ni, Mingang Fu
  • Patent number: 11720837
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: receiving a request to generate one or more schedules for one or more drivers; determining one or more respective day cab schedules for each respective day cab driver of the one or more drivers; assigning one or more permanent drivers of the one or more drivers to one or more permanent tractors; assigning at least one driver of one or more remaining drivers of the one or more drivers to at least one tractor using a first set of rules; generating the one or more schedules for the one or more drivers; and coordinating displaying the one or more schedules for the one or more drivers on an electronic device of a user. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Kunlei Lian, Ming Ni, Mingang Fu
  • Publication number: 20230245047
    Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: receiving multiple purchase orders for delivery of items from vendors to distribution centers of a distribution network over a period of time, wherein each of the multiple purchase orders specifies a respective vendor of the vendors and a respective distribution center of the distribution centers; generating partitions of the distribution network; generating respective candidate load routes for fulfilling the purchase orders for each of the partitions in parallel using a multi-threaded column generation engine; and selecting final load routes from the respective candidate load routes. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Kunlei Lian, Ming Ni, Mingang Fu
  • Publication number: 20220245564
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: receiving a request to generate one or more schedules for one or more drivers; determining one or more respective day cab schedules for each respective day cab driver of the one or more drivers; assigning one or more permanent drivers of the one or more drivers to one or more permanent tractors; assigning at least one driver of one or more remaining drivers of the one or more drivers to at least one tractor using a first set of rules; generating the one or more schedules for the one or more drivers; and coordinating displaying the one or more schedules for the one or more drivers on an electronic device of a user. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Kunlei Lian, Ming Ni, Mingang Fu
  • Patent number: 11348047
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a graphics processing unit programmed to generate a sample path for the demand of the one or more products at a store based at least in part on data associated with a historical distribution of the variability of the demand of the one or more products. The graphics processing unit may generate a thread corresponding to a plurality scenarios. The graphics processing unit may execute the thread in parallel to determine one or more parameters for each of the plurality of scenarios for the one or more products. The graphics processing unit may select the one or more parameters generated from the execution of one of the sample paths to minimize the cost. The graphics processing unit may adjust an inventory management system to set an inventory management setting based at least in part on the selection of the one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Shuohao Wu, Richard Ulrich, Dong Xu, Jingying Zhang, Kunlei Lian, Clifford Wayne Bolinger, Jackie Lei Guan
  • Publication number: 20200401968
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a graphics processing unit programmed to generate a sample path for the demand of the one or more products at a store based at least in part on data associated with a historical distribution of the variability of the demand of the one or more products. The graphics processing unit may generate a thread corresponding to a plurality scenarios. The graphics processing unit may execute the thread in parallel to determine one or more parameters for each of the plurality of scenarios for the one or more products. The graphics processing unit may select the one or more parameters generated from the execution of one of the sample paths to minimize the cost. The graphics processing unit may adjust an inventory management system to set an inventory management setting based at least in part on the selection of the one or more parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Shuohao Wu, Richard Ulrich, Dong Xu, Jingying Zhang, Kunlei Lian, Clifford Wayne Bolinger, Jackie Lei Guan