Patents by Inventor Naoki TABARU

Naoki TABARU 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).

  • Article placement optimization system and article placement optimization method
    Patent number: 11410123
    Abstract: A system calculates for each frontage space which is held by a plurality of shelves and in which commodities are placed, a recommended capacity value of the commodity based on a predicted shipment volume from demand prediction of the commodity placed in the frontage space. The system determines exchange pairs (frontage space pairs) in each of which exchange of the commodities are performed based on a current capacity value and the recommended capacity value of each frontage space. Each exchange pair satisfies the following: The current capacity of a first frontage space is smaller than the recommended capacity, or the current capacity of a second frontage space is larger than the recommended capacity. The recommended capacity of the second frontage space satisfies the current capacity of the first frontage space. The recommended capacity of the first frontage space satisfies the current capacity of the second frontage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Uehara, Naoki Tabaru, Kunihiko Harada, Kazuaki Tokunaga
  • ARTICLE PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND ARTICLE PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20200334622
    Abstract: A system calculates for each frontage space which is held by a plurality of shelves and in which commodities are placed, a recommended capacity value of the commodity based on a predicted shipment volume from demand prediction of the commodity placed in the frontage space. The system determines exchange pairs (frontage space pairs) in each of which exchange of the commodities are performed based on a current capacity value and the recommended capacity value of each frontage space. Each exchange pair satisfies the following: The current capacity of a first frontage space is smaller than the recommended capacity, or the current capacity of a second frontage space is larger than the recommended capacity. The recommended capacity of the second frontage space satisfies the current capacity of the first frontage space. The recommended capacity of the first frontage space satisfies the current capacity of the second frontage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi UEHARA, Naoki TABARU, Kunihiko HARADA, Kazuaki TOKUNAGA