Patents by Inventor Rekha VENKATAKRISHNAN

Rekha VENKATAKRISHNAN 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for automatic route assignment
    Patent number: 11790305
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatic delivery route generation and assignment. In some examples, a computing device determines delivery locations for each of a plurality of previous routes taken by each of a plurality of drivers over a period of time. The computing device also obtains a plurality of current routes to be assigned to the plurality of drivers. Further, the computing device determines a familiarity value for each of the plurality of drivers for each of the plurality of current routes based on the delivery locations of the previous routes taken by each driver. The computing device assigns each of the plurality of drivers to a current route based on the determined familiarity values, and stores the assignments in a data repository. In some examples, the computing device transmits the assignments to another computing device, such as a computing device of each driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Chittaranjan Tripathy, Abhijeet Rajendra Phatak, Kaiyi Zhang, Rekha Venkatakrishnan, Ioannis Pavlidis
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC ROUTE ASSIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20220156680
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatic delivery route generation and assignment. In some examples, a computing device determines delivery locations for each of a plurality of previous routes taken by each of a plurality of drivers over a period of time. The computing device also obtains a plurality of current routes to be assigned to the plurality of drivers. Further, the computing device determines a familiarity value for each of the plurality of drivers for each of the plurality of current routes based on the delivery locations of the previous routes taken by each driver. The computing device assigns each of the plurality of drivers to a current route based on the determined familiarity values, and stores the assignments in a data repository. In some examples, the computing device transmits the assignments to another computing device, such as a computing device of each driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Chittaranjan TRIPATHY, Abhijeet Rajendra PHATAK, Kaiyi ZHANG, Rekha VENKATAKRISHNAN, Ioannis PAVLIDIS