method for determining a content arrangement plan within a container

The computer-implemented process optimizes content arrangement in containers by virtually arranging contents to minimize volume and reduce vacuum rates, addressing inefficiencies in existing methods and leading to cost and environmental benefits.

FR3141547B1Active Publication Date: 2025-03-28ITINSELL X
0 Cites 0 Cited by

Patent Information

Application Number
FR2022011234
Authority / Receiving Office
FR · FR
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2022-10-27
Publication Date
2025-03-28
Estimated Expiration
2042-10-27

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

The existing methods for arranging content in containers for parcel delivery are inefficient, leading to excessive storage space usage, high vacuum rates in packaging, and subsequent economic and environmental losses due to overconsumption of packaging materials and increased greenhouse gas emissions.

Method used

A computer-implemented process for determining a content layout plan in a container, which involves virtually arranging contents to occupy minimal volume by identifying empty spaces, determining possible positions, and selecting the most distant positions from a predetermined summit, thereby optimizing the arrangement.

Benefits of technology

The process significantly reduces the overall volume occupied by contents, minimizes vacuum rates in packaging, and optimizes the use of storage space, ultimately leading to cost savings and reduced environmental impact.

✦ Generated by Eureka AI based on patent content.
Patent Text Reader

Abstract

The invention relates to a method (200; 300; 400; 500) for determining an arrangement plan of several contents in a container, implemented by computer (10) and comprising the following steps: among the contents to be arranged in the container, virtual arrangement (203) of a first content at a predetermined position of the container; to virtually arrange one of the remaining contents in the container: determination (204) of the dimensions and coordinates of several remaining empty spaces of the container, distinct from each other and having respective rectangular prism shapes; determination of possible positionings of the remaining content in each empty space; determination (207) of respective distances between a predetermined vertex of the container and the respective vertices of the remaining content in each possible positioning;Based on the determined distances, one of the possible positions is selected as a virtual arrangement of the remaining content within the container; the previous arrangement steps are then repeated (208, 209) successively for each of the remaining contents to be virtually arranged within the container, in order to determine an arrangement plan for all the contents within the container. No figure;
Need to check novelty before this filing date? Find Prior Art