PROVIDING TRUCK DRIVERS DIRECTIONS TO A LOADING DOCK OR AN OFF-SITE LOCATION BASED ON DOCK AVAILABILITY

Patent №

US 10,885,490

Granted

2021-01-05

Filed 2018

Owner

CRC R&D, LLC

Lab

AI components

2

kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

16119650

Disclosed systems, methods, and computer program products address issues of parking and vehicular traffic at a facility, such as a warehouse or a merchandise distribution hub, and provide improved supply chain logistics for transportation and distribution of goods. Disclosed systems include a processor circuit that is configured to generating schedules for a plurality of shipments, to receive location tracking information regarding positions of vehicles, to perform shipping operations, and to dynamically update schedules based on received input. Received input may include information regarding warehouse labor and equipment availability, location tracking information, and/or information regarding weather and traffic conditions. Systems may be configured to send alerts to vehicle drivers provided updated scheduling information and instructions regarding shipments and to send alerts to warehouse workers provided updated scheduling information and instructions regarding shipments. The system may further receive information from drivers and dock workers and may use such information to optimize schedules.

AI classification

Planning1.00
Knowledge representation0.93
Natural language0.20
AI hardware0.02
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

CRC R&D, LLC

assignment · 588660663

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