Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to line-powered wireless communications systems, and more specifically to methods and apparatus for providing persistent and ubiquitous wireless communications and sensor networks in physical premises to enable a wide variety of different applications and use cases.

A medication inventory system may include a medication tray that includes partitions defining compartments. The medication tray has a tray identifier associated therewith, and each compartment is for storing a respective medication having a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated therewith. The system may include an RFID tag reader, and a processor and an associated memory configured to maintain in the memory a desired respective medication within each compartment based upon the tray identifier, and cooperate with the RFID tag reader to determine the respective medication within each compartment based upon the respective RFID tag. The processor and associated memory may also be configured to determine a discrepancy between the determined medication within each compartment and the desired respective medication within each compartment, and when so generate a display notification that includes a visual indicator corresponding to each compartment determined to have the discrepancy.

A slotting optimization method of associated articles based on a complex network, mainly comprising the following steps: 1) constructing a weighted article association network using warehoused articles as network nodes, and joint retrieval frequencies of pairs of articles as edges; 2) performing sorting on the importance of an article node and determining a community initial node; 3) determining a community structure of the article association network; 4) determining whether a community peripheral node is an overlapping node according to the strength of an association relationship of said node with another community; and 5) determining a best slot for each article. The present method applies the complex network theory to the problem of slot allocation for associated article retrieval, overall distance and time for retrieving articles is reduced, and article retrieval efficiency is improved.

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A machine vision device is provided including a camera, a processor, and a device memory including computer program code stored thereon. The computer program code is configured, when executed by the processor, to receive an image, from the camera, including at least one readable digital label associated with communication equipment, determine if an anchor label is present in the image, receive equipment information based on the anchor label and generate a search matrix based on the equipment information and the anchor label The search matrix includes one or more search matrix locations of assets associated with the communication equipment.

A real-time delivery operation management system, primarily for local or last mile delivery services to consumers. A management interface works in tandem with an instant delivery route-making algorithm to visualize the route plan for hired or contracted couriers in a dynamic interface, allowing depot managers to view or alter the delivery plan in real time. Visible route paths connect the depot, couriers, and their relevant orders for both assigned and offered routes. Orders can be selected and dragged and dropped to reconfigure routes and assignment of orders to couriers. Orders can be drag-and-dropped on either existing routes, couriers, or depots and thereby instantiate any of the underlying management operations.

Technologies for physical address aliasing include an alias server, an owner device, and a consumer device in communication over a network. The owner device submits an alias identifier and a physical address to the alias server. The alias server associates the alias identifier and the physical address in a secure address database. The alias identifier may be a human-readable unique identifier. The consumer device submits a request including the alias identifier to the alias server. The alias server authenticates the consumer device, retrieves the physical address associated with the alias identifier, and sends a response based on the physical address to the consumer device. The response may be generated based on an access role associated with the consumer device. The response may include the physical address, a lower-resolution address based on the physical address, or confirmation of validity of the alias identifier. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Disclosed is a method, performed by an electronic device, for assigning items into one or more containers. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of attributes associated with a corresponding item. The method comprises obtaining a set of container parameters associated with a corresponding container. The method comprises obtaining one or more constraints, wherein the one or more constraints limit assigning items in a same container. The method comprises determining an assignment of the items to the one or more containers, based on the attributes, the set of container parameters and the one or more constraints. The method comprises outputting, based on the assignment, an assignment plan of the items into the one or more containers.

Disclosed is a method, performed by an electronic device, for assigning items into one or more containers. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of attributes associated with a corresponding item. The method comprises obtaining a set of container parameters associated with a corresponding container. The method comprises obtaining one or more constraints, wherein the one or more constraints limit assigning items in a same container. The method comprises determining an assignment of the items to the one or more containers, based on the attributes, the set of container parameters and the one or more constraints. The method comprises outputting, based on the assignment, an assignment plan of the items into the one or more containers.

Techniques relating to delivery plan generation are improved. A delivery plan generation method comprises: generating a plurality of delivery patterns (S110); narrowing the plurality of delivery patterns down to a designated number of delivery patterns, based on a plurality of solutions calculated as a result of inputting the plurality of delivery patterns to an annealing machine (30) (S120); and generating a delivery plan based on delivery patterns selected from the designated number of delivery patterns (S130).

A shipping assistance device which enables a delivery service operator to quickly confirm that the size of an item has been properly measured and there is no need to re-measure the size, and proceed to operations for transportation, comprises a table to place items, upper and side shooting devices for shooting images of an item on the table, a storage chamber for storing items, front-facing and upward-facing displays a printer for printing a shipping label, and a processing controller configured to measure the size of the item on the table based on shot images, determine if the item is acceptable to be put in the storage chamber based on the measured size, display a determination result on the displays, and when the item is determined acceptable, instruct the printer to print a shipping label with an acceptance signature for the item.