Vehicle consumer goods systems and methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021024215-A1
Application number	US-201916523504-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 26, 2019
Priority date	Jul 26, 2019
Publication date	Jan 28, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system for consumer goods management includes at least one sensor and at least one processor. The at least one sensor is configured to identify consumables and provide tracking information corresponding to the consumables. The at least one processor configured to acquire consumption information for a trip to be performed; determine a meal plan based on the consumption information, the meal plan specifying a plurality of types of consumables, quantities of the types of consumables, and a storage arrangement of the types of consumables; and acquire the tracking information from the at least one sensor to implement the meal plan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system for consumer goods management comprising:
at least one sensor configured to identify consumables and provide tracking information corresponding to the consumables; and at least one processor configured to:
acquire consumption information for a trip to be performed;
determine a meal plan based on the consumption information, the meal plan specifying a plurality of types of consumables, quantities of the types of consumables, and a storage arrangement of the types of consumables; and
acquire the tracking information from the at least one sensor to implement the meal plan.

2 . The system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of carts configured for use on a vehicle, the meal plan specifying an arrangement of carts and a corresponding group of consumables for each cart.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to track individual consumables removed from the plurality of carts, and update the meal plan based on the removed individual consumables.

4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the system includes a display unit, the at least one processor configured to provide a display via the display unit, the display corresponding to the updated meal plan.

5 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one sensor includes an environmental sensor disposed on the vehicle, the environmental sensor configured to acquire environmental information corresponding to an environmental condition of the vehicle, the at least one processor configured to acquire the environmental information and to update the meal plan using the environmental information.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the consumption information includes demographic information of passengers for the trip.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the consumption information includes route information for the trip.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the consumption information includes individual passenger information corresponding to at least one individual passenger on the trip.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the meal plan using a predictive method.

10 . A system for on-board consumer goods management comprising:
a plurality of carts configured for use on a vehicle performing a trip, at least one sensor configured to identify consumables disposed on the plurality of carts and to provide tracking information corresponding to the consumables; and at least one processor configured to:
acquire a meal plan based on consumption information corresponding to the trip, the meal plan specifying a plurality of types of consumables, quantities of the types of consumables, an arrangement of the plurality of carts, and a corresponding group of consumables for each cart; and
acquire the tracking information from the at least one sensor to implement the meal plan.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to track individual consumables removed from the plurality of carts, and update the meal plan based on the removed individual consumables.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the system includes a display unit, the at least one processor configured to provide a display via the display unit, the display corresponding to the updated meal plan.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one sensor includes an environmental sensor disposed on the vehicle, the environmental sensor configured to acquire environmental information corresponding to an environmental condition of the vehicle, the at least one processor configured to acquire the environmental information and to update the meal plan using the environmental information.

14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the meal plan using a predictive method.

15 . A method for consumer goods management comprising:
acquiring consumption information for a trip to be performed; determining a meal plan based on the consumption information, the meal plan specifying a plurality of types of consumables, quantities of the types of consumables, and a storage arrangement of the types of consumables; identifying, with at least one sensor, consumables and generating tracking information corresponding to the consumables; and implementing the meal plan using the tracking information.

16 . The method of claim 15 wherein the meal plan specifies an arrangement of carts on a vehicle performing the trip and a corresponding group of consumables for each cart.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising tracking individual consumables removed from the plurality of carts, and updating the meal plan based on the removed individual consumables.

18 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising providing a display via a display unit, the display corresponding to the updated meal plan.

19 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising acquiring environmental information with an environmental sensor disposed on the vehicle, the environmental information corresponding to an environmental condition of the vehicle, and updating the meal plan using the environmental information.

20 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the consumption information includes demographic information of passengers for the trip.

21 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the consumption information includes route information for the trip.

22 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the consumption information includes individual passenger information corresponding to at least one individual passenger on the trip.

23 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the meal plan is determined using a predictive method.

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Browne Michael J
• Godehart Andreas
• Lutz Andre

Classifications

• B64D11/0007 Primary

  Devices specially adapted for food or beverage distribution services · CPC title

• H04W4/024

  Guidance services · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• G06Q10/087 Primary

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title