Systems and methods for optimizing category placement for spaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025390839-A1
Application number	US-202519242548-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 18, 2025
Priority date	Jun 20, 2024
Publication date	Dec 25, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods for floorplan generation using models are disclosed. A system receives a request to generate a floorplan from a user device. The request includes a category placement parameter. The system also obtains a floorplan parameter from a database. The system determines, based on the category placement parameter and the floorplan parameter, the floorplan. The floorplan assigns categories to respective portions of a location represented by the floorplan. The system, in accordance with a determination that the floorplan satisfies an infeasibility criteria threshold, causes the user device to present an error notification that identifies an infeasibility error in at least one of the category placement parameter or the floorplan parameter, and requests, from the user device, at least one of an updated category placement parameter or an updated floorplan parameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system, comprising:
a user device; a database; a computing device communicatively coupled with the user device and the database, the computing device configured to:
receive, from the user device, a request to generate a floorplan, the request including a category placement parameter;
obtain, from the database, a floorplan parameter;
determine, based on the category placement parameter and the floorplan parameter, the floorplan, wherein the floorplan assigns categories to respective portions of a location represented by the floorplan;
in accordance with a determination that the floorplan satisfies an infeasibility criteria threshold:
cause the user device to present an error notification that identifies an infeasibility error in at least one of the category placement parameter or the floorplan parameter, and
request, from the user device, at least one of an updated category placement parameter or an updated floorplan parameter.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the respective portions of the location represented by the floorplan are first respective portions of the location represented by the floorplan, the floorplan is a first floorplan, and the computing device is further configured to:
in accordance with a determination that the first floorplan satisfies a feasibility criteria threshold:
determine at least one of a category group and adjacent category groups for the categories, wherein the category group and the adjacent category groups are determined based on the category placement parameter, the floorplan parameter, and the first floorplan;
determine, based on the at least one of the category group and the adjacent category groups for the categories, a second floorplan, wherein the second floorplan assigns the least one of the category group and the adjacent category groups for the categories to second respective portions of the location represented by a second floorplan;
cause the user device to present the second floorplan; and
request, from the user device, an approval input, a rejection input, or a modification input.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the computing device is further configured to:
after determining the second floorplan:
determine, based on at least one of the category placement parameter, the floorplan parameter, and the second floorplan, a third floorplan, wherein the third floorplan assigns the at least one of the category group and the adjacent category groups for the categories to third respective portions of the location represented by the third floorplan, the third respective portions of the location represented by the third floorplan optimizing placement of the category group and the adjacent category groups; and
cause the user device to present the third floorplan.

4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein causing the user device to present the second floorplan includes causing the user device to present a fourth floorplan in conjunction with the second floorplan, and the computing device is further configured to:
request, from the user device, selection of the second floorplan or the fourth floorplan.

5 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the modification input includes at least one of a modified category placement parameter or a modified floorplan parameter and the computing device is further configured to:
in response to receiving the modification input, determine, based on the modified category placement parameter and the modified floorplan parameter, a fifth floorplan that assigns the categories to fifth respective portions of the location represented by the fifth floorplan.

6 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the computing device is further configured to:
after determining the second floorplan, determine a floorplan score; and cause the user device to present the floorplan score with the second floorplan.

7 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the computing device is further configured to:
in response to receiving the approval input, initiate deployment of the second floorplan at the location; and cause the user device to present a deployment status of the second floorplan at the location.

8 . The system of claim 2 , wherein system further comprises:
an autonomous robotic device, wherein the computing device is further configured to:
in response to receiving the approval input, provide the second floorplan to the autonomous robotic device; and
cause the autonomous robotic device to distribute the categories based on the second floorplan.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is further configured to:
in response to receiving at least one of the updated category placement parameter or the updated floorplan parameter, determine, based on the at least one of the updated category placement parameter or the updated floorplan parameter, a sixth floorplan that assigns the categories to sixth respective portions of the location represented by the sixth floorplan.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the category placement parameter includes one or more of a category, a category constraint, a fixture constraint, a scope of change, an environmental constraint, a category grouping constraint, a movement constraint, or a location constraint.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the floorplan parameter includes one or more of a store size, a quantity of fixtures, fixture locations, and fixture characteristics.

12 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, from a user device, a request to generate a floorplan, the request including a category placement parameter; obtaining, from a database, a floorplan parameter; determining, based on the category placement parameter and the floorplan parameter, the floorplan, wherein the floorplan assigns categories to respective portions of a location represented by the floorplan; in accordance with a determination that the floorplan satisfies an infeasibility criteria threshold:
causing the user device to present an error notification that identifies an infeasibility error in at least one of the category placement parameter and the floorplan parameter, and
requesting, from the user device, at least one of an updated category placement parameter or an updated floorplan parameter.

13 . The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the respective portions of the location represented by the floorplan are first respective portions of the location represented by the floorplan, the floorplan is a first floorplan, and the computer-implemented method further comprises:
in accordance with a determination that the first floorplan satisfies a feasibility criteria threshold:
determining at least one of a category group and adjacent category groups for the categories, wherein the category group and the adjacent category groups are determined based on the category placement parameter, the floorplan parameter, and the first floorplan;
determining, based on the at least one of the category group and the adjacent category groups for the categories, a second floorplan, wherein the second floorplan assigns the least one of the category group and the adjacent category groups for the categories to second respective portions of the location represented by a second floorplan;
causing the user device to present the second floorplan; and
requesting, from the user device, an approval input, a rejection input, or a modification input.

14 . The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises:
after determining the second floorplan:
determining, based on at least one of the category placement parameter,

Assignees

• Walmart Apollo Llc

Inventors

• Zehtabiyan Soheyl
• Lu Mowen
• Mishra Deep Narayan
• Ganesan Kowsalya
• Bhatia Rishi
• Goldschmidt Daniel Robert
• Wang Jiewen
• Kuyzu Gultekin
• Misal Aniket Diliprao
• Surapaneni Priyanka
• Boddepalli Ajay Kumar

Classifications

• G06Q10/087 Primary

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