Inventory management

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and systems associated with inventory management are described. Examples can include receiving at a processor first signaling from a first sensor device configured to monitor the interior of a first enclosure and receiving at the processor second signaling from a second sensor device configured to monitor the interior of a second enclosure. Examples can include writing from the processor to a storage device coupled to the processor data that is based at least in part on a combination of the first and second signaling, identifying a quantity or amount of at least one item in the first enclosure and at least one item in the second enclosure, and transmitting third signaling when the quantity or amount of the at least one item in the first enclosure or the at least one item in the second enclosure is less than a threshold value.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a first package located in a first location, comprising:
 a first sensor device located within the interior of the first location; 
 a first processor communicatively coupled to the first sensor device to:
 receive first signaling from the first sensor; and 
 write to a storage device coupled to the first processor a first data set that is based at least in part on the first signaling; and 
 
 a first controller coupled to the first processor and configured to:
 track inventory information associated with the first location based at least in part on the first data set written to the storage device; and 
 communicate the inventory information associated with the first location to a second package; 
 
   the second package located in a second location, communicatively coupled to the first package, and comprising:
 a second sensor device located within the interior of the second location; and 
 a second processor communicatively coupled to the second sensor device to:
 receive second signaling from the second sensor device; and 
 write to a storage device coupled to the first processor a second data set that is based at least in part on the second signaling; and 
 
 a second controller coupled to the second processor and configured to:
 track inventory information associated with the second location based at least in part on the first data set written to the storage device; 
 communicate the inventory information associated with the second location to the first package; and 
 request inventory from the first location based on the communicated inventory information associated with the first location and the second location. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising the first controller configured to track inventory information associated with the first location using a camera device. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first package and the second package comprise a flexible polymer material. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising the first processor configured to identify a quantity or amount of at least one item in the first location and the second processor configured to identify a quantity or amount of the at least one item in the second location. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first package and the second package further comprises an access device, a storage device, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         6 . A system, comprising:
 a first sensor device and a camera device configured to monitor a location in which a package is located;   a processor communicatively coupled to the first sensor device and configured to receive first signaling from the first sensor device and second signaling from a communication device of the package in communication with a second sensor device of a different package configured to monitor a different location;   a storage device configured to receive and store inventory information written to the storage device from the processor that is based at least in part on a combination of the first and the second signaling;   an access device configured to allow access to the inventory information; and   a controller communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to:
 track the inventory information; and 
   manage the inventory information and inventory information associated with the different location.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the first sensor device is a relative humidity sensor, a temperature sensor, a weight sensor, a light sensor, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the inventory information comprises inventory contents of the location and the different location, environmental information associated with the location and the different location, inventory patterns of the location and the different location learned using artificial intelligence (AI), or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the access device is a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) device and the storage device is a NAND device. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the controller configured to manage the inventory information further comprises the controller configured to share and request inventory updates associated with the location and the different location with a different processor located in the different location and communicatively coupled to the package. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the controller is a microcontroller. 
     
     
         12 . A system, comprising:
 a first package located in a first location, comprising:
 a first plurality of sensor devices located within the interior of the first location and configured to monitor the interior of the first location; 
 a first processor communicatively coupled to a first sensor device of the first plurality of sensor devices to:
 receive first signaling from the first sensor device; and 
 write to a storage device coupled to the first processor inventory information that is based at least in part on the first signaling; 
 
 a first controller coupled to the first processor and configured to:
 track the inventory information associated with the first location; 
 manage the inventory information associated with the first location, wherein managing the inventory comprises:
 the first controller adjusting a first temperature of the first location responsive to the first temperature falling outside of a first temperature threshold; and 
 the first controller initiating an order for additional inventory based on the inventory contents of the first location falling below a first threshold inventory value; and 
 
 share inventory updates associated with the first location with a computing device located in a different location and communicatively coupled to the first package based on the managed inventory information associated with the first location; 
 
 a second package located in a second location, communicatively coupled to the first package, and comprising:
 a second plurality of sensor devices located within the interior of the second location and configured to monitor the interior of the second location; 
 a second processor communicatively coupled to a second sensor device of the second plurality of sensor devices to:
 receive second signaling from the second sensor device; and 
 write to the storage device inventory information that is based at least in part on the second signaling; 
 
 
 a second controller coupled to the second processor and configured to:
 track the inventory information associated with the second location; 
 manage the inventory information associated with the second location, wherein managing the inventory comprises:
 the second controller adjusting a second temperature of the second location responsive to the second temperature falling outside of a second temperature threshold; and 
 the second controller initiating an order for additional inventory based on the inventory contents of the second location falling below a second threshold inventory value; and 
 
 share inventory updates associated with the second location with the computing device located in the different location and communicatively coupled to the second package based on the managed inventory information associated with the second location. 
 
   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , further comprising the first controller configured to track inventory information associated with the first location using a camera device. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the first package and the second package comprise a flexible polymer material. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 12 , further comprising the first processor configured to identify a quantity or amount of at least one item in the first location and the second processor configured to identify a quantity or amount of the at least one item in the second location. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein at least one of the first package and the second package further comprises an access device, a storage device, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 12 , further comprising a third package located in a third location within the second location, communicatively coupled to the first package and the second package. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the inventory information associated with the second location comprises inventory contents of the second location, environmental information associated with the second location, and inventory patterns of the second location. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the inventory information associated with the first location comprises inventory contents of the first location, environmental information associated with the first location, and inventory patterns of the first location. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the first sensor device comprises at least one of an image sensor, a temperature sensor, a sonic sensor, a pressure sensor, a proximity sensor, or any combination thereof.