Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Kiva Systems, Inc.

Kacchip, LLC

Michael Cordell Mountz

Peter R Wurman

Raffaello D'Andrea

Michael T Barbehenn

Andrew E Hoffman

Raffaello D'andrea

Peter K Mansfield

Dennis Polic

Patrick R Dingle

Michael Harrison Decker

Eryk Brian Nice

Matthew David Verminski

Joseph W Durham

John Joseph Enright

Jeremiah David Brazeau

Gianna Lise Puerini

Timothy Aaron Bragg

Ozgur Dogan

Daniel T Brunner

Zhouzhou Peng

Jonathan Harris Schechter

Steve Kessel

James Raymond Allard

Oleksandr Glazkov

John W Cullen

Steven Augustine Wilson

William James Watt

Ishan Mukherjee

Fabrizio Santini

Victoria Eddy

Gavin Cotter

Matthew E Kimmel

Caroline F Mallary

David C Koehler

Robert Raymond Ambrogi

Burl W Amsbury

Matthew D Verminski

John A LaPlante

Ibolya Horvath

Dennis Polle

Sean H Breheny

David P Lyons, Ii

John A Laplante

Raffaello D`andrea

David F Lyons

Raffaello D'ANDREA

David F Ii Lyons

Raffaello D`Andrea

This disclosure describes a system for fulfilling items at a materials handling facility. In some instances, a predicted items list that identifies items that are likely to be picked by a user are determined and, when the user arrives at the materials handling facility, those predicted items are presented to the user for selection. For example, predicted items may be determined and an inventory holder that holds one or more of those predicted items may be retrieved by a mobile drive unit (such as a Kiva mobile drive unit) and presented to the user at a retrieval area. The user may pick the items they desire from the presented inventory holder.

System and apparatus to present predicted items

Materials handling facility to present predicted items to a user

An inventory system can include a workspace in which is defined different areas and different stations at which tasks can be performed. A receipt receptacle received from a shipping vehicle can be moved to a rack without separating items from the receipt vehicle. A mobile drive unit can move the rack to an area on the workspace depending on information known about the items. Items from the receipt receptacle can be removed from the receipt receptacle and placed in inventory holders for movement or storage or in other receptacles for performance of other tasks such as order processing.

Inventory system with efficient operator handling of inventory items

A method for transporting inventory items includes moving a mobile drive unit to a first point within a workspace. The first point is a location of an inventory holder. The method further includes docking the mobile drive unit with the inventory holder and moving the mobile drive unit and the inventory holder to a second point within the workspace. The second point is associated with conveyance equipment. The method further includes moving the inventory holder to a third point within the workspace using the conveyance equipment.

Method and system for transporting inventory items

A control system for indoor position and vector tracking includes a plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmitters to detect a mobile radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The control system includes an intelligent controller to receive location information from the RF transmitters and to calculate a vector associated with the mobile RFID tag. The intelligent controller may utilize the vector as a control input to an algorithm for selecting a control operation for one or more of plurality of networked devices.

Virtual mapping of an indoor space using indoor position and vector tracking

Item retrieval area apparatus

A system for transporting inventory items includes an inventory holder capable of storing inventory items and a mobile drive unit. The mobile drive unit is capable of moving to a first point with the inventory holder at least one of coupled to and supported by the mobile drive unit. The mobile drive unit is additionally capable of determining a location of the inventory holder and calculating a difference between the location of the inventory holder and the first point. The mobile drive unit is then capable of determining whether the difference is greater than a predetermined tolerance. In response to determining that the difference is greater than the predetermined tolerance, the mobile drive unit is also capable of moving to a second point based on the location of the inventory holder, docking with the inventory holder, and moving the mobile drive unit and the inventory holder to the first point.

A method includes obtaining, by a management module, an inventory unpacking sequence for a remote facility. The inventory unpacking sequence indicates a sequence for unpacking a shipment at the remote facility. An order associated with the remote facility is received that includes inventory items. The management module determines an order packing arrangement for the inventory items based on the inventory unpacking sequence. Mobile drive units are instructed to transport one or more inventory holders storing the inventory items to an inventory station, where the inventory items are packed into a shipment according to the order packing arrangement. The shipment is arranged to be unpacked at the remote facility according to the inventory unpacking sequence.

System and method for arranging an order

Fulfilling items to users

Indoor position and vector tracking system and method

An inventory system can include multiple floors. The system can assign operations involving inventory items to a floor based on information about the floor, other floors, the operations, and/or the inventory items. In one example, the system may assign an order to be assembled on a floor based on the floor containing items for the order. Items may be moved to the floor from other floors to complete the order. In another example, a receipt receptacle received from a shipping vehicle can be moved to a rack without separating inventory items from the receipt vehicle. A mobile drive unit can move the rack to a floor based on information known about the inventory items matching criteria about the floor.

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Michael Cordell Mountz