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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2017
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
John Lewis Colucci, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Jianwei Gao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Xingang Guo, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Arun Prasath Sivakumaran, Issaquah, WA (US);
Ian Ward, Seattle, WA (US);
Prashant Singh Ahluwalia, Redmond, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments presented herein describe a package management system that uses guidance devices when transporting packages. In one embodiment, the package management system includes an event detecting device that detects a package transporting event such as when a package is sorted into a container, a container is moved from the warehouse to vehicle, a container is moved from a vehicle into a warehouse, a package is delivered, a package is moved to a staging location, or a package is picked-up from a staging location. Once a container or staging location corresponding to the event is identified, a gateway identifies the guidance device assigned to that container or staging location and instructs the guidance device to illuminate a light disposed thereon.