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Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2017
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

James Christopher Curlander, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Jules Cook Graybill, Seattle, WA (US);

Marshall Friend Tappen, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Barry James O'Brien, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G01B 11/14 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure describes a device and system for verifying the content of items in a bin within a materials handling facility. In some implementations, a bin content verification apparatus may pass by one or more bins and capture images of those bins. The images may be processed to determine whether the content included in the bins has changed since the last time images of the bins were captured. A determination may also be made as to whether a change to the bin content was expected and, if so, if the determined change corresponds with the expected change.


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