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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2019
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander Clark Prater, Seattle, WA (US);
Ivan Avramov, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ismael Medrano, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin Lloyd Shapiro, Seattle, WA (US);
Navid Shiee, Seattle, WA (US);
Brett Allen Skaloud, Seattle, WA (US);
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
An inventory location, such as a shelf, may be used to stow different items. The shelf is divided into a plurality of adjacent lanes, some of which may be grouped into a cluster. Items are placed upon the lanes of the cluster. Each lane includes one or more weight sensors to obtain weight data about a load on the lane. Based on the weight data and physical layout data for the shelf, one or more hypotheses may be determined for describing interactions, such as a pick or place of an item, occurring at the lanes of a cluster. One of the hypotheses may be selected as a solution for describing the interaction and used to maintain inventory quantities of items at the shelf.