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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2019
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Ammar Chinoy, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason Michael Famularo, Seattle, WA (US);
Amber Autrey Taylor, Seattle, WA (US);
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Access to items stored within an inventory location of a facility may be controlled using physical access control mechanisms. A user within a facility is detected by sensors, such as imaging sensors. Context data for the user is generated based on the sensor data. The context data includes permission data indicative of portions of the inventory location that are accessible or inaccessible to the user. In addition, a predicted path of the user may also be determined based on historical data of the user or other users of the facility. Using the permission data and the predicted path of the user, configuration data may be generated to specify the level of access control to be applied to the different portions of the inventory location. The configuration data is sent to access control mechanisms of the inventory location to prevent or allow access to such portions of the inventory location.