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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Meilandt Mathiesen, Seattle, WA (US);

Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Seattle, WA (US);

Sridhar Boyapati, Sammamish, WA (US);

Korwin Jon Smith, Seattle, WA (US);

Jason Michael Famularo, Seattle, WA (US);

Alexander Michael McNamara, Seattle, WA (US);

Amber Autrey Taylor, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/26 (2012.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/40 (2018.02);
Abstract

Described are systems and techniques configured to determine a tote placement indicative of a position of a user relative to a tote, or vice versa. The determination may be based at least in part on data such as images acquired from cameras onboard the tote, images acquired from cameras external to the tote, proximity sensors onboard the tote, weight sensors, and so forth. Orientation of information presented on a display device of the tote may be based on the tote placement.


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