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Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Camerin Cole Hahn, Redmond, WA (US);

Qicai Shi, Bothell, WA (US);

Christopher Raymond Grajewski, Seattle, WA (US);

Vinod Lakhi Hingorani, Sammamish, WA (US);

Elizabeth Ann Zitzer, Seattle, WA (US);

Somasundaram Niranjayan, Issaquah, WA (US);

Assignee:

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G01D 5/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2216 (2013.01); H04B 5/0012 (2013.01); H04B 5/0062 (2013.01);
Abstract

Sensors at an inventory location can be used to detect the occurrence of an event at the inventory location. For example, capacitive sensors can gather capacitance values, which can then be analyzed for changes that indicate an event has occurred at the inventory location. When an event has been detected, event data is generated and used as a possible trigger to collect additional sensor data. As an example, if an event involving items at an inventory location is detected, such an action can trigger the collection and analysis of additional sensor data, such as weight sensor data, to determine a quantity of the items added or removed from the inventory location.


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