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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2019
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Vikram Raghavan, Seattle, WA (US);
Darren E. Canavor, Kirkland, WA (US);
Patrick Conlon, Andover, MA (US);
Ryan Conroy, Seattle, WA (US);
Kallie Ryan, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein describe a system for providing visual feedback to an associate when stowing packages into containers. As an associate carries a package towards a container, a camera disposed over the container captures an image of the package that a computer vision system uses to identify a barcode on the package. Using the barcode, the system can determine the desired destination of the package and whether the container the associate is approaching is the correct destination of the package. If so, the feedback system can activate a directional light on above the container which outputs a first color (e.g., green), thereby informing the associate that the container she is approaching is the correct container. However, if container is not the correct destination of the package, the directional light outputs a different color light (e.g., red) which informs the associate the container is the wrong destination for the package.