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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Gordon Sewart, Tacoma, WA (US);

Steven Bradley Buhr, Tacoma, WA (US);

John Mac Brown, Shelton, WA (US);

Joseph Bastian Olsen, Tacoma, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0283 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0291 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for scanning and dimensioning items in motion. In one embodiment, an example system may include a first camera oriented along a vertical axis towards a gap between a first surface and a second surface, a first light emitting array positioned to emit light towards the gap, and a first light receiving array aligned with the light emitting array and configured to detect the light. The first light emitting array and the first light receiving array may be offset from the vertical axis, and the system may be configured to determine a first dimension of an item passing over the gap using the first light emitting array and the first light receiving array.


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