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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Alexander Michael McNamara, Seattle, WA (US);
Sridhar Boyapati, Sammamish, WA (US);
Aaron Craig Thompson, Seattle, WA (US);
David Echevarria Ignacio, Seattle, WA (US);
David William Bettis, Seattle, WA (US);
Korwin Jon Smith, Seattle, WA (US);
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Functionality of sensors on a shelf or other inventory location is tested by encouraging an interaction and determining if the output from the sensors on the shelf is consistent with the interaction. An interaction at the shelf can include, for example, a user adding or removing an item from the shelf. To encourage this type of interaction with the shelf or items therein, an announcement may be generated and presented to a user. The announcement may comprise an advertisement with some type of incentive for the user to add or remove an item from the shelf. Upon verifying such an interaction, sensor data before and after the interaction can be compared to generate diagnostic data for the sensor, which can indicate whether the sensor is operational or malfunctioning.