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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Jose Luis De La Rosa, Seattle, WA (US);
Larry Joe Robb, Walton, FL (US);
Eli Douglas Girod, Seattle, WA (US);
Mohammad Mosa, Seattle, WA (US);
Justin Stone, Frisco, TX (US);
Roland J. Menassa, Renton, WA (US);
Robert Thomas Brown, Fairwood, MI (US);
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for mesh flaps for container capacity detection in sortation systems. In one embodiment, an example system for use with an item sortation machine may include a rotatable flap comprising a mesh grid coupled to a frame, where the rotatable flap is disposed adjacent to a container of items in the item sortation machine, and a sensor disposed adjacent to the rotatable flap, where the sensor is configured to sense an item protruding out of the container. The mesh grid may have a set of metallic wires that intersect to form the mesh grid, where the set of metallic wires form a geometric pattern.