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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:
Jun. 06, 2023

Filed:

May. 28, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jose Luis De La Rosa, Seattle, WA (US);

Larry Joe Robb, Miramar Beach, FL (US);

Maxim P. Hoffman, Bothell, WA (US);

Joshua Martin Middleton, Seattle, WA (US);

Stephanie Tomasetta, Seattle, WA (US);

Roland J. Menassa, Renton, WA (US);

Justin Stone, Frisco, TX (US);

Molly Nawalinski, Seattle, WA (US);

Fernando Zumbado, Seattle, WA (US);

Duncan Pratt, Issaquah, WA (US);

Jon David DeFant, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 3/00 (2006.01); G01F 23/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 3/008 (2013.01); G01F 23/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for detection of overfilled containers in sortation systems. In one embodiment, an example container capacity detection system for use with an item sortation machine may include a first sensor positioned to detect a remaining capacity of a first container in the item sortation system, and a controller. The controller may be configured to determine, using the first sensor, that the remaining capacity of the first container is less than or equal to a first threshold, and to send a signal.


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