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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2021
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Vivek S Narayanan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, Seattle, WA (US);
Mohit Malik, Seattle, WA (US);
Rajeev Dwivedi, Sammamish, WA (US);
Michael Alan Bray, Elkhorn, NE (US);
Shahid Azad, Seattle, WA (US);
Max Alfonso Bruccoleri, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for interconnected sortation systems with multiple inputs and destinations. In one embodiment, an example system may include a first sortation system, a second sortation system, a first induction station to induct items into the system, and a second induction station to induct items into the system. The system may include a track configured to connect the first sortation system to both the first induction station and the second induction station, and to connect the second sortation system to both the first induction station and the second induction station. The system may include a number of shuttles configured to move along the track.