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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew Ray DesJardien, Kenmore, WA (US);
Chelsea Olson, Auburn, WA (US);
Robert M. Riggs, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Dan Beltzer, Issaquah, WA (US);
Paul Eugene Munger, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron M. McDaniel, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew James Pierce, Renton, WA (US);
Michael Mosman, Everett, WA (US);
Nathan Pius O'Neill, Snohomish, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Modular storage systems include load sensors disposed beneath or in association with platforms. The load sensors are pulse-sampled for signals corresponding to loads at time intervals, rather than continuously, in order to conserve electrical power. An item associated with a transaction is identified based on a change in the loads, as determined from the pulse-sampled signals. The platforms are aligned at horizontal or non-horizontal angles, and photovoltaic power sources with banks of photovoltaic cells are mounted to front edges of the platforms. When a user reaches over one of the photovoltaic cells to access an item on a platform, a level of power or voltage generated by the photovoltaic cell is diminished. The item closest to the photovoltaic cell having the diminished power or voltage, or a customer that accessed the item, may be identified accordingly.