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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2023
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Mario Gil, Tacoma, WA (US);
Edwin Thorne, Iii, Shoreline, WA (US);
Sachin Rajendra Kothari, Issaquah, WA (US);
Wenbo Cui, Bellevue, WA (US);
Pyotr Belov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nathan P O'Neill, Snohomish, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes, in part, systems for enabling a return of an item from an item-identification apparatus without requiring associate intervention. The systems and techniques herein provide for determining, based on first sensor data, that an item was placed in a receptacle and updating a virtual cart associated with a user operating the receptacle to indicate addition of the item. The system may then include a put back bin equipped with sensors to detect when an item is placed within a put back bin and thereby cause the system to update the virtual cart to indicate removal of the item before instructing to charge a payment instrument associated with the virtual cart.