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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.

Patent No.:

US 12530687 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2022

Item-identifying carts

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jeremy Samuel De Bonet, Southborough, MA (US);

Nicholas Mcmahon, Bolton, MA (US);

Oded Maron, Sudbury, MA (US);

Jonathan Cohn, Acton, MA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Florian M Zeender

Assistant Examiner:

Kimberly S. Bursum

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/4014 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
Abstract

This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify items that the user places in their cart, and update a virtual shopping cart to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include four capture assemblies that are disposed proximate to each of the four corners of a basket of the cart, and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The capture assemblies may include proximity sensors that are used to detect movement above the top of the basket, LEDs that illuminate items, and cameras that generate image data representing the items as they are placed in, or removed from, the cart.

Find Patent Forward Citations

De Bonet, Jeremy. (2026). Item-identifying carts (U.S. Patent No. 12530687). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12530687

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