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Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Tait Stephen Carroll, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 19/021 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01);
Abstract

Inventory systems may include an inventory holder, a transfer apparatus, and a stereo vision system localized to determine a three dimensional (3D) pose of the inventory holder. The stereo vision system includes a first camera and a first laser disposed at a first end portion of a platform, and a second camera and a second laser disposed at a second end portion of the platform. The first camera and the first laser being localized to capture a first image of a first frame portion of an opening of the inventory holder. The second camera and the second laser being localized to capture a second image of a second frame portion of the opening. Furthermore, one or more processors can be configured to determine the 3D pose of the inventory holder based on the first image and the second image.


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