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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2008
Eric Young, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Devesh Mishra, Issaquah, WA (US);
Timothy Jesse Tien, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Mckenna, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric Young, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Devesh Mishra, Issaquah, WA (US);
Timothy Jesse Tien, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael McKenna, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a system and method for stow management of similar items are described. Various embodiments may include a control system and/or an electronic stow component configured to determine whether a bin is eligible to stow a unit of a particular item. For instance, an agent tasked with stowing items as inventory in a materials handling facility may use such electronic stow component and/or the control system to determine whether a bin is eligible to stow a unit of a particular item. For instance, the electronic stow component may identify a bin to evaluate, identify a unit of a particular item, and determine whether the bin is eligible to store the unit of the particular item according to various methods and techniques for preventing the stowage of like items in nearby bins.