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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Francois M. Rouaix, Seattle, WA (US);
Felix F. Antony, Issaquah, WA (US);
Cynthia L. Elliott, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Seattle, WA (US);
Francois M. Rouaix, Seattle, WA (US);
Felix F. Antony, Issaquah, WA (US);
Cynthia L. Elliott, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Bezos, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A visible-light based display system may be used to project visual guidance to picking and/or stowing agents in a materials handling facility dependent on their current location. The system may comprise a plurality of fixed-location display devices and/or mobile display devices coupled to a control system. The control system may send messages to particular ones of the display devices for projection of visual guidance usable to direct an agent to a particular inventory area in which an item is to be stowed or from which an item is to be picked, to identify a particular position within an inventory area, and/or to identify a particular item stored within an inventory area. The messages may include location, position, and/or descriptive information associated with an item to be stowed or picked. The projected visual guidance may include light or laser beams, text, graphics and/or images, and may be agent-specific, item-specific, and/or order-specific.