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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2008
Devesh Mishra, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Eric C. Young, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Sameer Vinod Shah, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Jesse Tien, Seattle, WA (US);
Jun Zhao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Devesh Mishra, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Eric C. Young, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Sameer Vinod Shah, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Jesse Tien, Seattle, WA (US);
Jun Zhao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels at materials handling facilities. A parcel receiving system has an imaging tunnel through which shipment parcels received at a materials handling facility are passed. While a shipment parcel is passing through the imaging tunnel, a camera captures at least one image of the parcel. The parcel image is electronically analyzed to discover various tracking information and to detect various types of exceptions, such as damage to the parcel or defective tracking information. In addition, the captured image is stored in order to create a visual record of the parcel at the time of reception. This record may be used in a variety of ways, such as resolving or tracking exceptions or providing feedback to the vendor or shipment carrier. In addition, the parcel image may be viewed by a user to enable the user to detect and/or resolve an exception. Thus, the overall process of receiving parcels is facilitated, and the percentage of parcels diverted to an exception bin may be decreased.