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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2005
Jonathan J. Shakes, Mercer Island, WA (US);
François M. Rouaix, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan J. Shakes, Mercer Island, WA (US);
François M. Rouaix, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for multi-destination pick using motes. Each receptacle may be assigned to a destination and may have a mote that may include an indicator that may be activated by a control system to indicate to the agent that the receptacle is the destination receptacle for a picked item. The agent may then place the item in the indicated destination receptacle. A mote may include a communication interface for communicating with a control system and with other motes in an ad-hoc network. The mote on the destination receptacle may be activated when the picked item is scanned by the agent. Each receptacle may also have a sensor that detects when an item is placed in the receptacle to deactivate the indicator and/or to verify that the item was placed in the correct receptacle.