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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2012
Applicants:

Dong Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);

Gunnar Hovden, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Isaac S. Noble, Soquel, CA (US);

Volodymyr V. Ivanchenko, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kenneth M. Karakotsios, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dong Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);

Gunnar Hovden, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Isaac S. Noble, Soquel, CA (US);

Volodymyr V. Ivanchenko, Mountain View, CA (US);

Kenneth M. Karakotsios, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); H04N 1/00885 (2013.01);
Abstract

The use of resources on a computing device can be optimized for current conditions to reduce or minimize the amount of resources needed to provide a sufficient level of performance for various types of tasks. In some embodiments, one or more optimization algorithms can analyze information such as a type of task to be performed and the state of one or more environmental conditions to attempt to select a number and configuration of components, such as cameras and illumination elements, to use in performing the tasks. The performance of the tasks can be monitored, and the selection or states updated in order to maintain a sufficient level of performance without using more resources than are necessary.


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