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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Kenneth C. Macfarlane, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth C. Macfarlane, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B25J 9/1602 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for determining discrepancies between physical inventory and virtual inventory includes a memory and a processor. The memory can store a virtual inventory associated with an inventory bin, and an image representing a physical inventory associated with the inventory bin. The processor is coupled to the memory and can determine from the image a physical inventory comprising one or more units of inventory from the inventory bin. The processor can also determine discrepancies between the determined physical inventory of the inventory bin and the virtual inventory associated with the inventory bin.