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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:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Peter K. Mansfield, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ned Lecky, Vashon, WA (US);
Peter R. Wurman, Acton, MA (US);
Dennis Polic, Medford, MA (US);
David Levy, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); G05D 1/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/00664 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Inventory systems may include one or more sensors capable of detecting spatial positioning of inventory holders and associated inventory items. Data can be received from a sensor, a boundary corresponding to a face of the inventory holder can be determined from the data, and items projecting across the boundary can be determined as items protruding from the inventory holder.