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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Ned Lecky, Vashon, WA (US);
Ryan Scott Russell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Wesley Scott Lauka, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for verifying that items have been correctly retrieved to fulfill orders or shipments. A plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are energized with an electromagnetic field emitted from an RFID reader, wherein individual ones of the RFID tags include a sensor. Motion data is reported by the RFID tags and detected via the RFID reader. Subsequently, at least one of the plurality of RFID tags is selected from the plurality of RFID tags based at least in part on the motion data.