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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Lee Farrow, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kristopher William Bell, Issaquah, WA (US);
Wesley Scott Lauka, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/36 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/36 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inventory system employs self-illuminating inventory management containers. A self-illuminating container can include a container body, an illumination element, and a signal receiver for receiving instructions to illuminate the container. The self-illuminating inventory management containers can be illuminated to assist in locating the containers in the system broadly, or locally, and to assist in inventory processing operations.