公开(公告)号：US11927472B1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US16453677

申请日：2019-06-26

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew Ray DesJardien ,  Chelsea Olson ,  Robert M. Riggs ,  Dan Beltzer ,  Paul Eugene Munger ,  Aaron M. McDaniel ,  Andrew James Pierce ,  Michael Mosman ,  Nathan Pius O'Neill

IPC: G01G19/414 ,  G06Q30/0283 ,  H02S40/38

CPC classification number: G01G19/414 ,  G06Q30/0283 ,  H02S40/38

Abstract: Modular storage systems include load sensors disposed beneath or in association with platforms. The load sensors are pulse-sampled for signals corresponding to loads at time intervals, rather than continuously, in order to conserve electrical power. An item associated with a transaction is identified based on a change in the loads, as determined from the pulse-sampled signals. The platforms are aligned at horizontal or non-horizontal angles, and photovoltaic power sources with banks of photovoltaic cells are mounted to front edges of the platforms. When a user reaches over one of the photovoltaic cells to access an item on a platform, a level of power or voltage generated by the photovoltaic cell is diminished. The item closest to the photovoltaic cell having the diminished power or voltage, or a customer that accessed the item, may be identified accordingly.

公开(公告)号：US11410122B1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US16779032

申请日：2020-01-31

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew Ray DesJardien ,  Kenneth Edward Doe ,  Dan Beltzer ,  Andrew James Pierce ,  Alexander Eugene Choi ,  Jacob Drewniak ,  Paul Eugene Munger ,  Robert M. Riggs ,  Stavan Dholakia ,  Mike Mosman ,  Sergio Alfredo Phan Lung Li

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06V10/141 ,  G06V20/10 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D29/00

Abstract: An impulse strip including a plurality of clips, hooks or other features for attaching items to the impulse strip also includes a plurality of switches associated with each of the clips, hooks or other features. The switches are in communication with illuminators or other indicators that are arranged in an array. When an item is loaded onto the strip, or removed from the strip, a switch may be opened or closed, causing one of the illuminators in the array to be activated or deactivated accordingly. An image captured of the illuminators is processed to determine which of the illuminators is activated and which is deactivated, and an inventory level of the strip may be determined based on the statuses of the respective illuminators corresponding to the clips, the hooks or the other features of the impulse strip.