公开(公告)号：US10949801B1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US16386154

申请日：2019-04-16

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Sudheer Babu Ramoji ,  Avishkar Misra ,  Yasser Baseer Asmi ,  Ohil Krishnamurthy Manyam ,  Gopi Prashanth Gopal ,  Long Xuan Nguyen ,  Sudarshan Narasimha Raghavan ,  Ramanathan Palaniappan ,  Nadya Dhalla

IPC: G06Q10/08

Abstract: This disclosure describes an item drop location for placing items that have been picked from an inventory location within a material handling facility but have not yet been transitioned from the materials handling facility and a return location for returning items that have been transitioned from the materials handling facility. Likewise, described is a system and method for identifying an item placed at a drop location or an item placed at a return location, processing the placed item and providing confirmation to a user that placed the item and facilitating a return of the item or a removal of the item from an item identifier list associated with the user.

公开(公告)号：US10169660B1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US14578021

申请日：2014-12-19

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Xiaofeng Ren ,  Avishkar Misra ,  Ohil Krishnamurthy Manyam ,  Liefeng Bo ,  Sudarshan Narasimha Raghavan ,  Christopher Robert Towers ,  Gopi Prashanth Gopal ,  Yasser Baseer Asmi

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: Described is a system for counting stacked items using image analysis. In one implementation, an image of an inventory location with stacked items is obtained and processed to determine the number of items stacked at the inventory location. In some instances, the item closest to the camera that obtains the image may be the only item viewable in the image. Using image analysis, such as depth mapping or Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) algorithms, the distance of the item from the camera and the shelf of the inventory location can be determined. Using this information, and known dimension information for the item, a count of the number of items stacked at an inventory location may be determined.

公开(公告)号：US10040628B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-07

申请号：US14225179

申请日：2014-03-25

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Avishkar Misra ,  Ohil Krishnamurthy Manyam ,  Ramanathan Palaniappan ,  Michel Leonard Goldstein ,  Raymond Lim

IPC: B65G1/02

Abstract: Described is a system and method for assisting users in properly placing and/or positioning items at inventory locations within a materials handling facility. In one example, a placement location may be distinguished for the user through use of illumination or other techniques to assist the user in quickly identifying the proper location at which to place the item. Likewise, a proper position of the item may be presented to the user to assist the user in properly positioning the item at the placement location.

公开(公告)号：US09996818B1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-12

申请号：US15135384

申请日：2016-04-21

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Xiaofeng Ren ,  Ohil Krishnamurthy Manyam ,  Avishkar Misra ,  Liefeng Bo ,  Sudarshan Narasimha Raghavan ,  Christopher Robert Towers ,  Gopi Prashanth Gopal ,  Yasser Baseer Asmi

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04N5/225

CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 ,  G06F17/30259 ,  G06F17/30268 ,  G06K9/4642

Abstract: Described is a system for counting stacked items using image analysis. In one implementation, an image of an inventory location with stacked items is obtained and processed to determine the number of items stacked at the inventory location. In some instances, the item closest to the camera that obtains the image may be the only item viewable in the image. Using image analysis, such as depth mapping or Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) algorithms, the distance of the item from the camera and the shelf of the inventory location can be determined. Using this information, and known dimension information for the item, a count of the number of items stacked at an inventory location may be determined.