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公开(公告)号:US11002589B1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-11
申请号:US16217982
申请日:2018-12-12
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Zihui Zhang , Nicholas Mendenhall , Sydney Tye Minnis , Nicholas Franklin , Venkata Srikiran Bodapati , Nathan Pius O'Neill , Jacob Siegel , Nicholas McMahon , James Olney , Jeremy De Bonet
Abstract: A fixture includes a plurality of brackets. Accessories such as wire hooks, shelves, bins, and so forth may be supported by one or more brackets. A load cell supports each bracket and generates a signal that is indicative of changes to the bracket as items are added or removed from the accessory. The brackets include features such as tabs that prevent accessories from moving laterally. The fixtures are easily reconfigured to accommodate accessories of different sizes that in turn may support items of different sizes.
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公开(公告)号:US10953906B1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-23
申请号:US16586242
申请日:2019-09-27
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Nicholas McMahon , Matthew Clark Webster , Robert Irwin , Jonathan Cohn , Jacob A. Siegel , Charles H. Wood , Jeremy Samuel De Bonet
Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying, mobile cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify a user operating the cart and items that the user places into a basket of the cart. In addition, the cart may update a virtual shopping cart of the identified user to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include multiple imaging devices and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The mobile cart may also include an imaging device oriented away from the basket such that a user operating the mobile cart may scan a user identifier using this imaging device to enable recognition of the user.
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公开(公告)号:US20200275059A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16284130
申请日:2019-02-25
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy Samuel De Bonet , Nicholas McMahon , Oded Maron , Jonathan Cohn
Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify items that the user places in their cart, and update a virtual shopping cart to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include four capture assemblies that are disposed proximate to each of the four corners of a basket of the cart, and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The capture assemblies may include proximity sensors that are used to detect movement above the top of the basket, LEDs that illuminate items, and cameras that generate image data representing the items as they are placed in, or removed from, the cart.
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公开(公告)号:US11381780B2
公开(公告)日:2022-07-05
申请号:US16284130
申请日:2019-02-25
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy Samuel De Bonet , Nicholas McMahon , Oded Maron , Jonathan Cohn
Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify items that the user places in their cart, and update a virtual shopping cart to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include four capture assemblies that are disposed proximate to each of the four corners of a basket of the cart, and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The capture assemblies may include proximity sensors that are used to detect movement above the top of the basket, LEDs that illuminate items, and cameras that generate image data representing the items as they are placed in, or removed from, the cart.
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公开(公告)号:US10969267B1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-06
申请号:US16290320
申请日:2019-03-01
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Nicholas Franklin , Jeremy Samuel De Bonet , Nicholas McMahon , Nicholas Mendenhall , Paul Eugene Munger , Jacob Siegel , Zihui Zhang
IPC: G01G19/414 , G01G19/18 , G01G21/23 , G01G21/28 , G06Q10/08
Abstract: A parallel planar weight sensing device includes an accessory mounting bracket with an upper portion and a lower portion. Part of the accessory mounting bracket extends around a crossmember that also has an upper portion and a lower portion. Affixed to the upper portion of the crossmember is a first load cell while a second load cell is affixed to the lower portion of the crossmember. The upper portion of the accessory mounting bracket is affixed to the first load cell while the lower portion is affixed to the second load cell. An accessory, such as a shelf or hook, may be attached to the accessory mounting bracket and used to stow items. As the load on the accessory changes, such as due to a pick or place of items, a total weight change may be determined by summing the output from the load cells.
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公开(公告)号:US11820414B1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-21
申请号:US17208236
申请日:2021-03-22
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Nicholas McMahon , Matthew Clark Webster , Robert P. Irwin , Jonathan Cohn , Jacob A. Siegel , Charles H. Wood , Jeremy S. De Bonet
CPC classification number: B62B5/0096 , B62B3/1416 , B62B3/1424 , G06V20/64
Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying, mobile cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify a user operating the cart and items that the user places into a basket of the cart. In addition, the cart may update a virtual shopping cart of the identified user to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include multiple imaging devices and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The mobile cart may also include an imaging device oriented away from the basket such that a user operating the mobile cart may scan a user identifier using this imaging device to enable recognition of the user.
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公开(公告)号:US20220337786A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-20
申请号:US17856547
申请日:2022-07-01
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy Samuel De Bonet , Nicholas McMahon , Oded Maron , Jonathan Cohn
Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify items that the user places in their cart, and update a virtual shopping cart to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include four capture assemblies that are disposed proximate to each of the four corners of a basket of the cart, and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The capture assemblies may include proximity sensors that are used to detect movement above the top of the basket, LEDs that illuminate items, and cameras that generate image data representing the items as they are placed in, or removed from, the cart.
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公开(公告)号:US10746589B1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-18
申请号:US15629578
申请日:2017-06-21
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Inventor: Michael Nathan Danenberg , Jeffrey Kevin Feiereisen , Jacob Siegel , Brett Allen Skaloud , Thomas Duester , James Merton Tidman , Dawn Marie Pfund , Jeremy Samuel De Bonet , Nicholas McMahon
IPC: G01G21/28 , G01G21/22 , A47B57/16 , A47B57/42 , H01R12/72 , H02J1/00 , G01G21/23 , H05K5/00 , H05K7/14 , H05K7/18 , H01R13/514 , A47B57/52 , A47B57/20
Abstract: Shelves or other fixtures may be used to support items at a facility. Weighing modules including load cells may be used at the fixtures to acquire weight data indicative of changes to the fixture as items are added or removed from the fixture. Weighing modules may be modular and repositionable with respect to a modular crossbar that provides electrical power and data connectivity. This allows for the fixtures to be easily reconfigured to accommodate items of different sizes.
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公开(公告)号:US10732026B1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-04
申请号:US15629531
申请日:2017-06-21
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor: Michael Nathan Danenberg , Jeffrey Kevin Feiereisen , Jacob Siegel , Brett Allen Skaloud , Thomas Duester , James Merton Tidman , Dawn Marie Pfund , Jeremy Samuel De Bonet , Nicholas McMahon
IPC: G01G21/23 , G01G19/52 , G06Q10/08 , H01R12/72 , H01R13/514 , G01G19/40 , G01G21/00 , H05K5/02 , H02J1/00 , H05K7/14 , H05K5/00 , G01G21/22
Abstract: Shelves or other fixtures may be used to support items at a facility. Weighing modules including load cells may be used at the fixtures to acquire weight data indicative of changes to the fixture as items are added or removed from the fixture. Accessories such as trays, bins, hangers, and so forth may be attached to the load cells, allowing the fixtures to be easily reconfigured to accommodate items of different sizes.
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