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US 10,504,165 B1Granted
Storage and fulfillment via item-specific image and attribute information
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDushyant Goyal, Pragyana K. Mishra
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Abstract
Items, such as produce items, may be placed in containers, imaged, weighed, and stored for subsequent retrieval. Images that depict the items and attributes associated with the items may be presented to customers via an interface. Upon receiving an indication that a customer has purchased one or more items via the interface, a container that includes the one or more items is retrieved. The one or more items are removed from the container and packaged for delivery to the customer. The resulting empty container is refilled with new items, which are then imaged, weighed, and stored.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a first container that holds one or more first produce items of a first type;
- a second container that holds one or more second produce items of the first type;
- an item stocking station at which the one or more first produce items are placed in the first container and the one or more second produce items are placed in the second container;
- an overhead data collection system that is positioned above a location at which containers are positioned, the overhead data collection system including an imaging device that:
- captures a first image of the one or more first produce items at a first time at which the first container is positioned at the location;
- and
- captures a second image of the one or more second produce items at a second time at which the second container is positioned at the location, the second time being subsequent to the first time;
- a weighing scale that is positioned below the location, and that:
- measures a first weight of the one or more first produce items while the first container is positioned at the location;
- and
- measures a second weight of the one or more second produce items while the second container is positioned at the location;
- a computing device that is communicatively coupled to the imaging device and the weighing scale, and that transmits the first image, the second image, the first weight, and the second weight to a server device associated with a service provider, the one or more first produce items depicted in the first image being one or more first physical items that are offered for purchase to customers, and the one or more second produce items being one or more second physical items that are offered for purchase to the customers;
- a database associated with the computing device that stores:
- the first image and one or more first attributes relating to the one or more first produce items, the one or more first attributes including the first weight and being stored in association with the first image;
- and
- the second image and one or more second attributes relating to the one or more second produce items, the one or more second attributes including the second weight and being stored in association with the second image;
- a storage and retrieval system that stores the first container in a first storage area and stores the second container in a second storage area;
- and
- a conveyor system that:
- transports the first container from the item stocking station, to the location, and to the first storage area;
- and
- transports the second container from the item stocking station, to the location, and to the second storage area.
19 more elements
A method comprising:
- placing multiple non-standardized items in a container, the multiple non-standardized items included in the container being available for acquisition via a service provider;
- transporting the multiple non-standardized items to a location at which non-standardized items are imaged and weighed;
- obtaining, at the location and by one or more sensors, data relating to the multiple non-standardized items, the data including an image that depicts the multiple non-standardized items and a combined weight of the multiple non-standardized items;
- and
- transmitting, by a first computing device, the data to a second computing device associated with the service provider, the second computing device causing the data to be presented to customers via an item interface associated with the service provider.
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A system comprising:
- a container that holds multiple non-standardized items that are of a same type, the multiple non-standardized items being physical non-standardized items that are available for acquisition by customers via a service provider;
- an automated item conveyor system that transports the container to a first location;
- an image capture device that captures an image of the multiple non-standardized items at the first location;
- an item weighing device that determines a combined weight of the multiple non-standardized items at the first location;
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- a computing device that is communicatively coupled to at least one of the image capture device or the item weighing device and that transmits the image to a server associated with the service provider.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.