Item replacement assistance
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsAvishkar Misra, Ohil Krishnamurthy Manyam, Ramanathan Palaniappan, Michel Leonard Goldstein, Raymond Wheekyun Lim
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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.
Claims20
A computing system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing program instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to at least:
- determine an item to be placed at an inventory area;
- send for presentation an indication of:
- an item placement indication indicating a placement location at which the item is to be placed;
- and
- an item position indication indicating at least an orientation of the item when placed at the placement location;
- determine that the item has been placed at the placement location;
- determine that the item has been placed with the position orientation;
- and
- in response to a determination that the item has been placed at the placement location and with the orientation, send a notification indicating that item placement of the item at the placement location is complete.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- under control of one or more computing systems configured with executable instructions:
- identifying an item to be placed at a location within a materials handling facility;
- sending for presentation an indication of a proper item position of the item when placed at the location, wherein the presentation includes at least one of illuminating the location, increasing an amount of illumination near the location, decreasing an amount of illumination adjacent the location, sending for presentation on a display adjacent to the location a location identifier, causing a projection of a representation of the item at the location, causing an emission of audio from the location, or sending for presentation location information associated with the location;
- receiving an image of the item placed at the location;
- determining a similarity score based at least in part on a comparison of the received image of the item with a stored image, wherein the stored image includes a representation of the item when properly positioned;
- determining, based at least in part on the similarity score, that the item has been placed at the location with a proper item position;
- and
- in response to determining that the item has been placed at the location with the proper item position, performing an action.
A method comprising:
- under control of one or more computing devices configured with executable instructions:
- determining a current item location of an item to be relocated;
- sending first instructions for guiding a user to the current item location;
- sending second instructions for guiding the user from the current item location to a placement location;
- determining that the item has been placed at the placement location with a proper item position, wherein the proper item position includes at least an orientation of the item;
- and
- providing a notification that the item has been placed at the placement location with the proper item position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.