Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Item illumination based on image recognition
- Patent Title (中): 基于图像识别的物品照明
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Application No.: US14036657Application Date: 2013-09-25
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Publication No.: US09171278B1Publication Date: 2015-10-27
- Inventor: Cheuk-Man Kong , Mohan Krishna Rao , Morley Duncan Abbott , Balasubramaneyam Maniymaran
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Kowert
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06Q10/08 ; B65G1/137

Abstract:
An inventory item to be picked may be selected along with an inventory location (e.g., storage bin) storing a particular unit of the item among a units of heterogeneous items also stowed in the inventory location. One or more images of the inventory location may be obtained and analyzed to determine a position of the unit of the item. Instructions may be sent to direct a device to illuminate the determined position of the unit of the item, and pick instructions may be sent to the same or a different the device. A device may receive the position instructions from a control system, and illuminate the determined position of the unit of the item within the inventory location. The pick instructions may direct an agent or mobile storage bin to a particular location and direct the agent to pick the unit of the item from the illuminated position.
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