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公开(公告)号：US10311355B1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-04
申请号：US15086855
申请日：2016-03-31
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Camerin Cole Hahn , Matthew Perkins , Nikolai Orlov
IPC: G06K19/077 , G06K19/02
Abstract: This disclosure describes RFID tags that include capacitive shields to capacitively couple with antennas of the RFID tags when exposed to threshold levels of electromagnetic energy, such as when placed in a microwave. In some instances, these capacitive shields comprise a material that is both thermally conductive and electrically conductive. When exposed to electromagnetic energy of a high frequency, the capacitive shield may capacitively couple to the antenna of the RFID and, thus, may receive energy from the antenna. Given the properties of the capacitive shield, the capacitive shield may convert this energy into thermal energy and dissipate this heat into an ambient environment of the RFID tag. By doing so, the capacitive shield lessens the risk that dangerous arcing will occur from the electromagnetic energy.
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公开(公告)号：US11132637B1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-28
申请号：US15271181
申请日：2016-09-20
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Camerin Cole Hahn , Nikolai Orlov
IPC: H04W4/029 , H04B17/318 , G06Q10/08
Abstract: Interaction data provides information about particular items that have been picked or placed from a particular fixture. A radio signal that conveys designation data indicative of a particular user is coupled to a body of the user. A smart floor tile may emit the radio signal that is electromagnetically coupled to the user and propagates along the user's body. As the hand of the user approaches the fixture, the radio signal is received using antennas at the fixture. When the user touches an item, the propagation pathway may improve, resulting in an increase in received signal strength. By using information about the radio signal and the known location of the antennas, information such as a position of a hand of the user or which item has been picked or placed may be determined.
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公开(公告)号：US10477355B1
公开(公告)日：2019-11-12
申请号：US15841216
申请日：2017-12-13
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Somasundaram Niranjayan , Patrick Ian McCleary , Matthew Gregory Bowen , Nikolai Orlov , James Stephanick
Abstract: A surface within a facility, such as a floor, is equipped with electromagnetic sensors that generate data indicative of the presence of objects, such as the feet of users, at or close to the floor. The data may also be indicative of cross-coupling resulting from a transfer of an electromagnetic signal by the object, such as from one foot to another of a user. The data is processed to determine presence of individual object representations, such as representing a foot. Information about object representations such as their movement, cross-coupling, physical distance between, or features of the object representation may be determined. This data may be used to maintain the identity of particular object representations, track object representations over time, determine that particular object representations are associated with a single user and so forth. Adjacent object representations may avoid merging by using a top-down cross sectioning technique.
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公开(公告)号：US11900711B1
公开(公告)日：2024-02-13
申请号：US17075926
申请日：2020-10-21
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Dilip Kumar , Manoj Aggarwal , George Leifman , Gerard Guy Medioni , Nikolai Orlov , Natan Peterfreund , Korwin Jon Smith , Dmitri Veikherman , Sora Kim
CPC classification number: G06V40/1318 , G06N3/045 , G06V40/1347 , G06T2207/20084 , G06V40/1341
Abstract: An identification system includes one or more infrared light sources and a camera that acquires images of a user's palm. For example, at a first time, one or more first images may be acquired by the camera using infrared light with a first polarization that represent external characteristics of the user's palm. At a second time, one or more second images may be acquired using infrared light with a second polarization that represent internal characteristics of the user's palm. These images are processed to determine a first set of feature vectors and a second set of feature vectors. A current signature may be determined using the first set of feature vectors and the second set of feature vectors. In addition, a user may be identified based on a comparison of the current signature and previously stored reference signatures that are associated with candidate user identifiers.
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公开(公告)号：US10371786B1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-06
申请号：US15614324
申请日：2017-06-05
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Nikolai Orlov , Nathan Pius O'Neill , Somasundaram Niranjayan , James Stephanick , Camerin Cole Hahn
Abstract: One or more surfaces within a facility are equipped with devices having several segments, each segment with an antenna. Segments may be grouped together into a cluster. Each segment within a cluster is associated with a particular timeslot. A transmitter at the device transmits on a specific frequency. During the particular timeslot for that segment, a signal at the specific frequency is transmitted and radiated from the antenna for that segment. An object electromagnetically couples to one or more antennas of the device, acting as a signal path for the signal. A receiver in a second segment detects the signal, and information about the timeslot for the signal and relative signal strength is generated. By using this information, a location and path of the object may be determined. Receivers in shelves may also be used to facilitate disambiguation of one user from another when interacting with items on those shelves.
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公开(公告)号：US10321275B1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-11
申请号：US15273091
申请日：2016-09-22
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Nikolai Orlov , Nathan Pius O'Neill , Jeremy Samuel De Bonet
Abstract: A facility is equipped with floor tiles. Each tile is equipped with transmitters that transmit on specific frequencies. A particular set of frequencies identifies a particular floor tile and a particular segment on the floor tile. A user electromagnetically couples to one or more antennas of the tile, acting as a signal path for the signals on the particular set of frequencies. A receiver detects these signals, and the information about the frequencies detected and relative signal strength may be used to determine a location of the user within the facility. Receivers in the floor tiles allow a first tile to transmit its set of frequencies and a second tile to receive the set of frequencies and determine where the user has stepped from. By concatenating these steps a path of the user may be determined. Receivers in shelves facilitate disambiguation of one user from another when interacting with items.
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公开(公告)号：US11096011B1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-17
申请号：US16677249
申请日：2019-11-07
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Somasundaram Niranjayan , Patrick Ian McCleary , Matthew Gregory Bowen , Nikolai Orlov , James Stephanick
Abstract: A floor device generates output data indicative of the presence of objects, such as feet of users, on the floor device. The output data from the floor device is processed to determine an object representation at a given time. The object representation may then be associated with a user identifier based on characteristics or features of the object representation. If a location of a user associated with the user identifier is determined to be near a fixture that stores one or more items, changes in quantity of items at the fixture may be associated with the user. For example, sensors on the fixture may generate fixture data indicative of a pick or place of items on the fixture. Based on the location of the user being near the fixture and the fixture data, interaction data may be generated indicating the user interacting with the items at the fixture.
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公开(公告)号：US10969461B1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-06
申请号：US15614223
申请日：2017-06-05
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Nathan Pius O'Neill , Nikolai Orlov , Christopher Raymond Grajewski
Abstract: A facility is equipped with a floor containing one or more of a transmitter to generate electromagnetic signals (EMS) or a receiver to receive EMS. A device such as a tote may include one or more of a transmitters to generate EMS that may then be received by the receiver in the floor or a receiver to receive EMS transmitted by the floor. As the tote moves across the floor, tracking data may be generated using the information obtained from the exchange of EMS. Orientation of the tote with respect to the floor may be determined using an asymmetric arrangement of antennas on the tote, by encoding data within the EMS, or a combination thereof. For example, the tote may include three antennas arranged in a triangular layout, or a front antenna and a back antenna each used to transmit an EMS that is indicative of relative placement of the tote.
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公开(公告)号：US10834547B1
公开(公告)日：2020-11-10
申请号：US15353471
申请日：2016-11-16
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Patrick Ian McCleary , Jeremy Samuel De Bonet , James Stephanick , Somasundaram Niranjayan , Nikolai Orlov , Nathan Pius O'Neill , Camerin Cole Hahn
Abstract: A facility is equipped with floor tiles, each tile having several segments, each segment with an antenna. Each segment on a tile is associated with a particular timeslot. A transmitter at the tile transmits on a specific frequency. During the particular timeslot for that segment, a signal at the specific frequency is transmitted and radiated from the antenna for that segment. A user electromagnetically couples to one or more antennas of the tile, acting as a signal path for the signal. A receiver in a second tile detects the signal, and information about the frequency detected, timeslot for the signal, and relative signal strength is generated. Where the user has stepped from is determined using the information. By concatenating these steps, a path of the user may be determined. Receivers in shelves facilitate disambiguation of one user from another when interacting with items.
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公开(公告)号：US10692312B1
公开(公告)日：2020-06-23
申请号：US15348831
申请日：2016-11-10
Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventor： Somasundaram Niranjayan , Nikolai Orlov
Abstract: A user obtains authentication credentials using a portable device, such as a smart phone. While standing on a smart floor in a facility, the portable device transmits the authentication credentials to the smart floor. The body of the user electromagnetically couples to electrodes in a touch sensor of the portable device and one or more antennas of the smart floor, acting as a signal path for signals between the mobile device and the smart floor. For example, one or more of the voltage applied to the electrodes, timing of when voltage is applied, and so forth, may be used to produce a particular electromagnetic signal that conveys the authentication credentials. The authenticated user may now be tracked in the facility using the smart floor.
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