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公开(公告)号：US10701586B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-30
申请号：US16376871
申请日：2019-04-05
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Sachin Rajendra Kothari , Samuel Gardner Garrett , Seshachalamgupta Motamarri , Timothy Alan Talda
IPC: H04W28/04 , G05B19/18 , H04B7/26 , B25J9/16 , G06Q10/08 , H04B7/06 , B25J13/06 , E02F9/20 , H04B7/026 , G06Q50/28 , B25J13/00 , H04J3/16 , H04Q11/04 , G05B19/048 , B60L3/04 , H04W16/28 , H04B7/0452 , H04L12/26 , H04W74/08 , H04B7/024 , H04W72/04
Abstract: Embodiments herein describe wireless transmission techniques for mitigating interference between wirelessly controlled machines in a shared space. To mitigate interference, the machines may be assigned different channels within the same frequency band. However, if machines using the same channel in a frequency band receive each other's wireless signals, the wireless signals can interfere. To free up additional bandwidth, in one embodiment, the command signals are transmitted using a different frequency band than a heartbeat signal used to stop the machines in case of emergencies. In another embodiment, time multiplexing or directional antennas can be used to mitigate interference. In another example, antenna diversity and multiple-input-multiple output (MIMO) can be used to further focus the radiation pattern onto the desired machine while avoiding transmitting wireless signals to neighboring machines. In one embodiment, the machines may use dual-channels to transmit and receive duplicate data.
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公开(公告)号：US20190161228A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-30
申请号：US16265632
申请日：2019-02-01
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Samuel Gardner Garrett , Martin Peter Aalund , Vinay Balan , Michael Barrett Hill , David Bruce McCalib, JR. , Timothy Alan Talda , Toby Ge Xu
Abstract: The apparatus includes a moveable support platform within the container to reduce a distance that items fall into the container when stowed. The support platform is lowered by a movement mechanism as items are placed into the container. The movement mechanism may be a bladder filled with air, a biasing device, a pneumatic device, or a mechanical device. The moveable support may form a bottom portion of the container during transport of the container. In some instances, the movement mechanism may lift items out of the container to empty the container at a destination.
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公开(公告)号：US10301121B1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-28
申请号：US15655318
申请日：2017-07-20
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Brian Hoffman , Martin Peter Aalund , David Alspaugh , Samuel Gardner Garrett , Paul Roy Raines, Jr. , Timothy Alan Talda , Akshay Tilekar , Stephanie Tomasetta , Eric Wyman , Toby Ge Xu
Abstract: In one embodiment, a system has a carousel that has a guiderail that forms a loop that has a loading position and an unloading position. The carousel also has a plurality of buckets, each having an upper end and a lower end. The lower end includes at least one bottom wall that is moveable between (i) a transporting configuration where the at least one bottom wall substantially closes the lower end of the bucket and (ii) a discharge configuration where the at least one bottom wall is moved so as to define an opening in the lower end of the bucket. The buckets are supported by the guiderail such that the buckets can be driven from the loading position towards the unloading position in the transporting configuration. The buckets can be transitioned to the discharge configuration so as to unload inventory items at the unloading position into a packaging material.
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公开(公告)号：US10239690B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-26
申请号：US15408128
申请日：2017-01-17
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Jon Stuart Battles , Timothy Alan Talda , Martin Peter Aalund
Abstract: An example storage module may include an upper support structure, a lower support structure, and a frame. The upper support structure may engage with a corresponding lower support structure of a first different storage module. The lower support structure may engage with a corresponding upper support structure of a second different storage module. The frame may include a first component and a second component. Each component may include an upper portion, a lower portion, and a set of connecting portions. The upper portion may define an upper level of the storage module. The lower portion may define a lower level of the storage module. The set of connecting portions may connect the upper and lower portions. The storage module may also include a set of carrier devices to move in accordance with a movement path and support a set of storage containers.
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公开(公告)号：US10086998B1
公开(公告)日：2018-10-02
申请号：US15655446
申请日：2017-07-20
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Akshay Tilekar , Emily Dunne , Samuel Gardner Garrett , Timothy Alan Talda , Unnikrishnan Vadakkanmaruveedu
Abstract: Sortation systems and methods are described, in which the sortation systems may include a cylindrical sortation tower. The cylindrical sortation tower may include a plurality of sortation levels, and each of the sortation levels may include a plurality of sortation positions arranged around a periphery of the level. Each sortation position may include a sortation container. The cylindrical sortation tower may also include one or more horizontal tracks and vertical tracks, and each of the sortation levels may further include a circumferential track. Shuttles may traverse the horizontal, vertical, and circumferential tracks to transport items to desired sortation containers. Further, robotic arms may remove completed sortation containers from and add empty sortation containers to the cylindrical sortation tower.
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公开(公告)号：US10053299B1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-21
申请号：US15587757
申请日：2017-05-05
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Unnikrishnan Vadakkanmaruveedu , Jon Stuart Battles , Emily Dunne , Samuel Gardner Garrett , Timothy Alan Talda , Akshay Rajendra Tilekar , Jacqueline Underberg
Abstract: In one embodiment, a conveyor system reorients objects from a side-by-side orientation to a sequential orientation. The system has an upper conveyor level and a subsequent conveyor level disposed below the upper level. The upper level has an upper conveyor segment that has an upstream end, a downstream end opposite the upstream end along a flow direction, a pair of lateral sides, a top side, and a bottom side. The upper conveyor segment defines an conveying surface that is between the pair of lateral sides and that carries objects aligned therewith along the flow direction. The upper conveyor segment also defines a discharge opening that is between the conveying surface and one of the lateral sides. The discharge opening extends through the upper conveyor segment along a vertical direction so as to discharge objects onto the subsequent conveyor level that are aligned with the discharge opening.
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27.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10046913B1
公开(公告)日：2018-08-14
申请号：US15587712
申请日：2017-05-05
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Unnikrishnan Vadakkanmaruveedu , Jon Stuart Battles , Emily Dunne , Samuel Gardner Garrett , Timothy Alan Talda , Akshay Rajendra Tilekar , Jacqueline Underberg
Abstract: In one embodiment, a conveyor system has a conveyor segment and a knock-down device. The conveyor segment has an upstream end, and a downstream end opposite the upstream end. The conveyor segment defines a conveying surface that carries objects along a flow direction that extends from the upstream end to the downstream end. The knock-down device has a knock-down body that is spaced entirely from the conveying surface along a vertical direction by at least a clearance height. The knock-down body has an upstream body end, a downstream body end offset from the upstream body end with respect to the flow direction, and a ramped surface that extends between the upstream body end and the downstream body end. The ramped surface is ramped away from the conveying surface as the ramped surface extends along the flow direction, and knocks down objects that are stacked on top of one another.
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公开(公告)号：US20180201445A1
公开(公告)日：2018-07-19
申请号：US15408207
申请日：2017-01-17
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Jon Stuart Battles , Timothy Alan Talda , Martin Peter Aalund
CPC classification number: B65G1/133 , B65G1/0492 , B65G1/12 , B65G1/127 , B65G1/1373 , B65G61/00 , B65G63/002 , G05D1/0287 , G05D2201/0216 , G06Q30/0635 , G06Q50/28
Abstract: An example process may include receiving a request identifying an action with respect to an item and a modular storage system. The modular storage system may include a plurality of shipping containers accessible from an item transfer facility. The process may also include identifying a particular shipping container of the plurality of shipping containers to fulfill the request. The process may also include identifying, within the particular shipping container, a particular storage module to fulfill the request. The particular storage module may include a particular plurality of storage containers. The process may also include identifying, from among the particular plurality of storage containers, a particular storage container to fulfill the request. The process may also include causing movement of the particular plurality of storage containers to move the particular storage container to an access position.
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公开(公告)号：US20180201442A1
公开(公告)日：2018-07-19
申请号：US15408128
申请日：2017-01-17
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Jon Stuart Battles , Timothy Alan Talda , Martin Peter Aalund
IPC: B65G1/02
Abstract: An example storage module may include an upper support structure, a lower support structure, and a frame. The upper support structure may engage with a corresponding lower support structure of a first different storage module. The lower support structure may engage with a corresponding upper support structure of a second different storage module. The frame may include a first component and a second component. Each component may include an upper portion, a lower portion, and a set of connecting portions. The upper portion may define an upper level of the storage module. The lower portion may define a lower level of the storage module. The set of connecting portions may connect the upper and lower portions. The storage module may also include a set of carrier devices to move in accordance with a movement path and support a set of storage containers.
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公开(公告)号：US20180141754A1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-24
申请号：US15355974
申请日：2016-11-18
Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Inventor： Samuel Gardner Garrett , John Stuart Battles , Timothy Alan Talda , Tyson Wittrock
IPC: B65G1/137
CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 , B65G47/52 , B65G65/00 , B65G2209/06
Abstract: An example system includes a conveyor configured to move a plurality of items, a ramp configured to support at least one item of the plurality of items as the at least one item is transferred from the conveyor to a tote, and a platform supported on a support surface and configured to support the tote at a location proximate the ramp. In some examples, the tote includes a base having a top surface defining at least part of an interior space of the tote. Further, the platform positions the tote such that the top surface of the base extends at an angle, relative to a horizontal plane, greater than approximately 5 degrees and less than approximately 10 degrees.
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