公开(公告)号：US10202243B1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-12

申请号：US15377240

申请日：2016-12-13

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gregory Karl Lisso ,  Steven Klehr ,  Sean Maylone ,  Laura Rubin ,  Vignesh Kumar Sivasamy ,  Samuel Christopher Uhlman ,  Scott Douglas King

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/96 ,  B65G17/34 ,  B65G13/02 ,  B65G51/03

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using air pressure to increase or decrease the force of static friction between an item and the surface of a conveyance system. The conveyance system can include a track and a conveyor segment affixed to the track. The conveyor segment can include an air permeable surface on which an item can be placed. Mounted underneath the air permeable surface is an air displacement device.

公开(公告)号：US10246258B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-02

申请号：US15295040

申请日：2016-10-17

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gregory Karl Lisso ,  Steven Klehr ,  Sean Maylone ,  Vignesh Kumar Sivasamy ,  Samuel Christopher Uhlman

IPC: B65G11/06 ,  B65G17/00 ,  B65G21/20 ,  B65G47/90 ,  B65G47/64 ,  B65G47/71 ,  B65G47/84 ,  B65G1/137

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for robotic item sortation and optimization along the vertical axis in a conveyor-based system. A robotic system may be mounted above or adjacent to a conveyor system that moves items along a conveyor belt or similar device. Once an item is laterally diverted from the conveyor system, the robotic system may collect the item at a respective holding station and move the item along a vertical axis for placement in one of a plurality of vertically-configured item handling devices.

公开(公告)号：US09996805B1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-12

申请号：US15281879

申请日：2016-09-30

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gregory Karl Lisso ,  Sean Maylone ,  Sumeet Suresh Vispute

IPC: B65G57/00 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  G06T7/00 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G06T7/73 ,  B65B35/00 ,  B65B5/00 ,  G06Q50/28

CPC classification number: G06Q10/043 ,  B65B5/00 ,  B65B35/00 ,  B65G1/0464 ,  B65G1/1373 ,  B65G57/00 ,  B65G61/00 ,  G05B2219/40006 ,  G05B2219/45056 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  G06T7/0042 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T2207/10004 ,  Y10S414/116

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated shipping optimization are described herein. In some embodiments, items may be loaded into a receptacle. As items are loaded into a receptacle, a imaging device monitors the items in order to determine if a package is inefficiently oriented in a receptacle. If a package is inefficiently oriented in a receptacle, in some embodiments, the imaging device may send instructions to a robotic device to re-orient the inefficiently oriented item. The imaging device and robotic device, in some embodiments, can monitor multiple receptacles.

公开(公告)号：US20180105363A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-19

申请号：US15295040

申请日：2016-10-17

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Gregory Karl Lisso ,  Steven Klehr ,  Sean Maylone ,  Vignesh Kumar Sivasamy ,  Samuel Christopher Uhlman

IPC: B65G11/06 ,  B65G17/00 ,  B65G21/20 ,  B65G47/90

CPC classification number: B65G11/063 ,  B65G1/1373 ,  B65G17/00 ,  B65G21/2072 ,  B65G47/643 ,  B65G47/71 ,  B65G47/844 ,  B65G47/90

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for robotic item sortation and optimization along the vertical axis in a conveyor-based system. A robotic system may be mounted above or adjacent to a conveyor system that moves items along a conveyor belt or similar device. Once an item is laterally diverted from the conveyor system, the robotic system may collect the item at a respective holding station and move the item along a vertical axis for placement in one of a plurality of vertically-configured item handling devices.