Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electromagnetic object tracking system
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Application No.: US15614324Application Date: 2017-06-05
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Publication No.: US10371786B1Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Nikolai Orlov , Nathan Pius O'Neill , Somasundaram Niranjayan , James Stephanick , Camerin Cole Hahn
- Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Lindauer Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: H04B7/00
- IPC: H04B7/00 ; G01S5/02 ; G06Q10/08

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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