- Patent Title: Inventory management using weight sensors and physical layout data
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Application No.: US16383391Application Date: 2019-04-12
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Publication No.: US10679181B1Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Alexander Clark Prater , Ivan Avramov , Ismael Medrano , Benjamin Lloyd Shapiro , Navid Shiee , Brett Allen Skaloud
- 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: Linauer Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06N5/04

Abstract:
An inventory location, such as a shelf, may be used to stow different items. The shelf is divided into a plurality of adjacent lanes, some of which may be grouped into a cluster. Items are placed upon the lanes of the cluster. Each lane includes one or more weight sensors to obtain weight data about a load on the lane. Based on the weight data and physical layout data for the shelf, one or more hypotheses may be determined for describing interactions, such as a pick or place of an item, occurring at the lanes of a cluster. One of the hypotheses may be selected as a solution for describing the interaction and used to maintain inventory quantities of items at the shelf.
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