Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Merging events in interactive data processing systems
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Application No.: US16595126Application Date: 2019-10-07
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Publication No.: US11042838B1Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Fei Xiong , Sabarishkumar Iyer , David Echevarria Ignacio , Sridhar Boyapati , Caylan Lee , Jacques Daniel Thomas , Waqas Syed Ahmed , Danny Guan
- 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: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; H04N7/18 ; G06K9/62 ; G06K9/66 ; G06K9/78 ; G06F16/583 ; G06F3/0484

Abstract:
This disclosure describes interactive data processing systems configured to facilitate selection by a human associate of tentative results generated by an automated system from sensor data. In one implementation, an event may take place in a materials handling facility. The event may comprise a pick or place of an item from an inventory location, movement of a user, and so forth. The sensor data associated with the event is processed by an automated system to determine tentative results associated with the event. In some situations, an uncertainty may exist as to which of the tentative results accurately reflects the actual event. The system may then determine whether the event is to be merged with one or more temporally and spatially proximate events and, if so, the sensor data and tentative results for the merged event is sent to a human associate. The associate may select one of the tentative results.
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