US 11,938,990 B1
Item identifying mobile apparatus
Wade Burch, Grafton, MA (US); Robert David Serra, Nashua, NH (US); Matthew Clark Webster, Lincoln, RI (US); Jacob A Siegel, Southborough, MA (US); Brendan Kyle McLeod, Londonderry, NH (US); Jacob Paul Warren, Auburn, MA (US); and Sridharan Thirumalai Vasu, Framingham, MA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,147.
Int. Cl. B62B 3/14 (2006.01); B62B 5/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/12 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC B62B 5/0096 (2013.01) [B62B 3/14 (2013.01); G01G 19/12 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B62B 2301/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shopping cart comprising:
an upper frame;
a basket coupled to the upper frame, the basket comprising:
a first bottom having a first perimeter; and
first sides coupled to and extending upward from the first bottom, wherein the first bottom and the first sides at least partly define a first receptacle of the basket to hold at least a first item;
one or more first weight sensors disposed below a first surface of the first bottom;
a shelf coupled to and extending substantially horizontally from a back portion of the first bottom, the shelf comprising;
a second bottom having a second perimeter; and
second sides coupled to and extending upward from the second bottom, wherein the second bottom and the second sides at least partly define a second receptacle of the shelf to hold at least a second item;
a user-facing module, the user-facing module comprising:
a first camera oriented substantially towards the first receptacle of the basket; and
a second camera oriented substantially towards the second receptacle of the shelf;
a substantially vertical member extending substantially downward from the upper frame and to a top of a wheel frame;
a tray coupled to the wheel frame;
one or more second weight sensors disposed below a second surface of the tray; and
wheel castors coupled to a bottom of the wheel frame.