US 12,033,434 B1
Inventory status determination with fleet management
Abhay Doke, Boston, MA (US); Venkataraman Santhanam, Marlborough, MA (US); Tomer Anor, Sudbury, MA (US); and Kamal Ramachandran Kuzhinjedathu, Woodinville, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/948,035.
Int. Cl. G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 40/20 (2022.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G08B 13/196 (2013.01); G08B 13/19645 (2013.01); G08B 13/2402 (2013.01); G08B 13/2462 (2013.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
determining a time interval since a first inventory update within a facility;
determining, in response to the time interval being greater than a threshold, an inventory location to image;
determining an imaging region within the facility based at least in part on the inventory location and imaging capabilities of a shopping cart equipped with an imaging device;
conveying instructions to a fleet of shopping carts equipped with imaging devices, the instructions configured to cause a shopping cart of the fleet to capture image data of the inventory location when the shopping cart is positioned within the imaging region;
receiving image data from the shopping cart;
determining an item stock status based on the image data;
determining a second inventory update based on the item stock status; and
based at least in part on the second inventory update, updating item stock data describing a presence of an item at the inventory location within the facility.