US 12,420,311 B1
Item consolidator
Emanuel Moshouris, Seattle, WA (US); Ennio Claretti, Seattle, WA (US); Emily Dunne, Arvada, CO (US); Andrew Stubbs, Seattle, WA (US); Don Frank Ruffatto, Renton, WA (US); Rachel Lynn Muhlbauer, Seattle, WA (US); Nikhil Bole, Seattle, WA (US); and Mike Hector, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,765.
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B07C 3/08 (2006.01); B07C 5/38 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC B07C 5/38 (2013.01) [B07C 3/08 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); B65G 2201/02 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0208 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for item consolidation, comprising:
a conveyor; and
an item consolidator positioned along the conveyor, the item consolidator comprising:
a first bay door and a second bay door;
a door displacement system, comprising:
a first drive system secured to an underside of the first bay door, the first drive system providing an angular and a lateral degree of freedom to the first bay door; and
a second drive system secured to an underside of the second bay door, the second drive system providing an angular and a lateral degree of freedom to the second bay door; and
a controller configured to:
direct the door displacement system to form a bay door vertex between leading edges of the first bay door and the second bay door;
determine a drop location for an item; and
direct the door displacement system to reposition the bay door vertex based on the drop location.
 
5. An item consolidator, comprising:
a first bay door and a second bay door;
a door displacement system, comprising:
a first drive system secured to an underside of the first bay door; and
a second drive system secured to an underside of the second bay door; and
a controller configured to:
direct the door displacement system to form a bay door vertex between leading edges of the first bay door and the second bay door; and
determine a drop location for an item that is positioned over the first bay door and the second bay door with reference to a map of content in a tray.