Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Specific application – apparatus or process – Article handling
Reexamination Certificate
2009-02-27
2011-10-04
Crawford, Gene (Department: 3651)
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Specific application, apparatus or process
Article handling
C700S214000, C700S215000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08032249
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for multi-destination pick using motes. In embodiments, each receptacle may be assigned to a destination and may have a sensor that detects when an item is placed in the receptacle to deactivate the indicator and/or to verify that the item was placed in the correct receptacle. The sensor may be coupled via a wired or wireless connection to a mote that may include a communication interface for communicating with a control system and with other motes in an ad-hoc network. In some embodiments, each mote may also include an indicator that may be activated by a control system to indicate to the agent that the receptacle is the destination receptacle for a picked item. The agent may then place the item in the indicated destination receptacle. In one embodiment, the mote on the destination receptacle may be activated when the picked item is scanned by the agent.
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Shakes Jonathan J.
Amazon Technologies Inc.
Crawford Gene
Cumbess Yolanda
Kowert Robert C.
Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel P.C.
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