Jeremiah D Brazeau

US Patent:

20180285808, Oct 4, 2018

Filed:

Apr 3, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/478106

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Jeremiah David Brazeau - Hudson NH, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
G06K 19/07

Abstract:

Embodiments are directed to an inventory system that comprises sensors coupled with an inventory holder and a management module to automatically determine a location of an interaction with an inventory bin of the inventory holder by an inventory item without requiring hand-scanners. The system may determine the location of the interaction with which to associate to a particular bin of the inventory holder based on signal information provided by one or more proximity sensors coupled with the inventory bins of the inventory holder. The system may update information to associate the inventory item with the location of the particular bin in the inventory holder in response to determining the location of the interaction using the signal information.

US Patent:

20180113475, Apr 26, 2018

Filed:

Oct 25, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/333636

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Jeremiah David Brazeau - Hudson NH, US

International Classification:

G05D 1/02
G05D 1/00

Abstract:

Described herein is system in which separate networks are operated on behalf of system components associated within an inventory system. Mobile drive units may receive initial instructions from a central authority and may identify a number of system components relevant to the provided instructions. The mobile drive unit may be configured to traverse to locations associated with the identified system components. As the mobile drive unit traverses the inventory floor, it may connect to the separate networks that it comes into contact with. Upon connecting to a network associated with a system component relevant to its set of instructions, the mobile drive unit may provide instructions to the system component to cause it to execute an action. In some embodiments, the mobile drive unit may connect to a system component in order to perform a route guidance algorithm and/or collision avoidance algorithm.

US Patent:

20180082244, Mar 22, 2018

Filed:

Sep 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/273543

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Jeremiah David Brazeau - Hudson NH, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
H04N 5/225
G06T 7/00
G06F 3/01
G06F 3/0481

Abstract:

An inventory management system is described. The inventory management system may be configured to determine a head or eye level of an operator interacting with a storage structure. As part of this process, visual image data, thermal image data, or LiDAR data can be obtained and the eyes or head of the operator identified in the obtained data, or the operator may wear a device usable to determine head or eye position. The determined head or eye level can be correlated with a vertical position on a display, and inventory information can be displayed to the operator at the determined level.

US Patent:

20150371181, Dec 24, 2015

Filed:

Aug 31, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/841505

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Jeremiah David Brazeau - Hudson NH, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
G01C 21/20
G05D 1/02

Abstract:

A system for managing inventory items includes a portable inventory holder and an unmanned drive unit configured to move the inventory holder between locations in an inventory facility. The inventory facility includes a plurality of uniquely identifiable fiducial markers having a small set of values distributed in a pattern. The drive unit captures at least one image of a subset of the plurality of the fiducial markers. The at least one captured image is processed to determine a location of the drive unit within the facility. A path is determined along which the drive unit moves to an inventory holder and moves the inventory holder to another location. The pattern of fiducial markers can include one or more repeated instances of uniquely identifiable fiducial markers. A fiducial marker can encode information using a readable code and at least one attribute of the fiducial marker.

US Patent:

20150151912, Jun 4, 2015

Filed:

Feb 9, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/617639

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Oleksandr Glazkov - Boston MA, US
Timothy Aaron Bragg - Woburn MA, US
Matthew David Verminski - North Andover MA, US
Jeremiah David Brazeau - Hudson NH, US
Peter R. Wurman - Acton MA, US
John W. Cullen - Boston MA, US
Michael T. Barbehenn - North Reading MA, US

International Classification:

B65G 1/137

Abstract:

In an infrastructure that uses a mobile order fulfillment system, robotic drive units may be dispatched and instructed to bring inventory holders to a workstation where at least one of the inventory holders is packed and prepared for shipment. The robotic drive units are then instructed to move the prepared inventory holder to a transport vehicle such as a truck. Fiducial marks may be removably placed within the transport vehicle to aid navigation of the robotic drive units. At a destination facility, additional robotic drive units may be instructed to move the inventory holders from the truck and place the inventory holders at appropriate storage locations.

US Patent:

20150088302, Mar 26, 2015

Filed:

Sep 23, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/034255

Inventors:

- Reno NV, US
Oleksandr Glazkov - Boston MA, US
Timothy Aaron Bragg - Woburn MA, US
Matthew David Verminski - North Andover MA, US
Jeremiah David Brazeau - Hudson NH, US
Peter R. Wurman - Acton MA, US
John W. Cullen - Boston MA, US
Michael T. Barbehenn - North Reading MA, US

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Reno NV

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08

US Classification:

700216

Abstract:

In an infrastructure that uses a mobile order fulfillment system, robotic drive units may be dispatched and instructed to bring inventory holders to a workstation where at least one of the inventory holders is packed and prepared for shipment. The robotic drive units are then instructed to move the prepared inventory holder to a transport vehicle such as a truck. Fiducial marks may be removably placed within the transport vehicle to aid navigation of the robotic drive units. At a destination facility, additional robotic drive units may be instructed to move the inventory holders from the truck and place the inventory holders at appropriate storage locations.