Identification of items within delivery containers

US10049236B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Ashraf Alkarmi · Seattle, US
• Yenchao Chua · Seattle, US
• Edward D. Hon · Bradbury, US
• Praveen Krishnan · Eatontown, US
• Gustavo Eduardo Lopez · Seattle, US
• Scott Pardy · Seattle, US
• Ruslan Anatolyevich Polyanskiy · Bothell, US
• Pawan Lata Uppuluri · Issaquah, US
• Evan Weiss · Brooklyn, US
• Gregory Forrest Wright · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 13, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A food item container that contains a food item may include one or more sensors that collect sensor data indicating a characteristic (e.g., temperature, humidity, pressure, orientation, etc.) associated with the food item. A delivery container that transports the food items within the food item container may also include one or more sensors that collect the sensor data. Based on the sensor data, a component of the food item container and/or the delivery container may maintain or adjust the characteristic. The one or more sensors of the delivery container may also detect an identifier associated with the food item container, which may indicate which food item containers (and corresponding food items) are included within each delivery container.