Patent ID: 11969760
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An automated item handling system, comprising:
an automated item singulation system;
an automated item sortation system;
a conveyance configured to transport items from the automated item singulation system to the automated item sortation system;
a quality defect detection system including:
a first imaging device positioned and oriented at a first position relative to the conveyance to capture a first image of an item being transported on the conveyance from an overhead view of the item;
a second imaging device positioned and oriented at a first position relative to the conveyance to capture a second image of the item being transported on the conveyance from a front side of the item;
a third imaging device positioned and oriented at a second position relative to the conveyance to capture a third image of the item being transported on the conveyance from a rear of the item;
a trained machine learning model executing on a computing resource configured to, at least:
obtain at least one of the first image, the second image, and the third image as inputs; and
process at least one of the first image, the second image, and the third image to determine a quality defect and a quality defect type associated with the item; and

a control system in communication with the quality defect detection system and the automated item sortation system, the control system being configured to, at least:
cause, based at least in part on the determination of the quality defect and the quality defect type associated with the item, the automated item sortation system to sort the item into a container designated for items with quality defects of the quality defect type.