US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on July 21 for "Capacitive sensor for item identifying mobile apparatus" (Illinois, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,427, issued on July 21, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Capacitive sensor for item identifying mobile apparatus" was invented by Rachid M. Alameh (Crystal Lake, Ill.) and Stephen Ernest O'Dea (Bedford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes, in part, a mobile apparatus for identifying items within a facility using an omnidirectional imaging system. For instance, the mobile apparatus may include a main frame, a chassis attached to the main frame, a basket that attaches to the chassis in order to prevent the basket from contacting the main frame, and an omnidirectional imaging system providi...