Light emission guidance
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- one or more laser-based display devices located in a materials handling facility; and
a control system configured to communicate with the one or more laser-based display devices;
wherein the control system is further configured to provide data to at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices, wherein the at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices is distinct from the control system,wherein the at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices is configured to utilize the data to project visual guidance onto a surface of the materials handling facility,the visual guidance comprising path information directing the movement of an agent in the materials handling facility toward a targeted location within the materials handling facility along a particular path through the materials handling facility to the targeted location,the path information including an indication of at least a portion of the path to the targeted location, andwherein the surface onto which the visual guidance is projected is visible to the agent and is not at the targeted location.
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Abstract
A visible-light based display system may be used to project visual guidance to picking and/or stowing agents in a materials handling facility dependent on their current location. The system may comprise a plurality of fixed-location display devices and/or mobile display devices coupled to a control system. The control system may send messages to particular ones of the display devices for projection of visual guidance usable to direct an agent to a particular inventory area in which an item is to be stowed or from which an item is to be picked, to identify a particular position within an inventory area, and/or to identify a particular item stored within an inventory area. The messages may include location, position, and/or descriptive information associated with an item to be stowed or picked. The projected visual guidance may include light or laser beams, text, graphics and/or images, and may be agent-specific, item-specific, and/or order-specific.
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57 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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one or more laser-based display devices located in a materials handling facility; and a control system configured to communicate with the one or more laser-based display devices; wherein the control system is further configured to provide data to at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices, wherein the at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices is distinct from the control system, wherein the at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices is configured to utilize the data to project visual guidance onto a surface of the materials handling facility, the visual guidance comprising path information directing the movement of an agent in the materials handling facility toward a targeted location within the materials handling facility along a particular path through the materials handling facility to the targeted location, the path information including an indication of at least a portion of the path to the targeted location, and wherein the surface onto which the visual guidance is projected is visible to the agent and is not at the targeted location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method, comprising:
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providing, by a computer, data to at least one of one or more laser-based display devices located in a materials handling facility, wherein the at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices is distinct from the computer; and utilizing the data, by the at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices, the data to project visual guidance onto a surface of the materials handling facility, the visual guidance comprising path information directing the movement of an agent in the materials handling facility toward a targeted location within the materials handling facility along a particular path through the materials handling facility to the targeted location, the path information including an indication of at least a portion of the path to the targeted location, and wherein the surface onto which the visual guidance is projected is visible to the agent and is not at the targeted location. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium, storing program instructions that when executed on one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform:
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providing data to at least one of one or more laser-based display devices located in a materials handling facility, wherein the at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices is distinct from the one of the one or more computers; wherein the at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices is configured to utilize the data is to project visual guidance onto a surface of the materials handling facility, the visual guidance comprising path information directing the movement of an agent in the materials handling facility toward a targeted location within the materials handling facility along a particular path through the materials handling facility to the targeted location, the path information including an indication of at least a portion of the path to the targeted location, and wherein the surface onto which the visual guidance is projected is visible to the agent and is not at the targeted location. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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