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System and method for pattern assignment for pattern-based item identification in a materials handling facility

  • US 9,524,485 B1
  • Filed: 02/28/2006
  • Issued: 12/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving a plurality of items at a materials handling facility, the facility comprising a plurality of distinct individual inventory storage areas, wherein a plurality of different types of items are stored together in given ones of the distinct individual inventory storage areas;

    determining, by a computer, pattern information for a group of the plurality of items;

    determining by a computer, other pattern information for another group of the plurality of items, wherein the determined pattern information for the group comprises pattern information that is visually distinguishable, by an agent in the materials handling facility, from the determined pattern information for the other group;

    associating, by the computer, the respective determined pattern information with a product identifier for each item;

    applying a respective physical pattern information indicator to each item, wherein the physical pattern information indicator corresponds to the respective determined pattern information for that item, and wherein respective physical pattern information indicators are applied to corresponding items of the respective group; and

    storing each item in one of the distinct individual inventory storage in the materials handling facility, wherein at least some of the plurality of distinct individual inventory storage areas comprise items with different pattern information indicators.

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