ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,792, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Item pick pose recovery" was invented by Tyler W. Garaas (Boxford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dynamic pick pose recovery is described. The concepts can be relied upon to determine the pose of an item during a process for picking, moving, and placing the item among totes, or other uses. In one example, an item can be picked using a robotic arm, and the item can be repositioned for placement at a second location. Images of the item can be captured as the item moves. The images can be segmented to determine masks of the item. The masks can be projec...