Patents by Inventor Eric Mathew Clayton

Eric Mathew Clayton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11222305
    Abstract: Items may be stored at an inventory location using an instrumented hook system. The instrumented hook system may include a hook from which items may be suspended. The hook may be affixed to a support arm using a weight sensor. The weight sensor provides weight data indicative of the weight of items suspended by the hook. The system may also include other sensors such as capacitive sensors, photodetectors, image sensors, and so forth. Sensor data from these sensors may be used to determine interaction data indicative of a quantity on hand, quantity picked, quantity placed, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Mathew Clayton, Vinod Lakhi Hingorani, Benjamin Jozef Gyori
  • Patent number: 10466095
    Abstract: A fixture includes a shelf upon which items may be placed. In one implementation, the shelf is supported by four load cells that provide load cell data that may be used to calculate weight data for the load on the shelf. The load cells are mounted underneath a frame, with an upper portion of a load mount extending upward through the frame and engaged to the shelf. The shelf and the frame include stiffeners to increase rigidity, improving the quality of the load cell data. Electronics and a wiring harness are located underneath the frame. In this configuration, assembly of the fixture may be accomplished completely from the underside, simplifying assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Pius O'Neill, Amey Madhukar Teredesai, Thomas Duester, Edwin Louis Howard, Nicolas Adam Kurczewski, Eric Mathew Clayton, Alexander Michael Frenkel, Benjamin Jozef Gyori, Graham Cyril Jordan, Ismael Medrano, Somasundaram Niranjayan, Christopher Robert Renner
  • Patent number: 10045400
    Abstract: An automated mobile vehicle configured to autonomously provide coverage for inoperable infrastructure components at various locations. In accordance with implementations, a plurality of automated mobile vehicles are deployed to provide emergency lighting, a wireless network, audio, video, etc., at an indoor and/or outdoor event area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Spencer Worley, III, Eric Mathew Clayton
  • Publication number: 20170347393
    Abstract: An automated mobile vehicle configured to autonomously provide coverage for inoperable infrastructure components at various locations. In accordance with disclosed implementations, a plurality of automated mobile vehicles are deployed to provide emergency lighting, a wireless network, audio, video, etc., at an indoor and/or outdoor event area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: William Spencer Worley, III, Eric Mathew Clayton
  • Patent number: 9723656
    Abstract: An automated mobile vehicle configured to autonomously provide coverage for inoperable infrastructure components at various locations. In accordance with disclosed embodiments, a plurality of automated mobile vehicles are deployed to provide emergency lighting, a wireless network, audio, video, etc., at an indoor and/or outdoor event area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Spencer Worley, III, Eric Mathew Clayton
  • Publication number: 20160165661
    Abstract: An automated mobile vehicle configured to autonomously provide coverage for inoperable infrastructure components at various locations. For example, a plurality of automated mobile vehicles may be deployed to provide emergency lighting, a wireless network, audio, video, etc., at an event area. The event area may be indoors and/or outdoors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: William Spencer Worley, III, Eric Mathew Clayton
  • Patent number: 9260028
    Abstract: An automated mobile vehicle configured to autonomously provide coverage for inoperable infrastructure components at various locations. A plurality of automated mobile vehicles may be deployed to provide emergency lighting, a wireless network, audio, video, etc., at an event area. The event area may be indoors and/or outdoors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Spencer Worley, III, Eric Mathew Clayton
  • Publication number: 20150165922
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an automated mobile vehicle configured to autonomously provide coverage for inoperable infrastructure components at various locations. For example, a plurality of automated mobile vehicles may be deployed to provide emergency lighting, a wireless network, audio, video, etc., at an event area. The event area may be indoors and/or outdoors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: William Spencer Worley, III, Eric Mathew Clayton
  • Patent number: 8825226
    Abstract: An automated mobile vehicle configured to autonomously provide coverage for inoperable infrastructure components at various locations. A plurality of automated mobile vehicles may be deployed to provide emergency lighting, a wireless network, audio, video, etc., at an event area. The event area may be indoors and/or outdoors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Spencer Worley, III, Eric Mathew Clayton