Patents by Inventor Ao Yan

Ao Yan 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).

  • Detecting and confirming interactions by proximity and video
    Patent number: 12236628
    Abstract: Product spaces for containers of non-discretized items are defined by sets of points in three-dimensional space. When a customer breaches or contacts a product space established for a container of the non-discretized items, video feeds representing the product space are displayed to an associate in a web page or another user interface. By interacting with the user interface, the associate may view the video feeds and make a determination as to whether the customer received any of the non-discretized items from the container, and to confirm an identity of the customer accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Saranya Karuppusamy, Ao Yan, Liem Dinh, Peiran Zhou, Sabarishkumar Iyer, Waqas Ahmed, Helene Causse, Danny Guan