Patents by Inventor Matthew Clark Webster

Matthew Clark Webster 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: 11938990
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, a mobile apparatus for identifying items. For instance, the mobile apparatus may include a frame, a basket that attaches to the frame, a tray that attaches to the frame, and a user-facing module that attaches to the frame. Weight sensors may be located beneath the basket and the tray in order to determine the weights of items added to the mobile apparatus. The user-facing module may include imaging devices, such as cameras, that the mobile apparatus uses to perform one or more functions. For example, the mobile apparatus may use the imaging devices to identify items placed within the basket, determine locations of the mobile apparatus within a facility, and/or the like. By including these components, the mobile apparatus is able to generate data that represents the items added to the mobile apparatus, the weights of the items, and the costs of the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wade Burch, Robert David Serra, Matthew Clark Webster, Jacob A Siegel, Brendan Kyle McLeod, Jacob Paul Warren, Sridharan Thirumalai Vasu
  • Patent number: 11884315
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, a mobile apparatus for identifying items. For instance, the mobile apparatus may include a main frame, a chassis attached to the main frame, and a basket that attaches to the chassis in order to prevent the basket from contacting the main frame. One or more sensors, such as weight sensor(s), may be located between the basket and the main frame. The mobile apparatus may further include a shelf that extends substantially horizontally from the main frame, where a gate separates the basket from the shelf. A user may then place first item(s) within a receptacle of the basket and second item(s) within a receptacle of the shelf. The mobile apparatus may further include a handlebar module attached to the main frame, where the handlebar module includes an opening for inserting a removable battery of the mobile apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wade Burch, Robert David Serra, Matthew Clark Webster, Jacob A. Siegel, David Wai-Man Wong, Jacob Paul Warren, Brendan Kyle McLeod
  • Patent number: 11820414
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying, mobile cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify a user operating the cart and items that the user places into a basket of the cart. In addition, the cart may update a virtual shopping cart of the identified user to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include multiple imaging devices and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The mobile cart may also include an imaging device oriented away from the basket such that a user operating the mobile cart may scan a user identifier using this imaging device to enable recognition of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas McMahon, Matthew Clark Webster, Robert P. Irwin, Jonathan Cohn, Jacob A. Siegel, Charles H. Wood, Jeremy S. De Bonet
  • Patent number: 10953906
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying, mobile cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify a user operating the cart and items that the user places into a basket of the cart. In addition, the cart may update a virtual shopping cart of the identified user to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include multiple imaging devices and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The mobile cart may also include an imaging device oriented away from the basket such that a user operating the mobile cart may scan a user identifier using this imaging device to enable recognition of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas McMahon, Matthew Clark Webster, Robert Irwin, Jonathan Cohn, Jacob A. Siegel, Charles H. Wood, Jeremy Samuel De Bonet
  • Patent number: D937527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Irwin, Robert David Serra, Jacob A. Siegel, Matthew Clark Webster, David Wai-Man Wong, Charles H. Wood
  • Patent number: D1004893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Irwin, Robert David Serra, Jacob A. Siegel, Matthew Clark Webster, David Wai-Man Wong, Charles H. Wood