Visual task feedback for workstations in materials handling facilities

摘要

Visual task feedback for workstations in a materials handling facility may be implemented. Image data of a workstation surface may be obtained from image sensors. The image data may be evaluated with regard to the performance of an item-handling task at the workstation. The evaluation of the image data may identify items located on the workstation surface, determine a current state of the item-handling task, or recognize an agent gesture at the workstation. Based, at least in part on the evaluation, one or more visual task cues may be selected to project onto the workstation surface. The projection of the selected visual task cues onto the workstation surface may then be directed.

主权项

1. A materials handling facility, comprising:
one or more imaging sensors, wherein the one or more imaging sensors include a sensor configured to capture geometric information of a workstation surface that corresponds to image data of the workstation surface; one or more visual projectors; a control system, configured to:
receive, from the one or more imaging sensors, image data of the workstation surface in the materials handling facility, wherein the geometric information corresponding to the image data is received along with the image data from the one or more imaging sensors;evaluate the image data to identify one or more items located on the workstation surface associated with an item-handling task performed at the workstation, wherein to evaluate the image data to identify the one or more items located on the workstation surface, the control system is further configured to:
access a data store maintaining item description information regarding items handled in the materials handling facility; andperform a comparative analysis based at least in part on the image data of the workstation surface of the image data and the item description information to identify the one or more items located on the workstation surface;based, at least in part, on the one or more identified items, select one or more visual task cues to project onto the workstation surface, wherein the one or more visual task cues indicate a current state of the item-handling task associated with the one or more identified items; anddirect the one or more visual projectors to project the one or more visual task cues onto the workstation surface.