Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems, devices, and methods for monitoring object locations
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Application No.: US15982783Application Date: 2018-05-17
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Publication No.: US10664704B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Nicholaus Adam Jones , Matthew Allen Jones , Aaron Vasgaard
- Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: McCarter & English, LLP
- Agent David R. Burns
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06K9/00 ; B66D3/22 ; G06T7/521

Abstract:
Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for monitoring object locations on a shelving fixture. An electronic detection device includes a first motor for winding and unwinding a first line and a second motor for winding and unwinding a second line. A controller can control the operation of the first and second motor and the electronic detection device is suspended from the first and second line behind a shelving fixture. When the first and second motor wind and unwind the first and second line, the electronic detection device moves to an expected location of an object on a shelving fixture. The electronic detection device also includes sensors that can determine an identity of the object and the quantity of the object on the shelving fixture.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180336416A1 Systems, Devices, and Methods for Monitoring Object Locations Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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