Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Action detection during image tracking
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Application No.: US16857990Application Date: 2020-04-24
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Publication No.: US10853663B1Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Shahmeer Ali Mirza , Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy , Sarath Vakacharla , Deepanjan Paul
- Applicant: 7-ELEVEN, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Irving
- Assignee: 7-Eleven, Inc.
- Current Assignee: 7-Eleven, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Irving
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G08B13/196 ; H04N7/18 ; G08B13/14 ; G06T7/215 ; G06T7/292 ; G06T5/30

Abstract:
A system includes a sensor, a weight sensor, and a tracking subsystem. The tracking subsystem receives an image feed of top-view images generated by the sensor and weight measurements from the weight sensor. The tracking subsystem detects an event associated with an item being removed from a rack in which the weight sensor is installed. The tracking subsystem determines that a first person or a second person may be associated with the event. In response to determining that the first or second person may be associated with the event, buffer frames are stored of top-view images generated by the sensor during a time period associated with the event. The tracking subsystem then determines, using at least one of the stored buffer frames and a first action-detection algorithm, whether an action associated with the event was performed by the first person or the second person.
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