Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method of monitoring product placement within a shopping facility
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Application No.: US16845428Application Date: 2020-04-10
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Publication No.: US11034563B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Donald R. High , Shuvro Chakrobartty , Robert C. Taylor
- 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: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: G01C22/00
- IPC: G01C22/00 ; B66F9/06 ; G06Q30/06 ; A47F10/04 ; G05D1/02 ; H04N7/18 ; G06Q50/28 ; G06T7/73 ; G06T7/593 ; H04W4/029 ; H04W4/30 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W4/40 ; H04N13/282 ; B60L53/36 ; B60L53/63 ; A47F13/00 ; A47L11/40 ; B07C5/28 ; B07C5/342 ; B65F3/00 ; E01H5/06 ; E01H5/12 ; G01S1/70 ; G05B19/048 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/04 ; G06F3/01 ; G06K9/00 ; G06K9/18 ; G06K9/32 ; G06K9/62 ; G06K9/78 ; G06Q10/02 ; G06Q10/06 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/10 ; G06Q10/00 ; G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q50/30 ; G08G1/00 ; G10L15/22 ; G10L17/22 ; H02J7/00 ; H04B10/116 ; H04L29/08 ; H04N5/77 ; H04W4/021 ; G10L13/00 ; B62B5/00 ; B60P3/06 ; H04W4/33 ; H04W4/02 ; A47F3/08 ; G01C21/20 ; G06F16/903 ; A47F10/00 ; A47F10/02 ; G05B19/12 ; G06F21/60 ; G06K7/10 ; G06K7/14 ; G06Q20/12 ; H04B1/38 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in monitoring product placement within a shopping facility. Some embodiments provide an apparatus configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising: a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications; a product monitoring control circuit coupled with the transceiver; a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: obtain a composite three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances; and identify, from the evaluation of the 3D scan mapping, when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference offset distance of the product support structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200239290A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING PRODUCT PLACEMENT WITHIN A SHOPPING FACILITY Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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