Shopping cart self-tracking in an indoor environment

    公开(公告)号:US12227219B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-18

    申请号:US17873526

    申请日:2022-07-26

    Applicant: Maplebear Inc.

    Abstract: A shopping cart's tracking system determines a first baseline location of the shopping cart at a first timestamp with a wireless device located on the shopping cart detecting one or more external wireless devices (e.g., RFID tags) in the indoor environment. The shopping cart's tracking system receives wheel motion data from one or more wheel sensors coupled to one or more wheels of the shopping cart, wherein the wheel motion data describes rotation of the one or more wheels. The shopping cart's tracking system calculates a translation traveled by the shopping cart from the first baseline location based on the wheel motion data. The shopping cart's tracking system determines an estimated location of the shopping cart at a second timestamp based on the first baseline location and the translation. With the estimated location, the shopping cart can update a map with the estimated location of the shopping cart.

    Image-based barcode decoding
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    公开(公告)号:US12050960B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-30

    申请号:US17703076

    申请日:2022-03-24

    Applicant: Maplebear Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06K7/1413 G06T7/10 G06F2218/12 G06T2207/20081

    Abstract: A barcode decoding system decodes item identifiers from images of barcodes. The barcode decoding system receives an image of a barcode and rotates the image to a pre-determined orientation. The barcode decoding system also may segment the barcode image to emphasize the portions of the image that correspond to the barcode. The barcode decoding system generates a binary sequence representation of the item identifier encoded in the barcode by applying a barcode classifier model to the barcode image, and decodes the item identifier from the barcode based on the binary sequence representation.

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