公开(公告)号：AU2022483941A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-17

申请号：AU2022483941

申请日：2022-10-27

Applicant: MAPLEBEAR INC

Inventor： GAO LIN ,  HUANG YILIN ,  YANG SHIYUAN ,  ZHOU XIAOFEI ,  ZHOU XIAO ,  LIU QUNWEI

IPC: G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q30/06

Abstract: An automated checkout system accesses an image of an item inside a shopping cart and a location of the shopping cart within a store. The automated checkout system identifies a set of candidate items located within a threshold distance of the location of the shopping cart based on an item map. The item map describes a location of each item within the store and the location of each candidate item corresponds to a location of the candidate item on the item map. The automated checkout system inputs visual features of the item extracted from the image to a machine-learning model to identify the item by determining a similarity score between the item and each candidate item of the set of candidate items. After identifying the item, the automated checkout system displays a list comprising the item and additional items within the shopping cart to a user.

公开(公告)号：AU2022473700A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：AU2022473700

申请日：2022-08-10

Applicant: MAPLEBEAR INC

Inventor： GAO LIN ,  HUANG YILIN ,  YANG SHIYUAN ,  WU HAO ,  WU GANGLU ,  ZHOU XIAO

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/00

Abstract: An online concierge system may use images received from shopping carts within retailers to determine the availability of items within those retailers. A shopping cart includes externally-facing cameras that automatically capture images of the area around the shopping cart as the shopping cart travels through a retailer. The online concierge system receives these images, which depict displays within the retailers from which a picker or a retailer patron can collect items. The online concierge system determines which items should be depicted in the images and which items are actually depicted in the images. The online concierge system identifies which items should be depicted, but are not depicted, and determines that these items are unavailable (e.g., out of stock) at that retailer. The online concierge system updates an availability database to indicate that these items are unavailable and may notify the retailer that the item is unavailable.

公开(公告)号：AU2022349437A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：AU2022349437

申请日：2022-09-22

Applicant: MAPLEBEAR INC

Inventor： YANG SHIYUAN ,  GAO LIN ,  HE YUFENG ,  ZHOU XIAO ,  HUANG YILIN ,  KELLY GRIFFIN ,  TSAI ISABEL ,  BESHRY AHMED

IPC: G06Q20/20 ,  B62B3/14 ,  B62B5/00 ,  G01G19/41 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G06K19/07 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06V10/82 ,  G07G1/00

Abstract: Self-checkout vehicle systems and methods comprising a self-checkout vehicle having a camera(s), a weight sensor(s), and a processor configured to: (i) identify via computer vision a merchandise item selected by a shopper based on an identifier affixed to the selected item, and (ii) calculate a price of the merchandise item based on the identification and weight of the selected item. Computer vision systems and methods for identifying merchandise selected by a shopper comprising a processor configured to: (i) identify an identifier affixed to the selected merchandise and an item category of the selected merchandise, and (ii) compare the identifier and item category identified in each respective image to determine the most likely identification of the merchandise.

公开(公告)号：AU2021321997A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：AU2021321997

申请日：2021-07-15

Applicant: MAPLEBEAR INC DBA INSTACART

Inventor： TATE TYLER RUSSELL ,  SCOTT JASON ,  MURDOCK LOGAN WILLIAM ,  TENNETI TEJASWI

IPC: G06Q50/28 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/06

Abstract: An online system provides options for selection by a user. The online system receives a query entered on a client device. The online system queries an item database to retrieve a set of items related to the query and assigns each item to a product category in a predefined taxonomy that maps items to product categories. The online system inputs each item into a prediction model trained to predict a probability that an item is available at a warehouse location. The online system determines that a first product category has low availability based on predicted probabilities for items in the first product category. Responsive to determining that a first product category has low availability, the online system generates a generic item for the first product category and sends a list of items including the generic item to the client device for display responsive to the query.

公开(公告)号：WO2022031419A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-10

申请号：PCT/US2021/041859

申请日：2021-07-15

Applicant: MAPLEBEAR INC. (DBA INSTACART)

Inventor： TATE, Tyler, Russell ,  SCOTT, Jason ,  MURDOCK, Logan, William ,  TENNETI, Tejaswi

IPC: G06Q50/28 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06F16/9538 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q30/0283 ,  G06Q30/0603 ,  G06Q30/0617 ,  G06Q30/0625 ,  G06Q30/0631 ,  G06Q30/0635 ,  G06Q30/0641

Abstract: An online system provides options for selection by a user. The online system receives a query entered on a client device. The online system queries an item database to retrieve a set of items related to the query and assigns each item to a product category in a predefined taxonomy that maps items to product categories. The online system inputs each item into a prediction model trained to predict a probability that an item is available at a warehouse location. The online system determines that a first product category has low availability based on predicted probabilities for items in the first product category. Responsive to determining that a first product category has low availability, the online system generates a generic item for the first product category and sends a list of items including the generic item to the client device for display responsive to the query.

公开(公告)号：WO2021262461A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：PCT/US2021/037044

申请日：2021-06-11

Applicant: MAPLEBEAR INC. (DBA INSTACART)

Inventor： HSIAO, Daniel ,  SCOTT, Jason ,  BROOKS, Matthew ,  SALANTRY, Rohan ,  SHILOV, Daniel ,  CHRISTOUDIAS, Christos

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/06

Abstract: Multiple users of a household can each have a different profile associated with a common account for an online concierge system. This association of different profiles with the common accounts allows the concierge system to show a user of the household what other users of the household purchased and rank items for suggestion to the user based one purchases of other users, facilitating order building. The online concierge system also enables a user profile to designate a user profile associated with the common account for an order pickup or as a contact for a home delivery. Additionally, association of different user profiles with the common account may be used for account recovery of one of the user profiles. Further, different user profiles may have different permissions for creating an order with the online concierge system.

公开(公告)号：WO2022225771A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：PCT/US2022/024693

申请日：2022-04-13

Applicant: MAPLEBEAR INC. (DBA INSTACART)

Inventor： LUONG, Amy ,  RIGHI, Michael ,  ADESON, Graham ,  WILLIAMS, Ross, Stuart ,  JAIN, Aman ,  ANAND, Radhika ,  KRISHNAN, Ganesh

IPC: G06Q30/00

Abstract: For each retailer in the geographic region, an online system predicts a number of orders placed at the retailer and a capacity to fulfill orders during a forecast time period. The capacity of the retailer is predicted based on a number of pickers expected to be available to the retailer during the forecast time period. The online system determines demand for the services of a picker at the retailer based on a comparison of the predicted number of orders and the predicted capacity to fulfill those orders. The online system displays a user interactive map of the geographic region to the picker. The map displays a pin at the location of each retailer in the geographic region, which describes the categorization determined for the retailer. The picker selects a pin, which causes the user interactive map to display a notification characterizing the demand for services at the retailer.

公开(公告)号：WO2022081477A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：PCT/US2021/054418

申请日：2021-10-11

Applicant: MAPLEBEAR INC. (DBA INSTACART)

Inventor： VAN HORNE, Camille ,  CASHIN, Sean

IPC: G06K9/20

Abstract: A customer places an order of items to be purchased with an online concierge system. The online concierge system provides the order to a picker who shops for the items at a retailer and delivers them. The online concierge system requests an image of a receipt of the order from the picker. The online concierge system performs image processing on the image of the receipt and uses machine learning and optical character recognition to determine the actual amounts purchased of items. The online concierge system charges the customer based on the actual amounts purchased of each item.

公开(公告)号：AU2022471598A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：AU2022471598

申请日：2022-07-29

Applicant: MAPLEBEAR INC

Inventor： GAO LIN ,  HUANG YILIN ,  YANG SHIYUAN ,  MENG JIANBO ,  LI YAKUN ,  LUO LINHUA ,  CHEN WEITING

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  B62B3/14

Abstract: An automated checkout system uses a shopping cart that is automatically charged when stacked into another shopping cart. Each shopping cart has a front charging connector and a rear charging connector. When a first shopping cart is stacked into a second shopping cart, the front charging connector of the first shopping cart connects with the rear charging connector of the second shopping cart. Electrical power can flow to the first shopping cart via the second shopping cart to charge a battery of the first shopping cart. The second shopping cart may be similarly stacked into a third shopping cart, wherein the second shopping cart receives electrical power from the third shopping cart. The second shopping cart may use this electrical power to charge its own battery or may provide some or all of the electrical power to the first shopping cart to charge the first shopping cart's battery.

公开(公告)号：IL311378A

公开(公告)日：2024-05-01

申请号：IL31137824

申请日：2024-03-10

Applicant: MAPLEBEAR INC ,  YANG SHIYUAN ,  GAO LIN ,  HE YUFENG ,  ZHOU XIAO ,  HUANG YILIN ,  KELLY GRIFFIN ,  TSAI ISABEL ,  BESHRY AHMED

Inventor： YANG SHIYUAN ,  GAO LIN ,  HE YUFENG ,  ZHOU XIAO ,  HUANG YILIN ,  KELLY GRIFFIN ,  TSAI ISABEL ,  BESHRY AHMED

IPC: G01G19/414 ,  G06Q20/20

Abstract: Self-checkout vehicle systems and methods comprising a self-checkout vehicle having a camera(s), a weight sensor(s), and a processor configured to: (i) identify via computer vision a merchandise item selected by a shopper based on an identifier affixed to the selected item, and (ii) calculate a price of the merchandise item based on the identification and weight of the selected item. Computer vision systems and methods for identifying merchandise selected by a shopper comprising a processor configured to: (i) identify an identifier affixed to the selected merchandise and an item category of the selected merchandise, and (ii) compare the identifier and item category identified in each respective image to determine the most likely identification of the merchandise.