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11.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11126962B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-21
申请号：US17169326
申请日：2021-02-05
Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Bradley Bogolea , Jariullah Safi , Lorin Vandegrift , Shiva Reddy , Tom Gehani
Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking promotional states of slots in inventory structures within a store includes: accessing an image of an inventory structure within a store; detecting a shelf tag on the inventory structure in the image; extracting a set of features from the shelf tag detected in the image; detecting a promotional tag on the inventory structure in the image; extracting a set of features from the promotional tag detected in the image; detecting a deviation between the shelf tag and the promotional tag based on a difference between the sets of features; and, in response to detecting the deviation between the shelf tag and the promotional tag, identifying the first promotional tag as erroneous, and notifying a store associate to replace the first promotional tag with a second promotional tag at the first slot, the second promotional tag correcting the difference.
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12.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20210237276A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-05
申请号：US17169327
申请日：2021-02-05
Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Mirza Akbar Shah , Cem Ersoz , Jariullah Safi , Bradley Bogolea
Abstract: One variation of a method for deploying a mobile robotic system to scan inventory structures within a store includes: dispatching the mobile robotic system to navigate along inventory structures within the store during a setup cycle; at the mobile robotic system, while navigating along the inventory structures during the setup cycle, capturing a set of wireless connectivity metrics representing connectivity to a first wireless network; assembling the set of wireless connectivity metrics into a wireless connectivity map of the store; estimating a processing duration from start of the scan cycle to transformation of images of the inventory structures, captured by the mobile robotic system, into a stock condition of the store; and dispatching the mobile robotic system to autonomously capture images of the inventory structures within the store during a scan cycle preceding a scheduled restocking period in the store based on the processing duration.
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公开(公告)号：US20210158278A1
公开(公告)日：2021-05-27
申请号：US17104610
申请日：2020-11-25
Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Bradley Bogolea , Durgesh Tiwari , Jariullah Safi , Shiva Reddy , Lorin Vandegrift
Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking and maintaining inventory in a store includes: accessing a image of an inventory structure in the store; identifying a top shelf, in the inventory structure, depicted in the image; identifying a set of product units occupying the top shelf based on features detected in the image; identifying a second shelf, in the set of shelves in the inventory structure, depicted in the image, the second shelf arranged below the top shelf in the inventory structure; based on features detected in the image, detecting an understock condition at a slot—assigned to a product type—on the second shelf; and, in response to the set of product units comprising a product unit of the product type, generating a prompt to transfer the product unit of the product type from the top shelf into the slot on the second shelf at the inventory structure.
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公开(公告)号：US10891589B2
公开(公告)日：2021-01-12
申请号：US16817972
申请日：2020-03-13
Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Bradley Bogolea , Durgesh Tiwari
IPC: G06Q10/08 , G06Q30/02 , G06Q10/06 , G05D1/00 , G05D1/02 , G06K9/00 , G06K9/46 , G06T7/73 , H04N7/18 , H02J7/02
Abstract: One variation of a method for deploying fixed cameras within a store includes: dispatching a robotic system to autonomously navigate along a set of inventory structures in the store and generate a spatial map of the store during a scan cycle; generating an accessibility heatmap representing accessibility of regions of the store to the robotic system based on the spatial map; generating a product value heatmap for the store based on locations and sales volumes of products in the store; accessing a number of fixed cameras allocated to the store; generating a composite heatmap for the store based on the accessibility heatmap and the product value heatmap; identifying a subset of inventory structures occupying a set of locations within the store corresponding to critical amplitudes in the composite heatmap; and generating a prompt to install the number of fixed cameras facing the subset of inventory structures in the store.
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公开(公告)号：US10713621B2
公开(公告)日：2020-07-14
申请号：US16594364
申请日：2019-10-07
Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Bradley Bogolea , Durgesh Tiwari , Jariullah Safi
Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking fresh produce in a store includes: accessing a first hyper-spectral image, of a produce display in a store, recorded at a first time; extracting a first spectral profile from a first region of the first hyper-spectral image depicting a first set of produce units in the produce display; identifying a first varietal of the first set of produce units; characterizing qualities (e.g., ripeness, bruising, spoilage) of the first set of produce units in the produce display based on the first spectral profile; and, in response to qualities of the first set of produce units in the produce display deviating from a target quality range assigned to the first varietal, generating a prompt to audit the first set of produce units in the produce display.
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公开(公告)号：US20200218296A1
公开(公告)日：2020-07-09
申请号：US16823254
申请日：2020-03-18
Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Durgesh Tiwari , Bradley Bogolea
IPC: G05D23/275 , G06T7/50 , G01N21/25 , G06T7/00
Abstract: One variation of a method for monitoring cooling units in a store includes: at a robotic system, during a first scan routine, autonomously navigating toward a cooling unit in the store, recording a color image of the cooling unit, and scanning a set of temperatures within the cooling unit; identifying a set of products stocked in the cooling unit based on features detected in the color image; mapping the set of temperatures to the set of products at a first time during the first scan routine based on positions of products in the set of products identified in the color image; and generating a record of temperatures of the set of products stocked in the cooling unit at the first time.
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公开(公告)号：US20200013007A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-09
申请号：US16578406
申请日：2019-09-23
Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Bradley Bogolea , Mirza Akbar Shah , Lorin Vandegrift , Luke Fraser , Jariullah Safi , Jeffrey Gee
Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking placement of products in a store includes: accessing an image recorded by a mobile robotic system within a store; detecting a shelf in a region of the image; based on an address of the shelf, retrieving a list of products assigned to the shelf by a planogram of the store; retrieving a set of template images—from a database of template images—defining visual features of products specified in the list of products; extracting a set of features from the region of the image; determining that a unit of the product is mis-stocked on the shelf in response to deviation between the set of features and features in a template image, in the set of template images, representing the product; and in response to determining that the unit of the product is mis-stocked on the shelf, generating a restocking prompt for the product.
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公开(公告)号：US20190337158A1
公开(公告)日：2019-11-07
申请号：US16513228
申请日：2019-07-16
Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Mirza Akbar Shah , Bradley Bogolea , Jeffrey Gee , Jariullah Safi , Luke Fraser
Abstract: One variation of a method for automatically generating waypoints for imaging shelves within a store includes: dispatching a robotic system to autonomously generating a map of a floor space within the store; accessing an architectural metaspace defining target locations and addresses of the set of shelving structures within the store; distorting the architectural metaspace into alignment with the map to generate a normalized metaspace representing real locations and addresses of the set of shelving structures in the store; defining a set of waypoints distributed longitudinally along and offset laterally from a first shelving structure represented in the normalized metaspace based on a known position of an optical sensor in the robotic system; and dispatching the robotic system to record optical data while occupying the set of waypoints during an imaging routine.
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公开(公告)号：US10467587B2
公开(公告)日：2019-11-05
申请号：US15600527
申请日：2017-05-19
Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Bradley Bogolea , Mirza Akbar Shah , Lorin Vandegrift , Luke Fraser , Jariullah Safi , Jeffrey Gee
Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking placement of products in a store includes: accessing an image recorded by a mobile robotic system within a store; detecting a shelf in a region of the image; based on an address of the shelf, retrieving a list of products assigned to the shelf by a planogram of the store; retrieving a set of template images—from a database of template images—defining visual features of products specified in the list of products; extracting a set of features from the region of the image; determining that a unit of the product is mis-stocked on the shelf in response to deviation between the set of features and features in a template image, in the set of template images, representing the product; and in response to determining that the unit of the product is mis-stocked on the shelf, generating a restocking prompt for the product.
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公开(公告)号：US20190235511A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-01
申请号：US16245117
申请日：2019-01-10
Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
Inventor： Durgesh Tiwari , Bradley Bogolea
IPC: G05D1/02 , G01N21/27 , G01N25/00 , G01B21/28 , G01B21/18 , G01V9/00 , G06T7/90 , G06T7/55 , G06T7/70 , G06T7/62 , G06K9/00 , G06T7/00 , G06K9/62 , G06Q10/08
Abstract: One variation of a method for detecting and responding to hazards within a store includes: autonomously navigating toward an area of a floor of the store; recording a thermal image of the area; recording a depth map of the area of the floor; detecting a thermal gradient in the thermal image; scanning a region of the depth map, corresponding to the thermal gradient detected in the thermal image, for a height gradient; in response to detecting the thermal gradient in the thermal image and in response to detecting absence of a height gradient in the region of the depth map, predicting presence of a fluid within the area of the floor; and serving a prompt to remove the fluid from the area of the floor of the store to a computing device affiliated with the store.
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