公开(公告)号：US11107035B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

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

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/11

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.

公开(公告)号：US20210241214A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

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

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06K9/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200286037A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16882651

申请日：2020-05-25

Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Bradley Bogolea ,  Durgesh Tiwari ,  Jariullah Safi

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06K9/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20190392506A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16447846

申请日：2019-06-20

Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Bradley Bogolea ,  Jariullah Safi

IPC: G06Q30/06

Abstract: One variation of a method for managing virtual shopping lists includes: dispatching robotic systems, deployed in store, to autonomously scan inventory structures within this store; deriving current stock conditions of this store based on scan data recorded by these robotic systems; initializing a virtual shopping list for a user; in response to receipt of selection of a first product, from a population of products, isolating a subset of stores, in the set of stores in the geographic region, associated with current stock conditions indicating presence of the first product and products previously added to the virtual shopping list; in response to the subset of stores including at least one store, adding a first identifier of the first product to the virtual shopping list; and specifying a particular store, in the subset of stores, for fulfillment of a set of products on the virtual shopping list.

公开(公告)号：US20180001481A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15600556

申请日：2017-05-19

Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Mirza Akbar Shah ,  Bradley Bogolea ,  Jeffrey Gee ,  Jariullah Safi ,  Luke Fraser

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  B25J19/02

CPC classification number: B25J11/008 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B25J13/089 ,  B25J19/023 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  G06K9/00671 ,  G06K9/2063 ,  G06K9/52 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  G06T5/006 ,  G06T7/0008

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.

公开(公告)号：US12248908B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US17727044

申请日：2022-04-22

Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Bradley Bogolea ,  Mirza Akbar Shah ,  Lorin Vandegrift ,  Luke Fraser ,  Jariullah Safi ,  Jeffrey Gee

IPC: G06Q10/087 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06F18/21 ,  G06F18/22 ,  G06V20/52 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N23/66 ,  H04N23/698 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N25/615

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.

公开(公告)号：US12177387B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US18099901

申请日：2023-01-20

Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Bradley Bogolea ,  Mirza Akbar Shah ,  Lorin Vandegrift ,  Luke Fraser ,  Jariullah Safi ,  Jeffrey Gee ,  Durgesh Tiwari

IPC: G06Q10/087 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06F18/21 ,  G06F18/22 ,  G06V10/75 ,  G06V10/98 ,  G06V20/52 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N23/60 ,  H04N23/698 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N25/61

Abstract: One variation of a method for stock keeping in a store includes: accessing an image captured by a fixed camera within the store; retrieving a field of view of the fixed camera; estimating a segment of an inventory structure in the store depicted in the image based on a projection of the field of view onto a planogram of the store; identifying a set of slots within the inventory structure segment; retrieving a product model representing a set of visual characteristics of a product type assigned to a slot, in the set of slots, by the planogram; extracting a constellation of features from the image; if the constellation of features approximates the set of visual characteristics in the product model, detecting presence of a product unit of the product type occupying the inventory structure segment; and representing presence of the product unit, occupying the inventory structure segment, in a realogram.

公开(公告)号：US20240370900A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18777452

申请日：2024-07-18

Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Bradley Bogolea ,  Jariullah Safi ,  Lorin Vandegrift ,  Shiva Reddy ,  Tom Gehani

IPC: G06Q30/0241 ,  G06F18/22 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06V20/52

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.

公开(公告)号：US20230421705A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US18099901

申请日：2023-01-20

Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Bradley Bogolea ,  Mirza Akbar Shah ,  Lorin Vandegrift ,  Luke Fraser ,  Jariullah Safi ,  Jeffrey Gee ,  Durgesh Tiwari

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06F18/21 ,  G06F18/22 ,  H04N23/60 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N23/698 ,  H04N25/61 ,  G06V10/75 ,  G06V10/98

CPC classification number: H04N1/00 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G05D1/0282 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06F18/21 ,  G06F18/22 ,  H04N23/60 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N23/698 ,  H04N25/61 ,  G06V10/751 ,  G06V10/987 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D2201/0207

Abstract: One variation of a method for stock keeping in a store includes: accessing an image captured by a fixed camera within the store; retrieving a field of view of the fixed camera; estimating a segment of an inventory structure in the store depicted in the image based on a projection of the field of view onto a planogram of the store; identifying a set of slots within the inventory structure segment; retrieving a product model representing a set of visual characteristics of a product type assigned to a slot, in the set of slots, by the planogram; extracting a constellation of features from the image; if the constellation of features approximates the set of visual characteristics in the product model, detecting presence of a product unit of the product type occupying the inventory structure segment; and representing presence of the product unit, occupying the inventory structure segment, in a realogram.

公开(公告)号：US20230376893A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-23

申请号：US18101539

申请日：2023-01-25

Applicant: Simbe Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Brad Bogolea ,  Jariullah Safi ,  Kanchan Bahirat ,  Shiva Reddy

IPC: G06Q10/087 ,  G05D1/02 ,  H04N1/00 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06F18/21 ,  G06F18/22 ,  H04N23/66 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N23/698 ,  H04N25/615

CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 ,  G05D1/0282 ,  H04N1/00 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06F18/21 ,  G06F18/22 ,  H04N23/66 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N23/698 ,  H04N25/615 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0207 ,  G05D1/0246

Abstract: A method includes: locating a first slot boundary around a first product unit, in an image of an inventory structure in a store, identifies as a first product type based on features detected in the image; extracting a first product identifier, from a first slot tag, detected in the image; based on correspondence between the first product identifier and product type, associating the first slot boundary with the first slot tag and extracting a first relative tag-boundary position of the first slot boundary and slot tag from the image; extracting a second product identifier from a second slot tag detected in the image; predicting a second slot boundary, assigned to a second product type corresponding to the second product identifier, in the image based on a second position of the second tag in the image and the first relative tag-boundary position.