Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method of monitoring product placement within a shopping facility
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Application No.: US18226132Application Date: 2023-07-25
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Publication No.: US12123155B2Publication Date: 2024-10-22
- 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 ; A47F3/08 ; A47F10/04 ; A47F13/00 ; A47L11/40 ; B07C5/28 ; B07C5/342 ; B60L53/36 ; B60L53/63 ; B60P3/06 ; B62B5/00 ; B65F3/00 ; B66F9/06 ; E01H5/06 ; E01H5/12 ; G01C21/20 ; G01S1/02 ; G01S1/70 ; G01S1/72 ; G05B19/048 ; G05D1/00 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F18/214 ; G06Q10/02 ; G06Q10/0631 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/083 ; G06Q10/087 ; G06Q10/1093 ; G06Q10/30 ; G06Q30/016 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q30/0601 ; G06Q50/40 ; G06T7/593 ; G06T7/73 ; G06V20/20 ; G06V20/40 ; G06V20/52 ; G06V20/56 ; G06V20/58 ; G06V20/64 ; G06V30/224 ; G08G1/00 ; G10L13/00 ; G10L15/22 ; G10L17/22 ; H02J7/00 ; H04B10/116 ; H04L67/12 ; H04L67/141 ; H04L67/143 ; H04N5/77 ; H04N7/18 ; H04N13/282 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W4/021 ; H04W4/029 ; H04W4/30 ; H04W4/33 ; H04W4/40 ; H04W4/80 ; A47F10/00 ; A47F10/02 ; B62B3/14 ; G01S5/16 ; G01S5/18 ; G05B19/12 ; G06F16/903 ; G06F21/60 ; G06K7/10 ; G06K7/14 ; G06Q20/12 ; H04B1/38 ; H04L9/40

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
- US20230374746A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING PRODUCT PLACEMENT WITHIN A SHOPPING FACILITY Public/Granted day:2023-11-23
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