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公开(公告)号：US20240095672A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-21
申请号：US18522520
申请日：2023-11-29
Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
Inventor： Greg A. Bryan , Cristy C. Brooks , David Blair Brightwell , Benjamin D. Enssle , Matthew A. Jones , Jesse L. Eaton
IPC: G06Q10/087 , G06Q50/28
CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 , G06Q50/28
Abstract: An analysis of the scans is performed to determine whether the selected item was moved from the back room to the shelf, then returned from the shelf to the back room. The analysis also determines a re-bin time when the selected product was returned to the back room. An adjustment to the PI is blocked when last PI adjustment time is later than the re-bin time. An adjustment to the PI is also blocked when an audit indicator is received at the interface indicating that the retail store is under an audit. An adjusted PI value is determined when the analysis indicates that the selected item was moved from the back room to the shelf, then returned from the shelf, the adjusted PI value being at least one more than the shelf capacity value.
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公开(公告)号：US11816628B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-14
申请号：US17111722
申请日：2020-12-04
Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
Inventor： Greg A Bryan , Cristy C. Brooks , David Blair Brightwell , Benjamin D. Enssle , Matthew A. Jones , Jesse L. Eaton
CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 , B64C39/024 , G05D1/0027 , G05D1/0276 , G06Q50/28 , B64U2201/10 , G05D2201/0216
Abstract: An electronic indication of a nil pick is received. Item information associated with the desired product, sales data concerning the desired product, supply chain information associated with the desired product, and a perpetual inventory (PI) value of the desired product are stored. An adjustment to the PI of the desired product is blocked when a predetermined event occurs at the retail store, or when information that contradicts the validity of the nil pick is received from the retail store. When the adjustment to the PI of the desired product is not blocked, an amount of the adjustment is determined based upon one or more of: the item information associated with the product, the sales data concerning the product, and the supply chain information associated with the desired product.
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3.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20230177458A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-08
申请号：US17920692
申请日：2021-04-14
Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
Inventor： Sung H. Kim , Asim S. Alvi , Jody P. Cook , Kshitiz Gupta , Christopher R. Jescheling , Rahul S. Kala , Britto J. Michaelsamy , Maxwell A. Yardley , Matthew A. Jones , Kumar Chandan , Jadran Sirotkovic , Mirko A. Arnold , Peter M. Terlecky , Tirui Wu
IPC: G06Q10/087 , G06Q10/0631 , G06V10/82
CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 , G06Q10/06311 , G06V10/82
Abstract: Methods and systems for managing inventory at a retail facility include an image capture device having a field of view that includes a product display shelf of the retail facility, an electronic database that stores defined product display areas and assigned unique identifiers of the products on the product display shelves, and a computing device. The computing device obtains an image of a product display shelf, detects the individual packages of the different products captured in the image, identifies the products associated with the packages detected in the image by utilizing reference information stored in the database, determines whether one or more of the products on the product display shelf is associated with an out of stock event, and transmits an out of stock alert to an electronic device of a worker at the retail facility, notifying the worker to replenish the depleted products on the product display shelf.
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公开(公告)号：US11055662B2
公开(公告)日：2021-07-06
申请号：US15916829
申请日：2018-03-09
Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
Inventor： Greg A. Bryan , Cristy C. Brooks , David B. Brightwell , Benjamin D. Enssle , Matthew A. Jones , Jesse L. Eaton
Abstract: A perpetual inventory (PI) value associated with the selected product and a last PI adjustment time that indicates when the retail store last adjusted the PI value are received. The PI value of the selected product is compared to the back room quantity value of the selected product, and a second time when the back room quantity value becomes greater than the PI value for the selected product is determined. An adjustment to the PI of the selected product is blocked when an indication of upcoming inventory adjustment for the selected product is received. An adjustment to the PI value of the selected product is also blocked when the PI adjustment time is after the second time. When the back room quantity value is greater than the PI value and the adjustment to the PI value is unblocked, the PI value is adjusted to be the back room quantity value.
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公开(公告)号：US20210201255A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-01
申请号：US17199619
申请日：2021-03-12
Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
Inventor： Greg A. Bryan , Cristy C. Brooks , David Blair Brightwell , Benjamin D. Enssle , Matthew A. Jones , Jesse L. Eaton
Abstract: An analysis of the scans is performed to determine whether the selected item was moved from the back room to the shelf, then returned from the shelf to the back room. The analysis also determines a re-bin time when the selected product was returned to the back room. An adjustment to the PI is blocked when last PI adjustment time is later than the re-bin time. An adjustment to the PI is also blocked when an audit indicator is received at the interface indicating that the retail store is under an audit. An adjusted PI value is determined when the analysis indicates that the selected item was moved from the back room to the shelf, then returned from the shelf, the adjusted PI value being at least one more than the shelf capacity value.
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6.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200151638A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-14
申请号：US16742484
申请日：2020-01-14
Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
Inventor： Matthew A. Jones , Robert J. Taylor , Roger Snelgrove , Rahul Tripathi
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided to automatically identify overstated perpetual inventory (PI) conditions regarding an inventory level of an item in a retail space. For example, in some embodiments, a method performed by a control circuit comprises determining (504) that, a plurality of times, an item for sale at a retail store sells within a defined tolerance of a non-zero inventory quantity value and then stops selling for a period of time; and making (506) a determination that an overstated PI condition exists with respect to an inventory level of the item at the retail store. In some embodiments, the overstated PI condition is automatically quantified and may be automatically corrected.
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公开(公告)号：US10600026B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-24
申请号：US15643974
申请日：2017-07-07
Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
Inventor： Nicholaus A. Jones , Robert J. Taylor , Aaron J. Vasgaard , Matthew A. Jones
Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to provide an indication of stock level for products within a retail location. A marking material can be used on particular products to provide notification that the stock of the product is in or approaching a low stock situation. In some embodiments, a reader or sensor can be provided at or near a point of sale that is configured to detect the marking material and create a task.
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公开(公告)号：US10571278B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-25
申请号：US16101984
申请日：2018-08-13
Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
Inventor： Aaron J. Vasgaard , Matthew A. Jones , Nicholaus A. Jones , Robert J. Taylor
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein for tracking carts in a shopping space. A system for tracking carts in a shopping space comprises: a sound sensor array, a cart location database storing location information and sound profiles associated with a plurality of shopping cart identifiers, and a control circuit configured to: identify a cart sound made by a movement of a shopping cart traveling in the shopping space, determine a current location of the shopping cart based on the cart sound, match the shopping cart to a shopping cart identifier in the cart location database, update the location information associated the shopping cart identifier in the cart location database based on the current location of the shopping cart; and update the sound profile of the shopping cart identifier based on the cart sound captured by the sound sensor array.
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公开(公告)号：US10565554B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-18
申请号：US15585317
申请日：2017-05-03
Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
Inventor： Nicholaus A. Jones , Robert J. Taylor , Aaron J. Vasgaard , Matthew A. Jones
Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for a retail shopping facility to maintain stocked shelves, in part, from obtaining images of the store shelves via cameras mounted onto shopping carts. By one approach, the images obtained from the shopping carts are compared with planogram images to determine where retail products are needed to restock the shelves. In some examples, the shopping cart has a control circuit that determines when to capture electronic images based, in part, upon a sensor mounted onto the shopping cart, instructs the camera to capture the electric image, and stores the captured electronic image in the memory.
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公开(公告)号：US10565552B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-18
申请号：US16107106
申请日：2018-08-21
Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
Inventor： Robert J. Taylor , Nicholaus A. Jones , Aaron J. Vasgaard , Matthew A. Jones
Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to locating containers with low inventory in a shopping facility. Some of these embodiments include systems for identifying and determining the location of containers in a low inventory condition in shopping facilities, the system comprising: a container configured to hold merchandise items in a shopping facility; a light sensor disposed in the container, the light sensor calibrated to detect an ambient light level and to respond when the detected ambient light level exceeds a predetermined ambient light threshold; and a control circuit operatively coupled to the light sensor and configured to transmit a signal indicating a low inventory condition when the light sensor determines the detected ambient light level exceeds the predetermined ambient light threshold.
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