Method for automatically generating waypoints for imaging shelves within a store
US10399230B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 19, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T7/0008
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
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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