Method for tracking placement of products on shelves in a store
US10467587B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0246
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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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