Method for tracking and maintaining inventory in a store
US11107035B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 25, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30242
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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.
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