Detecting and locating interactions using LIDAR devices
US11300662B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/087
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
LIDAR devices may be mounted in inventory areas and configured to transmit pulses or beams of laser light, to receive reflections of the laser light from one or more objects, and to detect and locate interactions with items maintained at the inventory areas. LIDAR devices may transmit laser light in fields that are substantially parallel to a frontal area of a storage unit, such that interactions with the storage unit via the frontal area are detected and located accordingly based on angles and times of flight of the reflected laser light. Other sensors, such as digital cameras or electronic scales, may be mounted within storage units, and information captured by such sensors may augment information captured by LIDAR devices to detect and locate interactions with the storage units.
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