System and method for direct store distribution
US11481724B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/52
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for performing automated auditing of goods includes an audit robot that includes a rotatable platform, and an overhead camera, a multi-tracking camera system, an audit controller configured to receive and process the one or more images to detect a delivery personnel and corresponding pallet of goods when the delivery personnel enters the warehousing environment, generate an alert to instruct the delivery personnel to keep the pallet on the platform of the audit robot, trigger the rotatable platform to rotate when the pallet is kept, trigger the overhead sensor and the multi-tracking camera system to generate image data of the pallet, while the platform is being rotated, process at least one of: image data, scanning data, order and supplier information, historical information, time, and identity of the delivery personnel to assess a risk level of the pallet, and automatically check-in the pallet when risk level is assessed as zero.
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