Multi-signal based shopping cart content recognition in brick-and-mortar retail stores

US9953355B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jie Liu · Houston, US
• Dimitrios Lymberopoulos · Redmond, US
• Mohammed Shoaib · Redmond, US
• Michel Goraczko · Seattle, US
• Nissanka Arachchige Bodhi Priyantha · Redmond, US
• Marcel Gavriliu · Pasadena, US
• Suman Kumar Nath · Redmond, US
• Changhu Wang · Beijing, CN
• Yuxiao Hu · Urbana, US
• Di Wang · Timonium, US
• Gerald DeJean · Redmond, US
• Lei Zhang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 1, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0643
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Identifying products in a physical store shopping environment. The method includes, using a first detection method, identifying that a given product likely belongs to a given set of products. The method further includes, using one or more other detection methods, determining that the product is likely a specific product from the given set of products.