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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Conduent Business Services, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Dennis L. Venable, Marion, NY (US);
Wencheng Wu, Webster, NY (US);
Charles D. Rizzolo, Fairport, NY (US);
Thomas F. Wade, Rochester, NY (US);
Ethan Shen, Toronto, CA;
Graham Pennington, Webster, NY (US);
Lee Anne Williams, Pittsford, NY (US);
Daniel S. Hann, Williamson, NY (US);
Conduent Business Services, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides a retail environment robotic system including a vertically oriented/scanning LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) unit mounted to a mobile base which travels along the aisles of a retail environment such as a store. According to an exemplary embodiment, the LIDAR unit vertically scans product display units along the aisles to generate a depth map associated with detected objects which is further processed to detect missing products, product/shelving tags, shelves, etc.