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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2017
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Tom Stiefel, Bentonville, AR (US);
Justin C. Moore, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Richard B. Penn, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, system, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein useful for managing retail product inventory including a plurality of sensors configured to detect individual presence of multiple different products within a retail shopping facility. A central control system communicatively coupled with the plurality of sensors to receive sensor information comprising identifiers detected by the plurality of sensors. The central control system comprises a central control circuit coupled with memory storing code that when implemented causes the central control circuit to: access the received sensor information and determine, at a current time and for each detected first product, a confidence value corresponding to a level of confidence that the first product is still present and within a first threshold area corresponding to a first location where the first product was most recently sensed. The confidence value may decay over time proportional to a first decay period of time.