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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Aditya R. Cheruku, Bentonville, AR (US);
Stephen Steel, Bentonville, AR (US);
Hamza Farooq, Rogers, AR (US);
Trinath Patri, Bentonville, AR (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for monitoring retail products including: one or more shelf image capturing devices disposed within a retail shopping facility; one or more stock image capturing devices disposed within a stockroom of the retail shopping facility; and a control circuit in communication with the one or more shelf image capturing devices and the one or more stock image capturing devices. The control circuit may configured to: analyze the captured shelf images and associated shelf timestamp to determine a rate of shelf product depletion for a particular retail product; analyze the captured stock images and the associated stock timestamp to determine a rate of stock depletion; compare the rate of shelf product depletion and the rate of stock product depletion; and send a stock depletion warning regarding a particular retail item to a supply chain management server.