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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Nicholaus Adam Jones, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Matthew Allen Jones, Bentonville, AR (US);
Aaron Vasgaard, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for monitoring object locations on a shelving fixture. An electronic detection device includes a first motor for winding and unwinding a first line and a second motor for winding and unwinding a second line. A controller can control the operation of the first and second motor and the electronic detection device is suspended from the first and second line behind a shelving fixture. When the first and second motor wind and unwind the first and second line, the electronic detection device moves to an expected location of an object on a shelving fixture. The electronic detection device also includes sensors that can determine an identity of the object and the quantity of the object on the shelving fixture.