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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Walgreen Co., Deerfield, IL (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
John M. Bergstrom, Palatine, IL (US);
Jonas Cleveland, Plainfield, NJ (US);
Dinesh Thakur, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Philip Dames, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Cody Philips, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Terry Kientz, Williamstown, NJ (US);
Kostas Daniilidis, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Vijay Kumar, Wilmington, DE (US);
WALGREEN CO., Deerfield, IL (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically mapping a store layout includes identifying a path for traversing a retail area and capturing images of the retail area at various points along the path. The images may be analyzed to identify visual characteristics which may be compared to a template of retail products in a template library. When an object depicted in the image matches with a retail product in the template library, the object may correspond to the retail product. Additionally, a retail department for the object may also be identified. The retail department may be compared to the retail product corresponding to the object, and when the retail product is not associated with the retail department, another retail product which is associated with the retail department may be identified as corresponding to the object. A map of the store layout may be generated based on the identified retail products.