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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

May. 15, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nader M. Nassar, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Annette S. H. Riffe, Chelmsford, MA (US);

Robert J. Spremulli, Nashua, NH (US);

Bernie K. K. Wong, Lexington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G01V 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/2462 (2013.01); G01V 15/00 (2013.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/292 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01);
Abstract

Changes of a vertical and horizontal position of an item are programmatically monitored relative to at least one three-dimensional (3D) item-specific proximity exclusion attribute that precludes movement of the item into a defined 3D item-configured prohibited region by iteratively querying an item tag of the item for measured vertical and horizontal coordinates of the item tag. In response to determining that a detected change of at least one of the vertical and horizontal position of the item results in the item being located within the defined 3D item-configured prohibited region, an item-specific proximity exclusion alert is generated indicating that the item is located within the defined 3D item-configured prohibited region.


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