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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Tao Ma, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Moe Tanabian, San Jose, CA (US);

Chunkwok Lee, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Suranjit Adhikari, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06K 9/00771 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01); G06K 2209/17 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, a method for detecting an object and/or managing an inventory will be described. A motion of an object is detected at a storage structure. One or more images are acquired of at least a part of the object. A direction of the motion of the object is determined. An object is identified based on the one or more images. In various embodiments, an inventory for the storage structure is updated based on the motion direction determination and the object identity.


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