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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Position Imaging, Inc., Portsmouth, NH (US);
Inventors:
Alex Seiger, Concord, NH (US);
Shahzad Farooq Kirmani, Scarborough, ME (US);
Edward L. Hill, Exeter, NH (US);
Assignee:
POSITION IMAGING, INC., Portsmouth, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); A47B 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/183 (2013.01); A47B 47/0091 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shelving system has at least one shelf, a camera fixed at a distance from the at least one shelf such that a field of view of the camera faces the at least one shelf and closely encompasses the at least one shelf, and a controller in communication with the camera. The controller has a processor adapted to receive images captured by the camera within the camera's field of view and to determine from the images whether a particular object has been placed on, moved, or removed from the at least one shelf.