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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
May. 01, 2018
Symbol Technologies, Llc, Holtsville, NY (US);
Bo Fu, Wheeling, IL (US);
Yan Zhang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Yan-Ming Cheng, Inverness, IL (US);
Jordan K. Varley, Mississauga, CA;
Robert E. Beach, Los Altos, CA (US);
Iaacov Coby Segall, Toronto, CA;
Richard Jeffrey Rzeszutek, Toronto, CA;
Michael Ramputi, Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, LLC, Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of object status detection for objects supported by a shelf, from shelf image data, includes: obtaining a plurality of images of a shelf, each image including an indication of a gap on the shelf between the objects; registering the images to a common frame of reference; identifying a subset of the gaps having overlapping locations in the common frame of reference; generating a consolidated gap indication from the subset; obtaining reference data including (i) identifiers for the objects and (ii) prescribed locations for the objects within the common frame of reference; based on a comparison of the consolidated gap indication with the reference data, selecting a target object identifier from the reference data; and generating and presenting a status notification for the target product identifier.