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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2022
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Lingfeng Zhang, Dallas, TX (US);
Mingquan Yuan, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Paul Lewis Lobo, Irving, TX (US);
Avinash M. Jade, Bangalore, IN;
Zhichun Xiao, Plano, TX (US);
William Craig Robinson, Jr., Centerton, AR (US);
Zhaoliang Duan, Frisco, TX (US);
Wei Wang, Dallas, TX (US);
Han Zhang, Allen, TX (US);
Raghava Balusu, Achanta, IN;
Tianyi Mao, Chicago, IL (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of monitoring inventory of a product storage facility include an image capture device configured to move about the product storage areas of the product storage facility and capture images of the product storage areas from various angles. A computing device coupled to the image capture device obtains the images of the product storage areas captured by the image capture device and processes the obtained images of the product storage areas to detect individual products captured in the obtained images. Based on detection of the individual products captured in the images, the computing device analyzes each of the obtained images to detect one or more adjacent product storage structures (shelves, pallets, etc.) and identifies and selects a single image that fully shows a product storage structure of interest and fully shows each of the products stored on the product storage structure of interest.