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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2024
Applicant:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Marios Savvides, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Chenchen Zhu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Fangyi Chen, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Uzair Ahmed, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ran Tao, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/443 (2022.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system and method for matching products detected in an image of a shelf. The match or non-match of the products is then used to make a determination that the products are correctly positioned on the shelf of if the positioning of the products represents a plug or spread situation.