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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2010
Applicants:

Andrew W. Ascher, Plymouth, MN (US);

John C. Jones, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Andrew W. Ascher, Plymouth, MN (US);

John C. Jones, St. Paul, MN (US);

Assignee:

Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and systems for presenting product stock information. In some implementations, an image of a portion of a retail store is received from a camera and analyzed to divide the image into macroblocks. Each of the macroblocks can be associated with one or more product facings associated with products placed on a shelf in the retail store. A color from the macroblock is optionally identified and compared to a product color or a shelf color to determine a stock level of the product. In some implementations, a reporting module presents the stock level in a graphical user interface to a user.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ascher, Andrew. (2013). Grid pixelation enhancement for in-stock analytics (U.S. Patent No. 8577136). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8577136

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