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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9147174 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2009

Image-based inventory control system using advanced image recognition

Applicants:

Stephen L. Glickman, Los Gatos, CA (US);

David A. Jackson, Point Roberts, WA (US);

Matthew J. Lipsey, Sherwood, AR (US);

Preston Phillips, Conway, AR (US);

Frederick J. Rogers, N. Little Rock, AR (US);

Inventors:

Stephen L. Glickman, Los Gatos, CA (US);

David A. Jackson, Point Roberts, WA (US);

Matthew J. Lipsey, Sherwood, AR (US);

Preston Phillips, Conway, AR (US);

Frederick J. Rogers, N. Little Rock, AR (US);

Assignee:

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED, Kenosha, WI (US);

Attorney:

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Primary Examiner:

Michael G Lee

Assistant Examiner:

Tabitha Chedekel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); B25H 3/00 (2006.01); B25H 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); B25H 3/00 (2013.01); B25H 3/028 (2013.01); G06K 9/209 (2013.01); G06K 9/3233 (2013.01); G06K 9/34 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06T 7/0008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems for monitoring an inventory condition of objects based on captured images are described. An exemplary system includes at least one storage drawer, each storage drawer including a plurality of storage locations for storing objects; and a data storage device storing reference data for each storage drawer. The reference data includes, for each region of interest corresponding to each respective storage drawer, at least one of a reference image signature representing attributes of the region of interest when a stored object is present, and a reference image signature representing attributes of the region of interest when the stored object is not present. A data processor of the system is configured to derive an image signature representing attributes of a region of interest corresponding to a drawer using a captured image of the drawer; and determine an inventory condition of the drawer according to the stored reference data corresponding to the region of interest and the derived image signature representing attributes of the captured image of the region of interest.

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