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Patent No.:

US 9258534 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2015

Image-based inventory control system and method

Applicant:

Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (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);

David C. Fly, Maumelle, AR (US);

Jason L. Weeks, Maumelle, AR (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Primary Examiner:

Steven Lim

Assistant Examiner:

Muhammad Adnan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G05B 23/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/42 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/38 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06G 1/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); B25H 3/00 (2006.01); B25H 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/181 (2013.01); B25H 3/00 (2013.01); B25H 3/028 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for determining an inventory condition of objects based on captured images are described. An exemplary inventory control system or method utilizes a highly efficient and economical approach to apply suitable imaging parameters for capturing images of a storage drawer being accessed by a user, or for manipulating the captured images of the drawer. An inventory condition of the drawer is determined based on the captured images or manipulated images.

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