Systems and methods for determining shelf occupancy
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorJason Aepli
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Abstract
A system for determining an amount of shelf space comprises: a plurality of weight sensors at a region of a shelf that directly measure a force related to a weight of physical items positioned on the shelf and generates a weight result, the shelf positioned at an angle from a horizontal axis; the shelf positioning the physical items at the angle; a shelf angle determination device that determines the angle of the shelf; wherein the weight sensors generates the weight result adjusted for the determined shelf angle; and an occupancy determination processor that determines an amount of surface area of the shelf occupied by the physical items from the adjusted weight result.
Claims20
A system for determining an amount of shelf space, comprising:
- a plurality of weight sensors at a region of a shelf that directly measure a force related to a weight of physical items positioned on the shelf and generates a weight result, the shelf positioned at an angle from a horizontal axis;
- the shelf positioning the physical items at the angle, the weight sensors further detecting a tilt of the shelf;
- a shelf angle determination device that determines the angle of the shelf corresponding to the tilt of the shelf and outputs a shelf angle result;
- and
- an occupancy determination processor that determines an amount of surface area of the shelf occupied by the physical items from the weight result and the shelf angle result.
A method for determining an amount of shelf space, comprising:
- measuring, by a weight sensor, a force related to a weight of physical items positioned on a shelf and
- generating a weight result, the shelf positioned at an angle from a horizontal axis;
- detecting, by the weight sensor, a tilt of the shelf
- determining the angle of the shelf corresponding to the tilt of the shelf;
- and
- determining an amount of surface area of the shelf occupied by the physical items from the weight result and the shelf angle result.
A system for determining an amount of shelf space, comprising:
- a shelf comprising:
- a plurality of weight sensors at a region of the shelf that directly measure a force related to a weight of physical items positioned on the shelf and generates a weight result, the shelf positioned at an angle from a horizontal axis;
- the shelf positioning the physical items at the angle;
- and
- a shelf angle determination device that determines the angle of the shelf and outputs a shelf angle result, the system further comprising:
- an occupancy determination processor that determines an amount of surface area of the shelf occupied by the physical items from the weight result and the shelf angle result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.