Method for monitoring temperature-controlled units in a store
AssigneeSimbe Robotics, Inc.
InventorsDurgesh Tiwari, Bradley Bogolea
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Abstract
One variation of a method for monitoring cooling units in a store includes: at a robotic system, during a first scan routine, autonomously navigating toward a cooling unit in the store, recording a color image of the cooling unit, and scanning a set of temperatures within the cooling unit; identifying a set of products stocked in the cooling unit based on features detected in the color image; mapping the set of temperatures to the set of products at a first time during the first scan routine based on positions of products in the set of products identified in the color image; and generating a record of temperatures of the set of products stocked in the cooling unit at the first time.
Claims21
A method for monitoring temperature-controlled inventory within a store, the method comprising:
- at a robotic system, during a first scan cycle:
- autonomously navigating toward a temperature-controlled unit in the store;
- recording a photographic image and a thermal image of the temperature-controlled unit;
- and
- identifying a set of products stocked in the temperature-controlled unit based on features detected in the photographic image;
- for each product in the set of products:
- retrieving an emissivity of a surface of the product based on an identity of the product;
- selecting a thermal pixel, in the thermal image, depicting the product;
- and
- calculating a temperature of the product during the scan cycle based on the emissivity of the surface of the product and a thermal value stored in the thermal pixel;
- and
- generating a record of temperatures of the set of products stocked in the temperature-controlled unit during the first scan cycle.
A method for monitoring temperature-controlled inventory within a store, the method comprising:
- at a robotic system, during a first scan cycle:
- autonomously navigating toward a temperature-controlled unit in the store;
- recording a photographic image of the temperature-controlled unit;
- and
- recording a set of temperature values measured by a set of temperature sensors coupled to the temperature-controlled unit;
- identifying a set of products stocked in the temperature-controlled unit based on features detected in the photographic image;
- for each product in the set of products:
- detecting a location of the product stocked in the temperature-controlled unit based on a position of the product detected in the photographic image;
- and
- estimating a temperature of the product based on:
- the location of the product stocked in the temperature-controlled unit;
- the set of temperature values;
- and
- locations of the set of temperature sensors coupled to the temperature-controlled unit;
- and
- generating a record of temperatures of the set of products stocked in the temperature-controlled unit during the first scan cycle.
A method for monitoring temperature-controlled inventory within a store, the method comprising:
- accessing a photographic image of a temperature-controlled unit within the store, the photographic image captured at a first time;
- and
- accessing a set of temperatures within the temperature-controlled unit at approximately the first time;
- identifying a set of products stocked in the temperature-controlled unit at the first time based on features detected in the photographic image;
- mapping the set of temperatures to the set of products based on positions of products, in the set of products, identified in the photographic image;
- and
- generating a record of temperatures of the set of products stocked in the temperature-controlled unit at the first time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.