Systems and Methods for Estimating a Geographical Location of an Unmapped Object Within a Defined Environment

A method for estimating a geographical location at which an unmapped object is disposed within a defined environment comprising:

• receiving, at a central computing device from an activity database, a series of lists of objects associated with a series of completed collection actions, each of the series of lists of objects including an unmapped object and a plurality of mapped objects;
• retrieving, from an object mapping database in response to receiving the series of lists of objects, a series of sets of locations, each set of locations including a location within the defined environment of each of the plurality of mapped objects;
• determining, by a processor, based on the series of sets of locations, a plurality of estimated routes traversed through the defined environment to acquire each plurality of mapped objects corresponding to each of the series of lists of objects;
• detecting, by the processor, at least one intersection point of the plurality of estimated routes at a geographic location within the defined environment;
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• identifying, by the processor, one of the at least one intersection points of the plurality of estimated routes as an unmapped object location within the defined environment,
• wherein the series of lists of objects each indicate an order of collection of the respective list of objects;
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• wherein the determination of the plurality of estimated routes is further based on the order of collection of the plurality of lists of objects.

A system for estimating a geographical location at which an unmapped object is disposed within a defined environment comprising:

• an activity database storing a plurality of lists of objects each associated with one of a plurality of completed collection actions, each of the lists of objects including an unmapped object and a plurality of mapped objects;
• a mapping database storing a plurality of sets of locations, each set of locations including a location within the defined environment of each of the plurality of mapped objects;
• a central computing device having a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the central computing device to:
• retrieve, from the activity database, a first list of objects associated with a first completed collection action, the first list of objects including an unmapped object and a first plurality of mapped objects;
• retrieve, from the mapping database, a first set of locations that includes a location within the defined environment of each of the first plurality of mapped objects;
• determine, based on the first set of locations, a first estimated route traversed through the defined environment to acquire the first plurality of mapped objects;
• retrieve, from the activity database, a second list of objects associated with a second completed collection action, the second list of objects including the unmapped object and a second plurality of mapped objects;
• retrieve, from the object mapping database, a second set of locations that includes a location within the defined environment of each of the second plurality of mapped objects;
• determine, based on the second set of locations, a second estimated route traversed through the defined environment to acquire the second plurality of mapped objects;
• detect at least one intersection point of the first and second estimated routes at a geographic location within the defined environment;
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• identify one of the at least one intersection points of the first and second estimated routes as an unmapped object location within the defined environment,
• wherein the series of lists of objects each indicate an order of collection of the respective list of objects;
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• wherein the determination of the plurality of estimated routes is further based on the order of collection of the plurality of lists of objects.