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US 2017/0286773 A1Published application
Planogram Assisted Inventory System and Method
AssigneeBossa Nova Robotics IP, Inc.
InventorsSarjoun Skaff, Jonathan Davis Taylor, Stephen Vincent Williams, Simant Dube
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Abstract
A manually assisted robot inventory monitoring method provides for detecting and reading shelf labels using an autonomous robot. Bounding boxes around possible products in a panoramic image can be taken with at least one camera associated with the autonomous robot. Products in the bounding boxes are automatically identified, with those that are not being later manually identified.
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A planogram assisted inventory method, comprising the steps of:
- providing an initial planogram with identified products;
- creating a panoramic image including products on a shelf, with possible products being surrounded by bounding boxes;
- detecting and reading shelf labels to localize and associate possible products with both the initial planogram and the possible products in the bounding boxes;
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- identifying the possible products with a product classifier.
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A manually assisted robot inventory monitoring method, comprising the steps of:
- detecting and reading shelf labels using an autonomous robot;
- defining bounding boxes around possible products in a panoramic image taken with at least one camera associated with the autonomous robot;
- automatically identifying products in the bounding boxes;
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- manually identifying products in the bounding boxes that were not automatically identified.
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An inventory system comprising:
- a planogram with identified products;
- an autonomous robot able to capture a panoramic image including products on a shelf, with possible products being identified by bounding boxes;
- a shelf label detector and reader attached to the autonomous robot and able to localize and associate possible products with both the planogram and the possible products in the bounding boxes;
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- a product classifier to use information from the planogram and the possible products in the bounding boxes to identify products in the panoramic image.
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