Modular shelving systems for package tracking
AssigneePosition Imaging, Inc.
InventorsAlex Seiger, Shahzad Farooq Kirmani, Edward L. Hill
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Abstract
A shelving system has at least one shelf, a camera fixed at a distance from the at least one shelf such that a field of view of the camera faces the at least one shelf and closely encompasses the at least one shelf, and a controller in communication with the camera. The controller has a processor adapted to receive images captured by the camera within the camera's field of view and to determine from the images whether a particular object has been placed on, moved, or removed from the at least one shelf.
Claims20
A kit for a modular shelving system comprising:
- a camera configured for placement at a distance from at least one shelf such that the camera has a field of view that faces and closely encompasses the at least one shelf;
- a light source;
- and
- a controller adapted to communicate with the light source and with the camera to receive images captured by the camera, the controller having a processor configured to process the images captured by the camera and to activate the light source, in response to the processed images, to draw attention to a location on the at least one shelf within the field of view of the camera.
A shelving system comprising:
- at least one shelf;
- a camera fixed at a distance from the at least one shelf such that the camera has a field of view that faces and closely encompasses the at least one shelf;
- a light source;
- and
- a controller in communication with the camera to receive images captured by the camera and with the light source, the controller having a processor configured to process the images captured by the camera and, in response to the processed images, to activate the light source to draw attention to a location on the at least one shelf within the field of view of the camera.
A package tracking system comprising:
- a plurality of modular shelving systems disposed in a package tracking area, each modular shelving system including:
- at least one shelf;
- a camera fixed at a distance from the at least one shelf such that the camera has a field of view that faces and closely encompasses the at least one shelf;
- a light source;
- and
- a controller in communication with the light source and with the camera to receive images captured by the camera, the controller having a processor configured to process the images captured by the camera and, in response to the processed images, to activate the light source to draw attention to a location on the at least one shelf within the field of view of the camera;
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- a master controller in communication with each controller of the plurality of modular shelving systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.