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US 2026/0073687 A1Published application
Kiosk with object identification, registration, and tracking capabilities with light and/or audio guidance
AssigneePosition Imaging, Inc.
InventorsEdward L. Hill, Brian Martel, Liisa Walsh
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a kiosk and one or more computer-vision-based object tracking modules connected to the kiosk, each module comprising a camera and a processor configured to register and track objects within a field of view of the camera of that module.
Claims9
An apparatus comprising:
- a kiosk including a computing system with a display screen disposed atop a pedestal;
- one or more computer-vision-based object tracking and guidance modules, each module including a camera assembly including an image sensor that captures images within its field of view and a lighting assembly housing one or more light sources, the camera assembly to acquire the images captured by the image sensor and with the lighting assembly to control operation of the one or more light sources;
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- one or more processors configured to acquire information about an object, to associate a location within the field of view of the image sensor with the object, to illuminate light emitted by the directional light source at the location associated with the object, and, based on an image acquired from the camera assembly, to detect change within the field of view of the image sensor corresponding to placement or removal of the object.
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A kiosk that tracks objects, comprising:
- a camera that performs a computer vision tracking of objects within a field of view;
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- an apparatus providing light guidance with respect to a tracked object through either projection, through a projector or laser apparatus that shines a light on the targeted object, or task lighting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.