Store shelf imaging system
First Claim
1. A store profile generation system comprising:
- a mobile base;
an image capture assembly mounted on the mobile base, the assembly comprising image capture devices which acquire images of associated product display units in a product facility, product labels being associated with the product display units which include product-related data, a first of the image capture devices capturing low resolution photographic images of the product display units and a second of the image capture devices capturing high resolution photographic images of the product display units at a higher resolution than the first image capture device, the low and high resolution images including pixels; and
a control unit comprising memory which stores instructions and a processor which executes the instructions, the control unit instructions including instructions which process the images captured by the image capture devices at a sequence of locations of the mobile base in the product facility, using the low resolution photographic images acquired from the first image capture device to identify candidate locations of the product labels, thereafter extracts the product-related data from the acquired high resolution photographic images of the product display units, in the candidate locations, captured by the second image capture device, and constructs a store profile indicating locations of the product labels throughout the product facility based on the extracted product-related data, a spatial characterization of the image capture assembly, and information on locations of the mobile base in the sequence of locations at a time that the low resolution or high resolution images were acquired.
6 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A store profile generation system includes a mobile base and an image capture assembly mounted on the base. The assembly includes at least one image capture device for acquiring images of product display units in a product facility, product labels being associated with the product display units which include product-related data. A control unit acquires the images captured by the at least one image capture device at a sequence of locations of the mobile base in the product facility. The control unit extracts the product-related data from the acquired images and constructs a store profile indicating locations of the product labels throughout the product facility, based on the extracted product-related data. The store profile can be used for generating new product labels for a sale in an appropriate order for a person to match to the appropriate locations in a single pass through the store.
41 Citations
9 Claims
-
1. A store profile generation system comprising:
-
a mobile base; an image capture assembly mounted on the mobile base, the assembly comprising image capture devices which acquire images of associated product display units in a product facility, product labels being associated with the product display units which include product-related data, a first of the image capture devices capturing low resolution photographic images of the product display units and a second of the image capture devices capturing high resolution photographic images of the product display units at a higher resolution than the first image capture device, the low and high resolution images including pixels; and a control unit comprising memory which stores instructions and a processor which executes the instructions, the control unit instructions including instructions which process the images captured by the image capture devices at a sequence of locations of the mobile base in the product facility, using the low resolution photographic images acquired from the first image capture device to identify candidate locations of the product labels, thereafter extracts the product-related data from the acquired high resolution photographic images of the product display units, in the candidate locations, captured by the second image capture device, and constructs a store profile indicating locations of the product labels throughout the product facility based on the extracted product-related data, a spatial characterization of the image capture assembly, and information on locations of the mobile base in the sequence of locations at a time that the low resolution or high resolution images were acquired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
Specification