Inventory Assessment with Mobile Devices
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, on a computing device, image data relating to an image captured by a mobile device, the captured image depicting one or more sections of an inventory location;
receiving location identifying data associated with the captured image;
processing the image data and location identifying data to determine a difference between a current inventory level and a full level of inventory of a product in the one or more sections of the physical location captured in the image;
generating meta data relating to the difference between the current inventory level and the full level of inventory; and
transmitting a representation of the meta data to the mobile device.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an inventory level assessment feature or service is provided for a camera-enabled mobile device such that a user of such mobile device can use the mobile device to measure inventory levels of a product in a physical location (e.g., a warehouse, a retail store or another context) pictured in one or more captured images from such device. Among other things, as the user points the mobile device'"'"'s camera at one or more sections of the physical location, data relating to the captured image or images of such sections of the physical location are transmitted to and processed by a remote inventory assessment engine to determine a current inventory level of the product in the imaged section or sections.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, on a computing device, image data relating to an image captured by a mobile device, the captured image depicting one or more sections of an inventory location; receiving location identifying data associated with the captured image; processing the image data and location identifying data to determine a difference between a current inventory level and a full level of inventory of a product in the one or more sections of the physical location captured in the image; generating meta data relating to the difference between the current inventory level and the full level of inventory; and transmitting a representation of the meta data to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer system comprising:
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one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon one or more programs, which when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processor to singly or in combination; receive image data relating to an image captured by a mobile device, the captured image depicting one or more sections of an inventory location; receive location identifying data associated with the captured image; process the image data and location identifying data to determine a difference between a current inventory level and a full level of inventory of a product in the one or more sections of the physical location captured in the image; generate meta data relating to the difference between the current inventory level and the full level of inventory; and transmit a representation of the meta data to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
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receiving image data relating to an image captured by a mobile device, the captured image depicting one or more sections of an inventory location; receiving location identifying data associated with the captured image; processing the image data and location identifying data to determine a difference between a current inventory level and a full level of inventory of a product in the one or more sections of the physical location captured in the image; generating meta data relating to the difference between the current inventory level and the full level of inventory; and transmitting a representation of the meta data to the mobile device.
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Specification