INVENTORY CAPTURE SYSTEM

• US 20180005375A1
• Filed: 06/29/2016
• Published: 01/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Krimon, Yuri I., Poisner, David I.
• Granted Patent: US 10,650,281 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/24 Classification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/103 Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition

Abstract

The inventory capture system, method and apparatus (i.e., the inventory capture system) may provide for creating and updating an inventory of clothing for a user. The inventory capture system may use voice and image recognition to capture an inventory of clothing and provide users the ability to enhance the captured details about an inventory of clothing with annotations. Moreover, the inventory capture system may provide a way to facilitate retailers and users to leverage the user'"'"'s existing inventory of clothing and augment the user'"'"'s inventory of clothing with shared, purchased and/or rented clothing.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

an analyzer to determine one or more aesthetic attributes of a fashion related item based on a recording of the fashion related item;

a comparator to conduct a comparison between the one or more aesthetic attributes and one or more reference objects;

an assignor to update a user inventory based on the comparison; and

an object ambiguity clarifier including,

an ambiguity receiver to receive an ambiguity clarification request for the recording,

an ambiguity notifier to communicate a clarifying question based on at least two reference objects,

a clarification receiver to receive a response to the clarifying question,

a clarification analyzer to conduct an analysis of the response, and

a clarification communicator to further identify the recording as one of the

at least two reference objects based on the clarification analysis.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more reference objects include articles of clothing, and wherein the one or more aesthetic attributes include one or more of a color, a pattern, a shape or a weave tightness.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an annotator to receive an annotation for the recording to identify other aesthetic attributes of the fashion related item, wherein the assignor is to further update the user inventory based on the annotation.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the recording is to include one or more of visible spectrum data, infrared (IR) spectrum data or ultraviolet (UV) spectrum data, and wherein the recording is to be associated with one or more of a monoscopic capture event, a stereoscopic capture event or a multiscopic capture event.

5. An apparatus comprising:

an analyzer to determine one or more aesthetic attributes of a fashion related item based on a recording of the fashion related item;

a comparator to conduct a comparison between the one or more aesthetic attributes and one or more reference objects; and

an assignor to update a user inventory based on the comparison.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the one or more reference objects include articles of clothing.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus further includes:

an object ambiguity clarifier including,

an ambiguity receiver to receive an ambiguity clarification request for the recording;

an ambiguity notifier to communicate a clarifying question based on at least two reference objects;

a clarification receiver to receive a response to the clarifying question;

a clarification analyzer to conduct an analysis of the response; and

a clarification communicator to further identify the recording as one of the at least two reference objects based on the clarification analysis.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising an annotator to receive an annotation for the recording to identify other aesthetic attributes of the fashion related item, wherein the assignor is to further update the user inventory based on the annotation.

9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the one or more aesthetic attributes include one or more of a color, a pattern, a shape or a weave tightness.

10. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the recording is to include visible spectrum data, and wherein the recording is to be associated with one or more of a monoscopic capture event, a stereoscopic capture event or a multiscopic capture event.

11. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the recording is to include one or more of infrared (IR) spectrum data and ultraviolet (UV) spectrum data.

12. A method comprising:

determining one or more aesthetic attributes of a fashion related item based on a recording of the fashion related item;

conducting a comparison between the one or more aesthetic attributes and one or more reference objects; and

updating a user inventory based on the comparison.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more reference objects include articles of clothing.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an ambiguity clarification request for the recording;

communicating a clarifying question based on at least two reference objects;

receiving a response to the clarifying question;

conducting an analysis of the response; and

communicating a clarification to further identify the recording as one of the at least two reference objects based on the clarification analysis.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an annotation for the recording to identify other aesthetic attributes of the fashion related item; and

updating the user inventory further based on the annotation.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more aesthetic attributes include one or more of a color, a pattern, a shape or a weave tightness.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the recording is to include visible spectrum data, and wherein the recording is to be associated with one or more of a monoscopic capture event, a stereoscopic capture event or a multiscopic capture event.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the recording is to include one or more of infrared (IR) spectrum data and ultraviolet (UV) spectrum data.

19. At least one computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to:

determine one or more aesthetic attributes of a fashion related item based on a recording of the fashion related item;

conduct a comparison between the one or more aesthetic attributes and one or more reference objects; and

update a user inventory based on the comparison.

20. The at least one computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the one or more reference objects include articles of clothing.

21. The at least one computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the set of instructions, when executed by the apparatus, further cause the apparatus to:

receive an ambiguity clarification request for the recording;

communicate a clarifying question based on at least two reference objects;

receive a response to the clarifying question;

conduct an analysis of the response; and

communicate a clarification to further identify the recording as one of the at least two reference objects based on the clarification analysis.

22. The at least one computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the set of instructions, when executed by the apparatus, further cause the apparatus to:

receive an annotation for the recording to identify other aesthetic attributes of the fashion related item; and

update the user inventory further based on the annotation.

23. The at least one computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the one or more aesthetic attributes include one or more of a color, a pattern, a shape or a weave tightness.

24. The at least one computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the recording is to include visible spectrum data, and wherein the recording is to be associated with one or more of a monoscopic capture event, a stereoscopic capture event or a multiscopic capture event.

25. The at least one computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the recording is to include one or more of infrared (IR) spectrum data and ultraviolet (UV) spectrum data.