Identifying products based on proportions of nearby bottles

• Main Authors: Adato, Yair, Adar, Yonatan, Michael, Yotam, Kushnir, Maria, Yashpe, Dror
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.03.2021
• Subjects: ALARM SYSTEMS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

A system for acquiring images of products in a retail store is disclosed. The system may include at least one first housing configured for location on a retail shelving unit, and at least one image capture device included in the at least one first housing and configured relative to the at least one first housing such that an optical axis of the at least one image capture device is directed toward an opposing retail shelving unit when the at least one first housing is fixedly mounted on the retail shelving unit. The system may further include a second housing configured for location on the retail shelving unit separate from the at least one first housing, the second housing may contain at least one processor configured to control the at least one image capture device and also to control a network interface for communicating with a remote server. The system may also include at least one data conduit extending between the at least one first housing and the second housing, the at least one data conduit being configured to enable transfer of control signals from the at least one processor to the at least one image capture device and to enable collection of image data acquired by the at least one image capture device for transmission by the network interface.