Patents by Inventor Ron Mercer

Ron Mercer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Product status detection system
    Patent number: 11093896
    Abstract: A product status detection system includes a mobile automation apparatus having a sensor to capture data representing a shelf supporting products, responsive to data capture instructions. The system includes a server in communication with the mobile apparatus, having: a mobile apparatus controller to generate data capture instructions for the mobile apparatus; a repository to store captured data from the mobile apparatus; a primary object generator to generate primary data objects from the captured data, each including a location in a common frame of reference; a secondary object generator to generate and store secondary data objects based on the primary data objects; a detector to identify mismatches between reference data and the secondary data objects; and an alert generator to select a subset of the mismatches, and generate and transmit a status alert corresponding to the subset. The system also includes a client device to receive and display the status alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marco Perrella, Iaacov Coby Segall, Jordan K. Varley, Michael Ramputi, Ron Mercer, Robert E. Beach, Adrian J. Stagg
  • Product Status Detection System
    Publication number: 20200118064
    Abstract: A product status detection system includes a mobile automation apparatus having a sensor to capture data representing a shelf supporting products, responsive to data capture instructions. The system includes a server in communication with the mobile apparatus, having: a mobile apparatus controller to generate data capture instructions for the mobile apparatus; a repository to store captured data from the mobile apparatus; a primary object generator to generate primary data objects from the captured data, each including a location in a common frame of reference; a secondary object generator to generate and store secondary data objects based on the primary data objects; a detector to identify mismatches between reference data and the secondary data objects; and an alert generator to select a subset of the mismatches, and generate and transmit a status alert corresponding to the subset. The system also includes a client device to receive and display the status alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Marco Perrella, laacov Coby Segall, Jordan K. Varley, Michael Ramputi, Ron Mercer, Robert E. Beach, Stagg J. Adrian