Patents Assigned to AiFi
  • Publication number: 20240124235
    Abstract: The present invention describes a gondola system for monitoring items coupled with support utilities. The system is configured to detect item changes caused by customer actions and optimize the camera system and computing resources of a remote server. The system also is configured to sense certain visual indicators with customer actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventor: Carlos Ruiz Dominguez
  • Publication number: 20230370579
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for visually planning camera setup within a retail environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventor: Tyler Crain
  • Publication number: 20230245087
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for a meta world autonomous store that can be utilized within a retail environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventor: Steve Gu
  • Publication number: 20230123576
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for anonymous checkout in a store. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer system of the store, information associated with a payment account of a person; sending, by the computer system to a server associated with a payment system, the received information associated with the payment account of the person; receiving, by the computer system from the server associated with the payment system, a token associated with the payment account of the person; receiving, by the computer system from a plurality of sensors, data associated with the person; extracting, by the computer system based on the received data associated with the person, a plurality of features of the person; and storing, by the computer system, the received token in correspondence with information associated with the extracted features of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao, Tyler Crain
  • Publication number: 20230049087
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for methods of auto-annotating objects using thermal imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Juan Terven, Hector Sanchez, Ying Zheng
  • Publication number: 20230049057
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for utilizing visual reality shopping experience for users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng
  • Publication number: 20230052213
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques that can be utilized to simulate and analyze behaviors of customers in a retail environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Ying Zheng, Steve Gu, Long Chen, Joao Falcao
  • Publication number: 20230022010
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for dynamic and real-time updated receipts in an autonomous store
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Joao Falcao, Bartosz Michalak, Henrique Fernandes, Frank Jensen, Kendall Clifton d Weisel
  • Publication number: 20220414657
    Abstract: The present invention describes a self checkout system with a cloud server. The system is configured to detect item change caused by customer actions and optimize the camera system and computing resources of a cloud server. The system also can distribute low confidence transactions to persons for review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng
  • Patent number: 11526863
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for a hybrid autonomous store that can be utilized within a retail environment. This system with doors, cameras, and sensors is designed to have many functions within a store with identification system and sometimes can be utilized in a store with or without human cashier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao
  • Patent number: 11521248
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for tracking objects in a store. One of the methods includes receiving, by one or more first computing devices, data captured by one or more sensors in the store; identifying, by the one or more first computing devices, a plurality of objects based on the received data, wherein the identified objects comprise one or more persons and one or more product items; extracting, by the one or more first computing devices, a plurality of features associated with each of the identified objects; generating, by the one or more first computing devices, a digest comprising information of the extracted features associated with the identified objects; and sending, by the one or more first computing devices, the digest to one or more second computing devices for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AiFi Inc.
    Inventors: Ying Zheng, Steve Gu, Shuang Liu, Juan Ramon Terven-Salinas, Marek Drozdowski, Joao Falcao
  • Publication number: 20220374852
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for a hybrid autonomous store that can be utilized within a retail environment. This system with doors, cameras, and sensors is designed to have many functions within a store with identification system and sometimes can be utilized in a store with or without human cashier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao
  • Publication number: 20220374851
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for a hybrid autonomous store that can be utilized within a retail environment. This system with doors, cameras, and sensors is designed to have many functions within a store with identification system and sometimes can be utilized in a store with or without human cashier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao
  • Publication number: 20220374853
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods. devices, and other techniques for a hybrid autonomous store that can be utilized within a retail environment. This system with doors, cameras, and sensors is designed to have many functions within a store with identification system and sometimes can be utilized in a store with or without human cashier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao
  • Publication number: 20220366109
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for methods to generate and training models within a retail environment
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Brian Bates
  • Publication number: 20220358512
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for a smart autonomous store entry system that can be utilized within a retail environment. This system with doors, cameras, and sensors is designed to have many functions within a store with identification system and sometimes can be utilized in a store with or without human cashier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao
  • Patent number: 11488386
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques that can be utilized to generate models for a camera system simulation in a retail environment and perform simulation to perfect these models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Ying Zheng, Steve Gu, Brian Bates, Long Chen, Will Hendry, Juan Terven, Joao Falcao, Tyler Crain
  • Publication number: 20220319289
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for a system with cameras and mirrors that can be utilized with an auto-checkout system within a retail environment. This system with cameras and mirrors is designed to have many functions within a store with auto-checkout system and sometimes can be utilized in a store with or without human cashier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Tyler Crain
  • Patent number: 11443291
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for tracking a product item in an automated-checkout store. One of the methods includes receiving, from a plurality of sensors, data collected by the sensors, identifying an account associated with a person who enters the store, receiving data on movement of the product item collected by one or more of the sensors, determining an interaction between the person and the product item based on the data collected by one or more of the sensors, storing information associating the product item with the person; and deducting a payment amount from the identified account, wherein the payment amount is based on a price of the product item associated with the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AIFI INC.
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Joao Falcao, Ying Zheng, Shuang Liu, Brian Bates, Juan Ramon Terven-Salinas, Carlos Ruiz, Tyler Crain
  • Publication number: 20220262085
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for methods with cameras and specialized ink spreads and augmented reality technology that can be utilized to generate models within an auto-checkout system within a retail environment
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Ying Zheng, JUAN TERVEN, Qingyun Sun, Steve Gu, Shuang Liu