Patents Assigned to AiFi
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Patent number: 12026939Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for methods of auto-annotating objects using thermal imaging.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: AiFi Inc.Inventors: Juan Terven, Hector Sanchez, Ying Zheng
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Patent number: 12026708Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: AiFi Inc.Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao, Tyler Crain
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Publication number: 20240124235Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AiFi CorpInventor: Carlos Ruiz Dominguez
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Publication number: 20230370579Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: AiFi CorpInventor: Tyler Crain
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Publication number: 20230245087Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: AiFi CorpInventor: Steve Gu
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Publication number: 20230123576Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao, Tyler Crain
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Publication number: 20230049057Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for utilizing visual reality shopping experience for users.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng
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Publication number: 20230052213Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Ying Zheng, Steve Gu, Long Chen, Joao Falcao
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Publication number: 20230049087Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for methods of auto-annotating objects using thermal imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Juan Terven, Hector Sanchez, Ying Zheng
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Publication number: 20230022010Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for dynamic and real-time updated receipts in an autonomous storeType: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Joao Falcao, Bartosz Michalak, Henrique Fernandes, Frank Jensen, Kendall Clifton d Weisel
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Publication number: 20220414657Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng
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Patent number: 11526863Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: AiFi CorpInventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao
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Method and system for tracking objects in an automated-checkout store based on distributed computing
Patent number: 11521248Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: AiFi Inc.Inventors: Ying Zheng, Steve Gu, Shuang Liu, Juan Ramon Terven-Salinas, Marek Drozdowski, Joao Falcao -
Publication number: 20220374852Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao
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Publication number: 20220374851Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao
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Publication number: 20220374853Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao
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Publication number: 20220366109Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for methods to generate and training models within a retail environmentType: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Brian Bates
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Publication number: 20220358512Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao
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Patent number: 11488386Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: AiFi CorpInventors: Ying Zheng, Steve Gu, Brian Bates, Long Chen, Will Hendry, Juan Terven, Joao Falcao, Tyler Crain
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Publication number: 20220319289Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: AiFi CorpInventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Tyler Crain