Patents Assigned to AiFi
  • Patent number: 12026939
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for methods of auto-annotating objects using thermal imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AiFi Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Terven, Hector Sanchez, Ying Zheng
  • Patent number: 12026708
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AiFi Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Joao Falcao, Tyler Crain
  • 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: 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: 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: 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