Patents by Inventor Kevin Weithers

Kevin Weithers 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).

  • Self-service product return using computer vision and artificial intelligence
    Patent number: 11157917
    Abstract: Systems and methods for returning an item. The methods comprise: performing operations by a self-return station to capture an image of a first item that an individual is trying to return to an entity; performing machine learning operations by the self-return station using the image to determine whether the first item is damaged and to determine a degree of item damage; allowing, by the self-return station, a return of the first item to the entity when the first item is not damaged or when the degree of item damage does not exceed a threshold value; and preventing, by the self-return station, the return of the first item to the entity when the first item is damaged and the degree of item damage exceeds the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SHOPPERTRAK RCT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amit R. Patil, Michael Paolella, Michelangelo Palella, Steve E. Trivelpiece, Channing E. Miller, Zafar Mohammad Haq, Kelly Surles, Manan Kothari, Kevin Weithers
  • SELF-SERVICE PRODUCT RETURN USING COMPUTER VISION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
    Publication number: 20200151735
    Abstract: Systems and methods for returning an item. The methods comprise: performing operations by a self-return station to capture an image of a first item that an individual is trying to return to an entity; performing machine learning operations by the self-return station using the image to determine whether the first item is damaged and to determine a degree of item damage; allowing, by the self-return station, a return of the first item to the entity when the first item is not damaged or when the degree of item damage does not exceed a threshold value; and preventing, by the self-return station, the return of the first item to the entity when the first item is damaged and the degree of item damage exceeds the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: ShopperTrak RCT Corporation
    Inventors: Amit R. Patil, Michael Paolella, Michaelangelo Palella, Steve E. Trivelpiece, Channing E. Miller, Zafar Mohammad Haq, Kelly Surles, Manan Kothari, Kevin Weithers