Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph Sanzari

Michael Joseph Sanzari 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).

  • Publication number: 20240281817
    Abstract: An automated checkout system accesses an image of an item inside a shopping cart and receives an identifier determined for the item inside the cart. The automated checkout system determines a load measurement for the item inside the cart using load sensors coupled to the cart. The automated checkout system encodes a feature vector of the item based at least on the determined weight, the accessed image, and the determined identifier. The automated checkout system inputs the feature vector to a machine-learning model to determine a confidence score describing a likelihood that the identifier determined for the item matches the item placed inside the cart. If the confidence score is less than a threshold confidence score, the automated checkout system generates a notification alerting an operator of an anomaly in the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Sanzari, Graham Beauregard, Griffin Kelly
  • Publication number: 20240043057
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a system, comprising: at least one load receiver mounted on a shopping cart or basket and configured to receive an item placed into the shopping cart or basket for a weighing operation; a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of parameters relating to the weighing operation of the item including at least one of: a relative angle between a force sensing axis of the at least one load receiver and a direction of gravity, a motion of the shopping cart or basket, and an ambient temperature surrounding the shopping cart or basket and the at least one load receiver; and a processor configured to determine an actual weight of the item based on at least a portion of the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Michael Joseph Sanzari, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Ahmed Beshry
  • Patent number: 11827263
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a system, comprising: at least one load receiver mounted on a shopping cart or basket and configured to receive an item placed into the shopping cart or basket for a weighing operation; a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of parameters relating to the weighing operation of the item including at least one of: a relative angle between a force sensing axis of the at least one load receiver and a direction of gravity, a motion of the shopping cart or basket, and an ambient temperature surrounding the shopping cart or basket and the at least one load receiver; and a processor configured to determine an actual weight of the item based on at least a portion of the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Michael Joseph Sanzari, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Ahmed Beshry
  • Publication number: 20220410955
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a system, comprising: at least one load receiver mounted on a shopping cart or basket and configured to receive an item placed into the shopping cart or basket for a weighing operation; a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of parameters relating to the weighing operation of the item including at least one of: a relative angle between a force sensing axis of the at least one load receiver and a direction of gravity, a motion of the shopping cart or basket, and an ambient temperature surrounding the shopping cart or basket and the at least one load receiver; and a processor configured to determine an actual weight of the item based on at least a portion of the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Michael Joseph Sanzari, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Ahmed Beshry
  • Patent number: 11453426
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a system, comprising: at least one load receiver mounted on a shopping cart or basket and configured to receive an item placed into the shopping cart or basket for a weighing operation; a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of parameters relating to the weighing operation of the item including at least one of: a relative angle between a force sensing axis of the at least one load receiver and a direction of gravity, a motion of the shopping cart or basket, and an ambient temperature surrounding the shopping cart or basket and the at least one load receiver; and a processor configured to determine an actual weight of the item based on at least a portion of the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Michael Joseph Sanzari, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Ahmed Beshry
  • Publication number: 20210053604
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a system, comprising: at least one load receiver mounted on a shopping cart or basket and configured to receive an item placed into the shopping cart or basket for a weighing operation; a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of parameters relating to the weighing operation of the item including at least one of: a relative angle between a force sensing axis of the at least one load receiver and a direction of gravity, a motion of the shopping cart or basket, and an ambient temperature surrounding the shopping cart or basket and the at least one load receiver; and a processor configured to determine an actual weight of the item based on at least a portion of the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sbot Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Michael Joseph Sanzari, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Ahmed Beshry
  • Patent number: 10745039
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a system, comprising: at least one load receiver mounted on a shopping cart or basket and configured to receive an item placed into the shopping cart or basket for a weighing operation; a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of parameters relating to the weighing operation of the item including at least one of: a relative angle between a force sensing axis of the at least one load receiver and a direction of gravity, a motion of the shopping cart or basket, and an ambient temperature surrounding the shopping cart or basket and the at least one load receiver; and a processor configured to determine an actual weight of the item based on at least a portion of the plurality of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SBOT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Michael Joseph Sanzari, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Ahmed Beshry