Patents by Inventor Pranay Dugar

Pranay Dugar 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: 20240104617
    Abstract: Segmentation first breaks the images into segments or regions, with the segments of the region having text or symbols. The segmented image is separately applied to two different CNN-based models. Each model produces text boxes where potential text might exist. Then, a selective NMS algorithm is applied to the output of each model to produce a final group of text regions. These text regions are analyzed and actions are taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Pranay Dugar, Anirban Chatterjee, Saswata Sahoo, Rajesh Shreedhar Bhat
  • Patent number: 11861669
    Abstract: Segmentation first breaks the images into segments or regions, with the segments of the region having text or symbols. The segmented image is separately applied to two different CNN-based models. Each model produces text boxes where potential text might exist. Then, a selective NMS algorithm is applied to the output of each model to produce a final group of text regions. These text regions are analyzed and actions are taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Pranay Dugar, Anirban Chatterjee, Saswata Sahoo, Rajesh Shreedhar Bhat
  • Patent number: 11669843
    Abstract: An automated planogram anomaly detection solution rapidly and reliably identifies mismatches between planograms and actual item placement. Examples receive a real time (RT) image of a shelf unit corresponding to at least a first portion of a planogram; detect, within the RT image, item boundaries for a plurality of items on the shelf unit and tag boundaries for a plurality of tags associated with the shelf unit; extract text from at least one tag; extract attributes from at least one item; map the extracted item attributes with the extracted tag text; detect, based at least on the map, a planogram anomaly; and based at least on detecting the planogram anomaly, generate a report identifying the planogram anomaly (e.g., a mismatch between a tag and an item). Some examples compare the RT image with a ground truth (GT) image to detect anomalies, for example empty space on the shelf unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Pranay Dugar, Souradip Chakraborty
  • Publication number: 20230169555
    Abstract: Segmentation first breaks the images into segments or regions, with the segments of the region having text or symbols. The segmented image is separately applied to two different CNN-based models. Each model produces text boxes where potential text might exist. Then, a selective NMS algorithm is applied to the output of each model to produce a final group of text regions. These text regions are analyzed and actions taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Pranay Dugar, Anirban Chatterjee, Saswata Sahoo, Rajesh Shreedhar Bhat
  • Publication number: 20210034907
    Abstract: Segmentation first breaks the images into segments or regions, with the segments of the region having text or symbols. The segmented image is separately applied to two different CNN-based models. Each model produces text boxes where potential text might exist. Then, a selective NMS algorithm is applied to the output of each model to produce a final group of text regions. These text regions are analyzed and actions taken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Pranay Dugar, Anirban Chatterjee, Saswata Sahoo, Rajesh Shreedhar Bhat
  • Publication number: 20210012272
    Abstract: An automated planogram anomaly detection solution rapidly and reliably identifies mismatches between planograms and actual item placement. Examples receive a real time (RT) image of a shelf unit corresponding to at least a first portion of a planogram; detect, within the RT image, item boundaries for a plurality of items on the shelf unit and tag boundaries for a plurality of tags associated with the shelf unit; extract text from at least one tag; extract attributes from at least one item; map the extracted item attributes with the extracted tag text; detect, based at least on the map, a planogram anomaly; and based at least on detecting the planogram anomaly, generate a report identifying the planogram anomaly (e.g., a mismatch between a tag and an item). Some examples compare the RT image with a ground truth (GT) image to detect anomalies, for example empty space on the shelf unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Pranay Dugar, Souradip Chakraborty