Patents by Inventor Stephen Edward Locke

Stephen Edward Locke 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).

  • Radio-frequency identification-based shelf level inventory counting
    Patent number: 10509990
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification tag at a plurality of detection locations is detected and an expected location of the radio frequency identification tag is determined. A confidence level for each of the detection locations that detected the radio frequency identification tag is determined based on a relative location of the corresponding detection location as compared to the expected location. The determined confidence levels of the detection locations is analyzed to select at least one of the detection locations and an action based on the at least one selected detection location is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Locke, Ramkumar Kasimani
  • RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION-BASED SHELF LEVEL INVENTORY COUNTING
    Publication number: 20190188545
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification tag at a plurality of detection locations is detected and an expected location of the radio frequency identification tag is determined. A confidence level for each of the detection locations that detected the radio frequency identification tag is determined based on a relative location of the corresponding detection location as compared to the expected location. The determined confidence levels of the detection locations is analyzed to select at least one of the detection locations and an action based on the at least one selected detection location is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Locke, Ramkumar Kasimani