Patents by Inventor Steve Gu

Steve Gu 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).

  • Patent number: 10997835
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Ying Zheng, Tyler Crain
  • Publication number: 20210103881
    Abstract: The present invention describes a shelf system for monitoring items coupled with support utilities. The system is configured to detect item change 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 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: AiFi Corp
    Inventors: Stuart Neubarth, Steve Gu, Ying Zheng
  • Publication number: 20210019693
    Abstract: The present invention describes a system for monitoring items coupled with support utilities. The system is configured to detect motions caused by customer actions and optimize the camera system and computing resources of a remote server. The system also is configured to sense items that are removed, added or misplaced automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: AiFi
    Inventors: Steve Gu, Stuart Kyle Neubarth, Ying Zheng, Brian Bates
  • Patent number: 10827116
    Abstract: The present invention describes a system for calibrating a plurality of cameras in an area. The system functions by using moving objects to calibrate, in particular using people. In addition, the system implements automatic re-calibration in a specific way to reduce human intervention, cost and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventors: Juan Ramon Terven, Brian Bates, Steve Gu, Kaushal Patel
  • Publication number: 20200184442
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for tracking a product item in an automated-checkout store. One of the methods includes receiving, from a plurality of sensors, data collected by the sensors, identifying an account associated with a person who enters the store, receiving data on movement of the product item collected by one or more of the sensors, determining an interaction between the person and the product item based on the data collected by one or more of the sensors, storing information associating the product item with the person; and deducting a payment amount from the identified account, wherein the payment amount is based on a price of the product item associated with the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Steve GU, Joao FALCAO, Ying ZHENG, Shuang LIU, Brian BATES, Juan SALINAS, Carlos RUIZ, Tyler CRAIN, Alberto SADDE
  • Publication number: 20200184447
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for monitoring shopping activities using weight data in a store. One of the methods includes receiving, from one or more image sensors and one or more weight sensors, data collected by the one or more image sensors and data collected by the one or more weight sensors; identifying, based at least on the data collected by the one or more image sensors, one or more product items removed by a person from the store; calculating an expected total weight of the one or more product items based on information associated with the one or more product items stored by the computer system; determining, based on the data collected by the one or more weight sensors, an actual total weight of the one or more product items removed by the person; and verifying the actual total weight is consistent with the expected total weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Steve GU, Joao FALCAO, Ying ZHENG, Shuang LIU
  • Publication number: 20200184230
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for tracking a product item in an automated-checkout store. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer system, data collected by multiple image sensors, the received data including data associated with a person, identifying, by the computer system based on the received data, multiple features of the person, extracting, by the computer system based on the identified features, data associated with the person from the received data, wherein the extracted data correspond to multiple time periods, and determining, by the computer system, a location of the person in each of the time periods based on the extracted data corresponding to the time period, wherein the determining includes aggregating the extracted data collected by different image sensors based at least in part on a location and a line of sight of each of the image sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Shuang LIU, Long CHEN, Wangpeng AN, Zijie ZHUANG, Ying HE, Ying ZHENG, Steve GU
  • Publication number: 20200184444
    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 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Steve GU, Ying ZHENG, Tyler CRAIN, Joao FALCAO
  • Patent number: 10347009
    Abstract: The present invention describes a system for calibrating a plurality of cameras in an area. The system method and device functions by using moving objects to calibrate, in particular using people. In addition, the system implements automatic re-calibration in a specific way to reduce human intervention, cost and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventors: Juan Ramon Terven, Brian Bates, Steve Gu, Kaushal Patel