Patents by Inventor Thierry Gadou

Thierry Gadou 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: 20250086581
    Abstract: In a sales area, a method for checking the layout of articles in a gondola, the gondola comprising at least one electronic shelf label which corresponds to a matching area of a gondola, with a single product slot field comprising a gondola number, a row number and a shelf label number, the method comprising steps of: acquisition of an image of the gondola; automated detection of electronic shelf labels, and automated detection of rows; for at least one electronic shelf label, determination of the matching area of the gondola, and determination of the slot field; detection of layout information in said area of the gondola in the acquired image; identification of the associated article identifier in a realogram database; and check of compliance of detected layout information, with respect to expected layout information stored in the realogram database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: VusionGroup
    Inventors: Thierry Gadou, François Robin, Andreas Rössl, Thomas Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20240330854
    Abstract: Method for logically linking an electronic display unit to a product by means of a linking device, wherein the display unit and the product are located on a mounting structure in the detection region of an image detecting device, wherein the method comprises the method steps listed below, namely: generating image data, which represent an optical depiction of the product and the display unit by means of the image detecting device and transmitting these image data to the linking device, by means of which the logical link can be established, generating a trigger signal by means of a trigger stage which is assigned to the mounting structure, on which the display unit is mounted, wherein the trigger signal indicates the presence of an unlinked display unit in the detection region, and logically linking the as yet unlinked electronic display unit to the product in accordance with the occurrence of the trigger signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: VusionGroup SA
    Inventors: Thierry GADOU, Thomas SCHWARZ, Andreas RÖSSL
  • Publication number: 20240257051
    Abstract: In a sales area, a method for checking the layout of articles in a gondola, the gondola comprising at least one electronic shelf label which corresponds to a matching area of a gondola, with a single product slot field comprising a gondola number, a row number and a shelf label number, the method comprising steps of: acquisition of an image of the gondola; automated detection of electronic shelf labels, and automated detection of rows; for at least one electronic shelf label, determination of the matching area of the gondola, and determination of the slot field; detection of layout information in said area of the gondola in the acquired image; identification of the associated article identifier in a realogram database; and check of compliance of detected layout information, with respect to expected layout information stored in the realogram database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: VusionGroup
    Inventors: Thierry Gadou, François Robin, Andreas Rössi, Thomas Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11989684
    Abstract: In a sales area, a method for checking the layout of articles in a gondola, the gondola comprising at least one electronic shelf label which corresponds to a matching area of a gondola, with a single product slot field comprising a gondola number, a row number and a shelf label number, the method comprising steps of: acquisition of an image of the gondola; automated detection of electronic shelf labels, and automated detection of rows; for at least one electronic shelf label, determination of the matching area of the gondola, and determination of the slot field; detection of layout information in said area of the gondola in the acquired image; identification of the associated article identifier in a realogram database; and check of compliance of detected layout information, with respect to expected layout information stored in the realogram database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: VusionGroup
    Inventors: Thierry Gadou, François Robin, Andreas Rössl, Thomas Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20200234227
    Abstract: In a sales area, a method for checking the layout of articles in a gondola, the gondola comprising at least one electronic shelf label which corresponds to a matching area of a gondola, with a single product slot field comprising a gondola number, a row number and a shelf label number, the method comprising steps of: acquisition of an image of the gondola; automated detection of electronic shelf labels, and automated detection of rows; for at least one electronic shelf label, determination of the matching area of the gondola, and determination of the slot field; detection of layout information in said area of the gondola in the acquired image; identification of the associated article identifier in a realogram database; and check of compliance of detected layout information, with respect to expected layout information stored in the realogram database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: SES-imagotag
    Inventors: Thierry Gadou, François Robin, Andreas Rössl, Thomas Schwarz