Patents by Inventor Tom Gehani

Tom Gehani 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).

  • METHOD FOR TRACKING AND MAINTAINING PROMOTIONAL STATES OF SLOTS IN INVENTORY STRUCTURES WITHIN A STORE
    Publication number: 20210374662
    Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking promotional states of slots in inventory structures within a store includes: accessing an image of an inventory structure within a store; detecting a shelf tag on the inventory structure in the image; extracting a set of features from the shelf tag detected in the image; detecting a promotional tag on the inventory structure in the image; extracting a set of features from the promotional tag detected in the image; detecting a deviation between the shelf tag and the promotional tag based on a difference between the sets of features; and, in response to detecting the deviation between the shelf tag and the promotional tag, identifying the first promotional tag as erroneous, and notifying a store associate to replace the first promotional tag with a second promotional tag at the first slot, the second promotional tag correcting the difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Bradley Bogolea, Jariullah Safi, Lorin Vandegrift, Shiva Reddy, Tom Gehani
  • Method for tracking and maintaining promotional states of slots in inventory structures within a store
    Patent number: 11126962
    Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking promotional states of slots in inventory structures within a store includes: accessing an image of an inventory structure within a store; detecting a shelf tag on the inventory structure in the image; extracting a set of features from the shelf tag detected in the image; detecting a promotional tag on the inventory structure in the image; extracting a set of features from the promotional tag detected in the image; detecting a deviation between the shelf tag and the promotional tag based on a difference between the sets of features; and, in response to detecting the deviation between the shelf tag and the promotional tag, identifying the first promotional tag as erroneous, and notifying a store associate to replace the first promotional tag with a second promotional tag at the first slot, the second promotional tag correcting the difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Simbe Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Bogolea, Jariullah Safi, Lorin Vandegrift, Shiva Reddy, Tom Gehani
  • METHOD FOR TRACKING AND MAINTAINING PROMOTIONAL STATES OF SLOTS IN INVENTORY STRUCTURES WITHIN A STORE
    Publication number: 20210241214
    Abstract: One variation of a method for tracking promotional states of slots in inventory structures within a store includes: accessing an image of an inventory structure within a store; detecting a shelf tag on the inventory structure in the image; extracting a set of features from the shelf tag detected in the image; detecting a promotional tag on the inventory structure in the image; extracting a set of features from the promotional tag detected in the image; detecting a deviation between the shelf tag and the promotional tag based on a difference between the sets of features; and, in response to detecting the deviation between the shelf tag and the promotional tag, identifying the first promotional tag as erroneous, and notifying a store associate to replace the first promotional tag with a second promotional tag at the first slot, the second promotional tag correcting the difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Bradley Bogolea, Jariullah Safi, Lorin Vandegrift, Shiva Reddy, Tom Gehani