Patents by Inventor William Glaser

William Glaser 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: 12086829
    Abstract: A system and method for digital retail marketing and couponing in a physical retail environment that includes collecting image data across a retail environment; tracking a user within the retail environment; processing the image data and detecting a customer-item interaction event in association with the user; and based in part on the customer-item interaction event, delivering content to an output interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Grabango Co.
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240289571
    Abstract: A system and method for computer vision assisted physical-labels functions to use functional, large format product labeling for better computer vision (CV) identification. The product labels and detection capabilities of the system and method enhance product label detection and interpretation for use with image sensing at a distance. The product labels are non-obtrusive and can mitigate changes to sizing or visual appearance of packaging of goods or products. The system and method can enable universal product labeling for vision-based commerce and other applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: William Glaser
  • Publication number: 20240289762
    Abstract: A system and method for vehicle facilitated commerce comprising: collecting a payment mechanism associated with a vehicle station at a vehicle service site; collecting image data in a defined region containing the vehicle station and a defined commerce region; initializing monitoring of at least one detected user associated with the vehicle station; monitoring commerce activity of the user, which comprises of: through CV processing of image data, detecting at least one commerce activity event involving the user and updating a checkout list associated with the user based on the commerce activity event; and executing a transaction with the payment mechanism for the checkout list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240272719
    Abstract: A system and method for an associative interaction framework used for user input within an interaction platform used in an environment that includes collecting image data in the environment; through computer vision analysis of the image data, classifying objects in the environment wherein a plurality of the objects are detected users; for at least one user, detecting an associative interaction event, which includes: through computer vision analysis of the image data, detecting a first object association of the one user with a first object, and initiating an associative interaction event with a set of interaction properties including properties of the user and the first object association; and executing an action response based on the associative interaction event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Patent number: 12062013
    Abstract: A system and method applying store operational data for automated product location tracking within an environment can include collecting operational data with item identifier information, generating item event location data through a sensor monitoring system, processing the operational data and establishing a candidate item location dataset using item event location data associated with the operational data, and translating the candidate item location dataset into an item location map. Variations of the system and method can integrate with product scanning events and/or transaction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Grabango Co.
    Inventors: Shirley Zhu, Theophile Dalens, Ryan L. Smith, Antoine Sailou, William Glaser
  • Patent number: 12056932
    Abstract: A system and method for interaction monitoring in a retail environment that includes executing a first monitoring system and thereby generating a first evaluation of customer selection of items; executing a second monitoring system and thereby generating a second evaluation of customer selection of items; determining monitoring alignment between the first evaluation and the second evaluation of a first customer; and triggering an action in response to the monitoring alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Grabango Co.
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240232998
    Abstract: A system and method for computer vision driven applications in an environment that can include collecting image data across an environment; maintaining an environmental object graph from the image data whereby maintaining the environmental object graph is an iterative process that includes: classifying objects, tracking object locations, detecting interaction events, instantiating object associations in the environmental object graph, and updating the environmental object graph by propagating change in at least one object instance across object associations; and inspecting object state for at least one object instance in the environmental object graph and executing an action associated with the object state. The system and method can be applied to automatic checkout, inventory management, and/or other system integrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240232309
    Abstract: A system and method for linking observed human activity on video to a user account of a preferred embodiment that includes: through a computer vision monitoring system, detecting and tracking a human as a computer vision modeled person within an environment, the computer vision monitoring system being part of a computing platform managing a user interaction experience; through at least one associative mechanism, establishing an association between the computer vision modeled person and at least one associative element and thereby associating the computer vision modeled person and a user-record linked through the associative element; and directing the user interaction experience at least in part based on the combination of the modeled person and at least the user-record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Patent number: 11997427
    Abstract: A system and method for extracting uncoupled information from a user interface output that includes collecting image data; processing the image data associated with the device interface source; and exposing the result to the extracted interface representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Grabango Co.
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240144340
    Abstract: A system and method for remote SKU on-boarding of products for identification and sale which can include collecting image data in an environment; triggering computer vision detection of an item; processing the image data for item detection; relaying item related image data to a product mapping tool upon detection of item detection exception; presenting image data in the product mapping tool and receiving product identifier input; and updating a computer vision monitoring system in response to the product identifier input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240144354
    Abstract: A system and method for actively directing users within an environment that can include accessing item data of a user at an environment; at a sensor-based monitoring system, monitoring location of the user within the environment; and modifying state of a subset of feedback devices based on the item data and the location of the user, wherein the subset of feedback devices are part of a set of feedback devices distributed within the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Andy Jensen, Ryan L. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240144352
    Abstract: A system and method for a dynamic customer checkout experience within an automated shopping environment that includes generating a virtual cart for the customer through an automatic checkout system; tracking location of the customer; generating an assessment of the virtual cart; and selecting a processing mode for the customer based in part on the assessment and executing the processing mode within at least one computing device in coordination with the location of the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240135435
    Abstract: A system and method for computer vision driven applications in an environment that can include collecting image data across an environment; maintaining an environmental object graph from the image data whereby maintaining the environmental object graph is an iterative process that includes: classifying objects, tracking object locations, detecting interaction events, instantiating object associations in the environmental object graph, and updating the environmental object graph by propagating change in at least one object instance across object associations; and inspecting object state for at least one object instance in the environmental object graph and executing an action associated with the object state. The system and method can be applied to automatic checkout, inventory management, and/or other system integrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240134950
    Abstract: A system and method for linking observed human activity on video to a user account of a preferred embodiment that includes: through a computer vision monitoring system, detecting and tracking a human as a computer vision modeled person within an environment, the computer vision monitoring system being part of a computing platform managing a user interaction experience; through at least one associative mechanism, establishing an association between the computer vision modeled person and at least one associative element and thereby associating the computer vision modeled person and a user-record linked through the associative element; and directing the user interaction experience at least in part based on the combination of the modeled person and at least the user-record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240127493
    Abstract: A system and method for privacy protection in vision systems that can include collecting image data from an environment; collecting spatial information corresponding to the image data; selecting a sanitization image region in the image data based at least in part on the spatial information; and applying image sanitization to the sanitization image region thereby generating sanitized image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Kevin Rauwolf
  • Publication number: 20240129643
    Abstract: An imaging system comprising of a set of cameras, the cameras having a configured relative camera arrangement; and each camera of the set of cameras comprising at least one corrective optical system. The system and method may comprise of multi-camera variations for coordinated alignment in multi-camera variations and/or split-field optical systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240121360
    Abstract: A system and method for visually automated interface integration that includes collecting image data; detecting a device interface source in the image data; processing the image data associated with the device interface source into an extracted interface representation; and exposing at least one access interface to the extracted interface representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240119500
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated management of product presentation using remote sensing systems that can include collecting image data and generating a presentation characterization of detected products. The systems and methods can additionally include variations including detecting interaction data and training a presentation classification model using the interaction data and image data. The systems and methods can additionally include updating state of one or more computing device based on the presentation characterization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: William Glaser
  • Publication number: 20240121361
    Abstract: A system and method for a remote state following device that includes an electronic device with a controllable operating state; an imaging device; and control system that when targeted at a control interface interprets a visual state from the control interface, and modifies the operating state in coordination with the visual state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Publication number: 20240119553
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically controlling cameras for computer vision monitoring, which can include: operating a computer vision monitoring system with a network of imaging devices distributed across an environment; collecting, using at least a subset of imaging devices from the network of imaging devices, a first set of image data of a base image form; processing the first set of image data and generating an interpreted data model of the environment; detecting, through the data model, a data model state condition; and in response to detection of the data model state condition, capturing image data in an enhanced image data form within at least a select subregion of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: William Glaser