US 11,893,612 B2
Shopping store planning and operations using large-scale distributed radio infrastructure
Mark A. Ross, San Carlos, CA (US); and Eduardo Chan, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to AGILE DISPLAYS LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by AGILE DISPLAYS LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/067,476.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/316,879, filed on Mar. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0281684 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10366 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shopping store system, comprising:
one or more shelves, wherein each shelf includes one or more levels;
one or more products placed on the shelves;
a shopping cart that includes an array of radio receivers that includes a plurality of radio receivers positioned at different heights relative to other radio receivers included in the array;
a plurality of electronic sign labels (ESLs), wherein each ESL of the plurality of ESLs:
is located in a particular position corresponding to a respective product placed on the shelves;
includes a multi-protocol radio that is configured to operate in a reception modality and a transmission modality; and
includes a display; and
a computer system configured to:
receive information transmitted by the each ESL in the transmission modality;
process information received by the each ESL in the reception modality; and
generate a planogram of a shopping store that implements the shopping store system by:
sending an instruction to one or more ESLs of the plurality to operate in the transmission modality to transmit information relating to the products to which each of the ESLs correspond;
receiving, from the array of radio receivers included with the shopping cart, height information corresponding to locations of the one or more ESLs based on the transmitted information from the one or more ESLs;
receiving, by the computer system, the information transmitted by the one or more ESLs; and
generating the planogram detailing the information relating to the products to which the one or more ESLs correspond and a three-dimensional location of the one or more ESLs operating in the transmission modality.