US 11,720,922 B2
Sensor technology for identifying and assessing store inventory and merchandising
Michael Campeau, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to SIX TWELVE TECHNOLOGIES, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by SIX TWELVE TECHNOLOGIES, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/988,260.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/884,497, filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0042790 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0259 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10564 (2013.01); G06K 7/12 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of identifying products by a sensor component, the method comprising:
emitting, by a set of light sources disposed on the sensor component, light in a frequency corresponding to an absorption frequency of a marking applied to a product;
detecting, by a digital sensor, additional light emitted, in an emission frequency, by the marking applied to the product, wherein the additional light passes through a band-pass filter;
analyzing, by a computer processor, the additional light detected by the digital sensor to identify an identifier corresponding to the product; and
generating, by the computer processor, a digital representation of the identifier corresponding to the product, wherein the digital representation indicates a difference from a previously-generated digital representation.