US 11,807,982 B2
Systems and methods for inspecting products in a subscription platform
Ericka Ponte, Delaware, OH (US); Kashif Noor, New York, NY (US); Phillip Hoffman, Woodmere, NY (US); and Andrew Demaray, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to CAASTLE, INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by CaaStle, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/846,775.
Application 16/846,775 is a continuation of application No. 16/671,337, filed on Nov. 1, 2019, granted, now 10,655,271.
Application 16/671,337 is a continuation of application No. 16/281,902, filed on Feb. 21, 2019, granted, now 10,494,759, issued on Dec. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0270803 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. D06F 95/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01)
CPC D06F 95/008 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of inspecting products using an inspection processing device, the method comprising:
authenticating an inspector using the inspection processing device, the authenticating including reading, by a reader connected to the inspection processing device, a tag associated with the inspector comprising an inspector identifier;
receiving one or more products at an inspection station comprising the inspection processing device;
reading, by the reader connected to the inspection processing device, an identifier associated with the one or more products received at the inspection station, the reading including determining encoded information corresponding to the identifier;
in response to the reading, outputting, by the reader connected to the inspection processing device, the encoded information corresponding to the identifier to the inspection processing device;
identifying, by the inspection processing device, the one or more products based on the encoded information corresponding to the identifier, the identifying including receiving article information from an article database;
displaying, by the inspection processing device, an image corresponding to the identified one or more products on the inspection processing device;
inspecting one or more zones of the one or more products based on at least one quality criterion to determine a result of the inspection, the one or more zones corresponding to one or more sections of the one or more products;
updating an inspection history storage in communication with the inspection processing device, based on the identifier associated with the one or more products, with the result of the inspection and with the inspector identifier for the inspector, the result of the inspection comprising a pass or a fail;
updating a location database with a location of the one or more products, the location corresponding to a transfer location based on the result of the inspection, wherein the location of the one or more products includes at least one of an additional processing area to identify one or more regions of the one or more products that need attention or repair, a secondary inspection station to perform at least one additional inspection, a retirement staging area, or a transfer station; and
transferring the one or more products to the location.