US 12,236,414 B2
Fixed retail scanner with distributed on-board artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator modules and related methods
Stefano Santi, Eugene, OR (US); Aric Zandhuisen, Eugene, OR (US); Brett Howard, Eugene, OR (US); and Steven Gutke, Eugene, OR (US)
Assigned to Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L., Bologna (IT)
Filed by Datalogic USA, Inc., Eugene, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,552.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/342,005, filed on May 13, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/293,596, filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0206206 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/208 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixed retail scanner including a data reader, comprising:
a main board including one or more processors including a system processor disposed within the data reader;
one or more camera modules disposed within the data reader and operably coupled with the system processor, each camera module including a local on-board imager AI engine configured to perform AI tasks according to a loaded trained AI model; and
a system artificial intelligence (AI) engine disposed within the data reader and configured to perform AI tasks according to a loaded trained AI model,
wherein the system processor is operably coupled to each of the imager AI engines and the system AI engine for scheduling and dispatching AI tasks across a distributed network of AI resources including the imager AI engines and the system AI engine, and
wherein the system processor is configured to receive results from each of the imager AI engines and resolve conflicts from the results with the assistance of the system AI engine.