US 12,322,228 B2
System and method for monitoring pickup and drop-off of items
Jan-Philipp Mohr, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by DARVIS INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,141.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/305,363, filed on Feb. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0245512 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/00309 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10099 (2013.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 2009/0092 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring pickup and drop-off of items in a storage facility, the system comprising a scanner disposed at an entry to the storage facility, the scanner configured to scan an item pickup code, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive the scanned item pickup code;
determine if there is an item associated with the item pickup code being stored in the storage facility; and, if so,
grant entry to the storage facility to an item picker;
receive one or more images of inside of the storage facility;
determine an item picked by the item picker;
determine that the item picked by the item picker corresponds to the item pickup code; and, if not,
generate a wrong pick-up signal,
wherein one or more imaging devices comprising one or more image analysis and detection algorithms are arranged in the storage facility and/or overlooking the storage facility, wherein the one or more imaging devices are configured to provide the images of interior of the storage facility, and wherein the one or more imaging devices are configured to detect suspicious or unwanted movements by a user in the storage facility.