US 12,086,761 B2
System and method to count and monitor containers
Mohinder Sikka, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to SENSITEL INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/781,364
Filed by SENSITEL INC, Santa Clara, CA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/063018
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/113447, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/943,839, filed on Dec. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004927 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10425 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system to count and monitor a plurality of containers, comprising:
one or more image capturing devices, wherein the one or more image capturing devices are configured to capture one or more images of a plurality of containers located at the warehouse dock;
a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers affixed to the warehouse dock, wherein the plurality of radio frequency identification readers is configured to read identification data of an RFID tag affixed to each of the plurality of containers;
a container count collection module, operable by one or more processors, configured to initiate counting of the plurality of containers, and receive a first count of the plurality of containers based on the identification data of each RFID tag, and a second count of the plurality of containers based on the one or more images of the plurality of containers using an image recognition technique;
a container count selection module, operable by the one or more processors, configured to select one of the first count and the second count based on a plurality of predefined parameters;
a container count comparison module, operable by the one or more processors, configured to compare a selected one of the first count and the second count with a pre-stored count of the plurality of containers at the warehouse dock, and update a final count of the plurality of containers based on comparison; and
wherein the container count collection module is configured to initiate counting of the plurality of containers upon getting a first RFID read from one of the plurality of RFID readers and subsequently waking up the count collection module for counting using one or more image capturing devices.