US 11,774,842 B2
Systems and methods for image capture and shelf content detection
Sarjoun Skaff, Boca Raton, FL (US); Matthew Brekken, Thornton, CO (US); Alexander Fink, Austin, TX (US); Garrick Kremesec, San Francisco, CA (US); Brendan Mcleod, Londonderry, NH (US); and Christian Carlberg, San Luis Obispo, CA (US)
Assigned to BOSSA NOVA ROBOTICS IP, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/633,841
Filed by BOSSA NOVA ROBOTICS IP, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/046408
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/034681, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/888,265, filed on Aug. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0303445 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 30/00 (2021.01); H04N 23/72 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01)
CPC G03B 30/00 (2021.01) [G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/72 (2023.01); G06V 10/16 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a mounting bracket including a first mounting portion, a second mounting portion and a third mounting portion, the first mounting portion defining a first plane;
a camera module including a control board, the camera module secured to the first mounting portion;
a first light module secured to the second mounting portion; and
a second light module secured to the third mounting portion;
wherein:
the second mounting portion defines a second plane, the second plane and the first plane intersecting to define a first angle;
the third mounting portion defining a third plane, the third plane and the first plane intersecting to define a second angle;
the second angle is greater than the first angle;
the control board is configured to control the first light module to emit a first light beam at a first light intensity during a first time period when the camera module is set to capture a first image at a first focus depth;
the control board is configured to control the second light module to emit a second light beam at a second light intensity during the first time period;
the control board is configured to control the first light module to emit a third light beam at a third light intensity during a second time period when the camera module is set to capture a second image at a second focus depth, the second focus depth being different than the first focus depth;
the control board is configured to control the second light module to emit a fourth light beam at a fourth light intensity during the second time period;
the second light intensity is greater than the first light intensity; and
the fourth light intensity is less than the third light intensity.