US 12,450,564 B2
Automated inspection system
Brandon Johnsen, Rogers, AR (US); Terry Osbon, Fayetteville, AR (US); Riley Turben, Bentonville, AR (US); Joshua Bohling, Centerton, AR (US); and Craig Trudo, Centerton, AR (US)
Assigned to Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,760.
Application 18/384,760 is a continuation of application No. 17/464,313, filed on Sep. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,836,674.
Application 17/464,313 is a continuation of application No. 15/970,300, filed on May 3, 2018, granted, now 11,138,554, issued on Oct. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/509,945, filed on May 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0062153 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G01N 33/02 (2006.01); G06F 16/2455 (2019.01); H04W 4/35 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G01N 33/02 (2013.01); G06F 16/24564 (2019.01); H04W 4/35 (2018.02); H04W 4/38 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system for inspecting one or more goods, the computing system comprising:
at least one sensor configured to scan the one or more goods, the one or more goods being perishable food items comprising at least one of fruits and vegetables;
a memory device storing data associated with one or more rule sets and computer-executable instructions, the one or more rule sets governing acceptable parameters of the one or more perishable food items comprising at least one of fruits and vegetables;
a database configured to store electronic identifying information associated with the one or more goods; and
a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
analyze sensor data obtained by the at least one sensor based on a scan of a surface of a first good of the one or more goods, the sensor data being at least one digital image of the surface of the first good, wherein analysis by the processor of the at least one digital image of the surface of the first good includes an identification, by the processor, of one or more defects on the surface of the first good;
generate an inspection score for the first good using the one or more rule sets, the inspection score representing a result of an analysis, by the processor, of the surface of the first good in the at least one digital image, the inspection score being one of a numerical character and an alphabetic character; and
based on a determination by the processor that the generated inspection score for the identified first good meets or exceeds a predetermined quality control threshold value, output a notification for the identified first good, the notification indicating that the identified first good is deemed acceptable by the computing system.