US 12,136,247 B2
Image processing based methods and apparatus for planogram compliance
Somedip Karmakar, Karnataka (IN); Souradip Chakraborty, Kolkata (IN); and Abhishek Mishra, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,306.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/214,639, filed on Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0415012 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/54 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/443 (2022.01) [G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/54 (2022.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a computing device comprising at least one processor, wherein the computing device is configured to:
obtain an image;
determine a portion of the image based on applying a segmentation process to the image;
determine a correlation between the portion of the image and each of a plurality of item image templates;
determine one of the plurality of item image templates based on the correlations;
generate identification data associating the image to an item corresponding to the determined one of the plurality of item image templates;
store the identification data in a data repository;
determine an item placement location captured within the image;
obtain planogram data;
determine, based on the planogram data, whether the item is assigned to the item placement location; and
transmit a message that indicates the item and the item placement location.