US 12,141,648 B2
Fixed retail scanner with on-board artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator module and related methods
Brett Howard, Eugene, OR (US); Aric Zandhuisen, Eugene, OR (US); Stefano Santi, Eugene, OR (US); Matt Monte, Eugene, OR (US); Keith Rogers, Eugene, OR (US); Alexander McQueen, Eugene, OR (US); and Alan Guess, Eugene, OR (US)
Assigned to Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L., Bologna (IT)
Filed by Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L., Bologna (IT)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,541.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/293,596, filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0206014 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10722 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1096 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 7/1482 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixed retail scanner including a data reader, comprising:
a main board including one or more processors including a system processor disposed within the data reader;
one or more camera modules disposed within the data reader and operably coupled with the system processor; and
an artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator operably coupled with the system processor, wherein the system processor is configured to transmit image data received from the one or more camera modules responsive to one or more event triggers detected by the system processor, and wherein the AI accelerator is configured to perform AI analysis based on an AI engine local to the AI accelerator in response to the event trigger and a determined event trigger type.