Patent №
US 10,072,935
Granted
2018-09-11
Filed 2017
Owner
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
AI components
2
kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
15423095
Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein for tracking carts in a shopping space. A system for tracking carts in a shopping space comprises: a sound sensor array, a cart location database storing location information and sound profiles associated with a plurality of shopping cart identifiers, and a control circuit configured to: identify a cart sound made by a movement of a shopping cart traveling in the shopping space, determine a current location of the shopping cart based on the cart sound, match the shopping cart to a shopping cart identifier in the cart location database, update the location information associated the shopping cart identifier in the cart location database based on the current location of the shopping cart; and update the sound profile of the shopping cart identifier based on the cart sound captured by the sound sensor array.
AI classification
Ownership
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
assignment · 411610594
Assignors
VASGAARD, AARON J., JONES, MATTHEW A., JONES, NICHOLAUS A., TAYLOR, ROBERT J.
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