13 patents
Utility
Robotic Vending Machine System
5 Oct 23
A vending system including a vending machine and a robot.
Geoffry A. Westphal, Viraj Sagar Sahgal, Jean-Marc Francois Reynaud, Erwin Cruz, Thomas Allen Mathis, David Brenner, Sampo Juhani Karvonen, Mehrdad Zakershahrak
Filed: 28 Mar 23
Utility
System and Method for Managing Product Inventory
4 May 23
A method for providing automated inventory management in a system having a storage bin, an accelerometer system coupled to the storage bin, and an inventory management system communicatively coupled to the accelerometer system.
Geoffry A. Westphal
Filed: 1 Nov 21
Utility
Computer Mouse Providing a Touchless Input Interface
29 Dec 22
A computer input device, such as a mouse, has a processing circuit, a memory having instructions for controlling operations of the processing circuit, a surface movement sensor in communication with the processing circuit providing to the processing circuit first signals indicative of sensed movement of the computer input device upon a surface, and one or more touchless sensor subsystems in communication with the processing circuit providing to the processing circuit second signals indicative of sensed surface movements relative to the computer input device occurring in spaced proximity to the computer input device.
Geoffry A. Westphal
Filed: 29 Aug 22
Utility
Systems and Methods for Providing Navigation Tendencies to Users of a Website
25 Aug 22
The example systems and methods provide ways for websites to monitor, store, retrieve, and display navigation tendencies of users of websites.
Geoffry A. Westphal
Filed: 11 Mar 22
Utility
System and Method for Providing Three-dimensional, Visual Search
30 Jun 22
A system and method determines that an object within an image frame being captured via use of an imaging system is an object of interest.
Fouad Bousetouane, Srikanth Ojasve, Nirav Saraiya
Filed: 18 Mar 22
Utility
System and Method for Providing Real-time Visual Search
13 Jan 22
A visual search uses information for identifying a product of interest to determine if the product of interest is present within a video being provided to the visual search engine.
Thomas Allen Mathis, Geoffry A. Westphal
Filed: 11 Mar 21
Utility
System and Method for Providing Tap-less, Real-time Visual Search
13 Jan 22
A system and method detects that an object within an image frame being captured via use of an imaging element associated with a computing device is an object of interest, tracks the object of interest within the image frame while determining if the object within the image frame remains the object of interest within the image frame for a predetermined amount of time, and, when the object within the image frame fails to remain the object of interest within the image frame for the predetermined amount of time causes the steps to be repeated.
Claudiu Colteu, Fouad Bousetouane, Nirav Saraiya, William Gillespie
Filed: 14 Jan 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Providing Simultaneous Shopping Carts
28 Oct 21
Purchase history data is used to automatically create links within a data repository between product sold via an electronic vendor system and a plurality of shopping carts.
Geoffry A. Westphal, Siddarth Subramaniam
Filed: 9 Mar 21
Utility
System and Method for Using an Image to Obtain Search Results
9 Sep 21
A system and method compares an image of an object of interest captured by an image capturing device from a first positional view relative to the object of interest against each of a plurality of images of each of a plurality of reference objects wherein each of the plurality of images of each of the plurality of reference objects is reflective of a unique positional view of the corresponding one of the plurality of reference objects to determine a second positional view relative to the object of interest at which the image capturing device is to be positioned to capture a further image of the product of interest.
Geoffry A. Westphal
Filed: 26 May 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Providing Call Center Service with Visual Search
24 Jun 21
A method and system for conducting a service center call with a visual search.
Geoffry A. Westphal, Erwin Cruz, Ketoki Peterson
Filed: 18 Dec 20
Utility
System and Method for Hybrid Visual Searches and Augmented Reality
10 Jun 21
A search processing system receives a search query having information indicative of an object of interest, such as an image.
Ojasve Srikanth, Fouad Bousetouane, Nirav Saraiya
Filed: 7 Dec 20
Utility
System and Method for Using a Camera Image to Provide E-commerce Related Functionalities
28 Jan 21
A computer vision system, which can accurately, quickly, and simultaneously identify multiple SKUs and SKU categories from multiple images taken at a customer's location and that will allow a customer and/or a sales representative to quickly create definitive lists of SKUs and SKU categories that a target vendor sells.
Fouad Bousetouane, Erwin Cruz, Jean-Marc Francois Reynaud, Thomas Allen Mathis, Geoffry A. Westphal
Filed: 24 Jul 20
Utility
System and Method for Using an Image to Obtain Search Results
26 Feb 20
A system and method compares an image of an object of interest captured by an image capturing device from a first positional view relative to the object of interest against each of a plurality of images of each of a plurality of reference objects wherein each of the plurality of images of each of the plurality of reference objects is reflective of a unique positional view of the corresponding one of the plurality of reference objects to determine a second positional view relative to the object of interest at which the image capturing device is to be positioned to capture a further image of the product of interest.
Geoffry A. Westphal
Filed: 28 Oct 19
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