公开(公告)号：US10378906B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US15723889

申请日：2017-10-03

Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC

Inventor： John Jeremiah O'Brien ,  Donald High ,  Chandrashekar Natarajan ,  Nathan Glenn Jones

IPC: G01C22/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G08B13/14 ,  H04N5/232

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to an indoor drone system including an autonomous drone configured for autonomous navigation, and a computing system in communication with the autonomous drone. The autonomous drone includes an optical code reader and at least one navigational sensor. The computing system includes a verification module.

公开(公告)号：US20190222418A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16245949

申请日：2019-01-11

Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC

Inventor： John Jeremiah O'Brien ,  Aditya Prakash Hemdev ,  Adrian Cabal ,  Steven Jackson Lewis ,  Chris Heeney ,  Joseph Jurich, JR. ,  Robert Cantrell ,  Todd Davenport Mattingly ,  Brian Gerard McHale ,  Bruce W. Wilkinson ,  Donald High

IPC: H04L9/08 ,  H04W12/04 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  H04L9/06 ,  G06Q30/00

CPC classification number: H04L9/0866 ,  G06Q30/012 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q2220/00 ,  H04L9/0637 ,  H04L9/0825 ,  H04L2209/38 ,  H04W12/0401 ,  H04W12/04071

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a system for key exchange in a blockchain based system associated with warranty-ownership of physical objects. Embodiments of the key exchange system can include user terminal devices, one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and a computing system.

公开(公告)号：US10189642B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US15880713

申请日：2018-01-26

Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC

Inventor： Donald High ,  David Winkle ,  Brian Gerard McHale ,  Todd Davenport Mattingly

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G05B19/12 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B25J9/06 ,  B25J19/02

Abstract: Described in detail herein is an autonomous fulfillment system. The system includes the first computing system, with an interactive display. The first computing system can transmit a request for physical objects from a facility. A second computing system can transmit instructions autonomous robot devices to retrieve the physical objects from the facility. The second computing system can control the image capturing device of the autonomous robot device to capture a live image feed of the at least one physical object picked up by the at least autonomous robot device. The second computing system can switch an input feed of the first computing system to display the live image feed on the display of the first computing system. The second computing system, instruct the autonomous device to discard the physical objects picked up by the at least one autonomous robot device and to pick up a replacement physical object.

公开(公告)号：US20180270631A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-20

申请号：US15922090

申请日：2018-03-15

Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC

Inventor： Donald High ,  John Jeremiah O'Brien

IPC: H04W4/35 ,  G01G19/415 ,  G01G19/387 ,  G06K7/10

CPC classification number: H04W4/35 ,  G01G19/387 ,  G01G19/415 ,  G06K7/10405 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: Described in detail herein are systems and methods for an object location detection system. A grid of sensors can receive physical objects on a support surface. The grid of sensors can detect weights of the physical objects. RFID readers can read RFID tags disposed on the plurality of physical objects to discover identifiers associated with the physical objects. A controller can receive out outputs from the sensors and the RFID readers. The controller can ascertain weight locations at which the physical objects are disposed based on the which of the sensor detected the weights. The computing system can associate each one of the weights with a respective one of the identities based on the weight locations at which the physical objects are disposed. The computing system can autonomously trigger an action associated with at least one of the physical objects.