公开(公告)号：WO2019204191A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-24

申请号：PCT/US2019/027450

申请日：2019-04-15

申请人： WALMART APOLLO, LLC

发明人： TINGLER, Jeremy, R. ,  LEWIS, Steven, J. ,  JONES, Nicholaus, A.

IPC分类号： G06K7/10 ,  G06Q10/08

摘要： Some embodiments provide RFID tag reading systems comprising: multiple sets of RFID readers at a retail shopping facility; a tag evaluation control circuit communicatively coupled with the multiple sets of RFID readers and at least one memory, and configured to: receive RFID tag information from the RFID readers; obtain and apply a first set of rules and identify a transition area within the retail shopping facility based on the received RFID tag information; identify a first set of RFID readers configured to read RFID tags as they move through the identified transition area; obtain and apply a second set of rules and establish a first null area adjacent the transition area configured to enable RFID tags crossing through the first null area and prior to entering the transition area to be in a predefined state when entering the transition area.

公开(公告)号：WO2019051167A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-14

申请号：PCT/US2018/049857

申请日：2018-09-07

申请人： WALMART APOLLO,LLC

发明人： LEWIS, Steven ,  JONES, Nicholaus, A. ,  BIERMANN, Matthew

IPC分类号： G06Q30/02

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06311 ,  G06Q10/06398 ,  G06Q30/0201

摘要： Embodiments relate to systems and methods for customer interaction identification and analytics. A system can include a plurality of monitoring devices, a task management system and a customer interaction identification and analytics module. The plurality of monitoring devices can be configured for wear or handheld use and include a housing, a portable electronic computing device, and at least one sensor to sense activity data regarding a person wearing or holding the monitoring device. The task management system is communicatively coupled the plurality of monitoring devices to present at least one task to be completed in a retail environment, the at least one task associated with a temporal reference and a location in the retail environment. The customer interaction identification and analytics module, includes a gesture recognition database, communicatively coupled with the task management system and the plurality of monitoring devices.

公开(公告)号：WO2018194928A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-25

申请号：PCT/US2018/027555

申请日：2018-04-13

申请人： WALMART APOLLO, LLC

发明人： TAULBEE, Alvin, Scott ,  JONES, Nicholaus, A. ,  TINGLER, Jeremy

IPC分类号： B65H7/02 ,  B65H16/02 ,  B65H26/06 ,  B65H26/08

摘要： A method and a system for determining an amount of material remaining in a spool are provided herein. The system includes a radiofrequency identification (RFID) reader that is configured to read an RFID tag disposed at an end of a core of the spool. The RFID reader is provided on or in a vicinity of a support surface configured to hold at least a portion of the material. The system further includes a computer system in communication with the RFID reader, the computer system being configured to compute an amount of remaining material in the spool based on a thickness of the material and based on a number of revolutions of the spool. The number of revolutions is determined by a number of times the RFID tag on the spool comes in a reading vicinity of the RFID reader.

公开(公告)号：WO2019212802A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-07

申请号：PCT/US2019/028705

申请日：2019-04-23

申请人： WALMART APOLLO, LLC

发明人： HIGH, Donald, R. ,  CRECELIUS, John, C, JR. ,  JONES, Matthew, A. ,  JONES, Nicholaus, A. ,  TAYLOR, Robert, J.

IPC分类号： G08B13/24

摘要： In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to presenting information on an DIPL. In some embodiments, a system for presenting information on an DIPL comprises the DIPL including a display device configured to present information related to an action to perform with a package, a wireless radio, and a securement mechanism configured to removably secure the DIPL to the package, and a control circuit configured to receive identification information for the DIPL and information for the package, associate, in a database, the identification information for the DIPL and the information for the package, determine the action to perform based on information associated with inventory levels in a retail facility, determine that the package is required for the action, and transmit, to the DIPL for presentation via the display device of the DIPL, an indication of the information related to the action to perform with the package.

公开(公告)号：WO2018170244A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-20

申请号：PCT/US2018/022604

申请日：2018-03-15

申请人： WALMART APOLLO, LLC

发明人： JONES, Nicholaus, A. ,  TAULBEE, Alvin, Scott ,  TINGLER, Jeremy

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G08B13/14 ,  H01Q1/52

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0281 ,  G06K19/0723 ,  G06K19/07327 ,  H04L67/18

摘要： Embodiments relate to customer assistance request systems and methods. A customer assistance request system generally includes at least one customer assistance kiosk including a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, an RFID reader and a communication system. The RFID reader is configured to read the RFID tag number when a customer assistance kiosk is in an open configuration and the RFID tag is exposed. The communication system is configured to receive the read RFID tag number and issue a notification including the location of the at least one customer assistance kiosk.