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DISPLAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Resumen de: US2025238755A1

Sensor-equipped display management systems and methods that may be used to calculate a number of products removed from a display management system based upon motion of one or more mechanisms within the display management system. Additionally, the systems and methods may be used to detect patterns from the sensor data, which may be indicative of attempted theft of products stored within the display management system. Audible and/or visual notifications can be provided when an attempted theft is detected.

Mutual Information Resolution Recommendations and Graphical Visualizations Using Probabilistic Graphical Models

Resumen de: US2025238742A1

A system and method are disclosed for training a probabilistic graphical model based on historical attributes of a supply chain to represent supply chain performance, selecting supply chain entity target variables, collating with the use of machine learning models, a list of features and classes pertaining to selected supply chain entity target variables, calculating first and second level features associated with the list of features and classes, generating supply chain predictions based on the trained probabilistic graphical model, where the supply chain predictions are based on test data, comparing the supply chain predictions to desired supply chain outputs to determine a delta distance, and generating resolution actions, to decrease the delta distance between the supply chain output predictions and the desired supply chain outputs.

AUTOMATED PLATFORM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM TO RECOGNIZE FOOD ITEMS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Resumen de: WO2025155569A1

An automated food recognition platform comprises a memory, processor, and various submodules, utilizing artificial intelligence to analyze digital media (images, photos, audiovisual) for food identification and attributes. It includes an edible food database and recipe submodule, generating personalized recipes considering dietary preferences. The automated food recognition platform also features allergy and drug interaction submodules, informing users of relevant information. A marketplace submodule tracks inventory levels, enhancing recipe recommendations. Leftover identification and meal planning submodules offer creative cooking solutions. An interactive submodule fosters a chef-user community, incorporating user feedback and social media data to refine recipe recommendations. Chefs receive compensation based on a chef rating, determined by user interactions. The platform promotes chef recipes through paid advertising services within the interactive submodule.

ROBOTIC UNLOADER/LOADER SYSTEM

Resumen de: WO2025155508A1

A robotic unloader/loader system is disclosed. The system includes a first robot configured to autonomously approach and enter a truck or other container and unload items from the truck or other container by placing each item on an outbound conveyor or other material handling equipment; and a set of one or more additional robots configured to work outside the truck or other container, including by picking items from the conveyor or other material handling equipment, from a position to which the items have been conveyed by the conveyor or other material handling equipment, and placing each item in a corresponding one of a plurality of destination locations.

METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR MANAGING ROUTE INFORMATION

Resumen de: WO2025154990A1

The present disclosure relates to a method performed by an electronic device, to an apparatus, and to a recording medium. A method, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, may comprise the steps of: identifying basic data; identifying a plurality of sub-routes corresponding to a first group; generating a plurality of candidate routes corresponding to the first group on the basis of the plurality of sub-routes corresponding to the first group; identifying at least one first objective function and at least one first constraint on the basis of the first group; calculating at least one first parameter corresponding to the first objective function and the at least one first constraint on the basis of the basic data and the plurality of candidate routes corresponding to the first group; and calculating a first selection vector for selecting at least a portion of the plurality of candidate routes corresponding to the first group on the basis of the at least one first objective function, the at least one first constraint, and the at least one first parameter.

RESOURCE CONSUMPTION SYSTEMS

Resumen de: US2025238756A1

A resource consumption system can include a plurality of resources positioned within at least one rack and at least one sensor configured to detect removal of an amount of the plurality of resources from the respective rack. The resource consumption system can include at least one transmitter configured to transmit a notification based on the at least one sensor detecting the removal of the amount of resources, wherein the notification comprises a resource identifier, an entity identifier, and the amount of the plurality of resources. The resource consumption system can include at least one computing device configured to compute an amount based on the resource identifier and the amount of resources, generate a request based on the notification, and transmit the request to an entity associated with the entity identifier, wherein the request comprises the resource identifier, the entity identifier, and the amount.

REAL-TIME DETECTION OF METRIC ANOMALIES FOR A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT

Resumen de: US2025238754A1

The disclosed system provides real-time detection and remediation of metric anomalies in a replenishment network. A computer system can receive, from data sources, event data, retrieve historic metric data associated with a metric of a retail environment, aggregate the event data and historic metric data into aggregated data for the metric, store the aggregated data in a cache data store, determine, based on applying a statistical algorithms model to the cached aggregated data, (i) a predicted metric value and (ii) upper and lower tolerance bounds for the metric, iteratively receive the event data, aggregate the data, and determine (i) and (ii) until (a) determining a condition is triggered to evaluate the metric or (b) expiration of a time period to which the predicted value and the upper and lower tolerances apply, and return, based on determining the condition is triggered to evaluate the metric, information about metric anomalies.

ORDER ASSIGNMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

Resumen de: US2025238735A1

A method for assigning an order is provided. An implementation of the method includes: receiving an order comprising at least one to-be-picked commodity; determining, for each workstation in at least one workstation, an outbound turnover box assigned to the workstation, where the outbound turnover box is being in an outbound shipping; detecting, based on articles in the outbound turnover box, whether a first article matching the order is present in the outbound turnover box; in response to detecting that the first article matching the order is present in the outbound turnover box, detecting whether the first article is all of to-be-picked commodities in the order; and in response to detecting that the first article is all of the to-be-picked commodities in the order, binding the order to the outbound turnover box corresponding to the first article, and assigning the order to the workstation.

METHOD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION, AUTHENTICATION, AND TRACKING OF PHYSICAL ASSETS

Resumen de: US2025238640A1

Systems and methods of authenticating a product are provided. Such systems may include an asset verifier system including an image comparator and an image data store, an asset registration station communicable with the asset verifier system, and an asset verification software application in a verification device communicable with the asset verifier system. The product to be authenticated may be a physical asset having at least one heterogeneous visual feature, or a group of visually homogenous products uniquely arranged.

AI-POWERED MEDIA ANALYSIS FOR ITEM RECOGNITION

Resumen de: US2025238853A1

Techniques for media processing and item recognition are provided. A digital media is received from a user. Objects depicted within the digital media are identified. Items currently available at a physical location are determined by analyzing information collected by a set of cameras at the physical location. A set of target items, from the items currently available at the physical location, that are similar to at least one of the objects are identified based on the digital media and the collected information. A guidance that navigates the user to at least one of the set of target items within the physical location is generated.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE SELECTION AND PATH PLANNING

Resumen de: WO2025152063A1

Disclosed in the present invention are a method and apparatus for vehicle selection and path planning. The method comprises: obtaining information about a plurality of orders, wherein the information comprises an order origin, an order destination and a required cargo quantity for each order; obtaining a plurality pieces of vehicle type information, each piece of vehicle type information comprising the maximum cargo capacity; and using the information about the plurality of orders and the plurality pieces of vehicle type information as feature data and providing same to a machine learning model, the machine learning model using a reinforcement learning mode to select, on the basis the feature data, a vehicle and a corresponding order for each time step; and, on the basis of the selected vehicles and the corresponding order destinations for all the time steps, generating a combination of vehicles and complete vehicle paths for the plurality of orders. Further disclosed are several other aspects.

CONTROLFLASH PLUS HARDWARE SERIALIZATION AND REGISTRATION

Resumen de: US2025238847A1

An industrial product inventory system generates a browsable inventory of a customer's industrial products based on product information retrieved from identity objects stored on the products. The system can also register this product information with a service provider that can provide product notifications and services based on analysis of the registered product information. These services can include verification of product authenticity, product or firmware upgrade notifications, security notifications, or other such services.

System and Method of Integrating Social Trends in Assortment Planning

Resumen de: US2025238821A1

A system and method are disclosed for aggregating product trends. Embodiments include receiving an initial set of images from one or more data feeds by a trend aggregation system comprising a server, identifying one or more attribute values from the initial set of images, and quantifying a social affinity score of one or more items of an inventory of a supply chain entity based on recentness, relevance, and similarities of the identified one or more attribute values to an attribute value of a potential product for a product assortment. Embodiments may further include receiving an image of at least one additional item, identifying a product attribute from the image, and assigning an attribute value to the at least one additional item based, at least in part, on the identified attribute value from the image of the least one additional item and the attribute values of the at least two items.

RISK MITIGATION TECHNIQUES BASED ON SOFTWARE BILL OF MATERIALS

Resumen de: US2025238520A1

Techniques are described herein for reducing a risk exposure related to a software application. The techniques may comprise receiving an indication of a software application, identifying a number of components associated with that software application as well as a number of vulnerability scores corresponding to the number of components, determining, based on the number of vulnerability scores, a risk score associated with the software application, and identifying one or more updates associated with the number of components and determining a change to the risk score associated with those one or more updates. In embodiments, the techniques may further comprise receiving an indication of a threshold risk score and determining at least one of the one or more updates that, when applied to at least one of the number of components, is determined to lower the risk score to below the threshold risk score.

EVALUATION METHOD OF LOCATIONS, ANALYSIS METHOD OF DRIVING BEHAVIOR, AND DRIVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Resumen de: US2025239159A1

An evaluation method of locations and a driver management system are provided. The evaluation method includes obtaining sensing data, determining a parking state according to the sensing data, determining a parking location category corresponding to the sensing data under the parking state, and training a location suggestion model according to the parking location category and the sensing data. The location suggestion model is used for suggesting a parking location. The driver management system includes a server communicatively connected to an on-board device, wherein the server obtains a parking location category corresponding to sensing data of the on-board device under a parking state, and trains a location suggestion model according to the parking location category and the sensing data. The location suggestion model is used for suggesting a parking location.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY SWITCHING RAILCARS IN A RAILROAD YARD

Resumen de: US2025236323A1

A method for switching railcars at a railroad yard includes accessing a list of selected railcars for an outgoing train. The method further includes generating a plurality of train consists that each comply with a set of train rules. The method further includes displaying indications of the generated train consists and their associated number of railyard switch moves on an electronic display. The method further includes receiving a user selection of a desired train consist from the plurality of displayed train consists. The method further includes generating a plurality of switch lists according to the desired train consist and a current inventory of railcars in the railyard. The switch lists include instructions about how to form the desired train consist in the railyard. The method further includes displaying the plurality of switch lists on the electronic display.

Components and Kits for Collecting, Securing, Identifying and Tracking Unique Samples

Resumen de: US2025235871A1

The present specification discloses collection kits for collecting a biological sample being handled by a chain-of-custody protocol and methods and uses for collecting a sample using such collection kits. In some aspects, a collection kit disclosed herein can comprise one or more identification labels, a sample collection device, one or more sample containers, and a collecting pouch. In some aspects, a collection kit disclosed herein can comprise one or more sample containers, a sample shipping container, one or more identification labels, and a collecting pouch.

SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT TEXTILES, AMONG OTHERS

Resumen de: WO2025153151A1

The invention relates, among others, to a system (10) for managing and providing information (19) about textiles, in particular before, during and after the production of the textiles (13), comprising a) at least one computer (11), b) a plurality of input stations (14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f, 14g, 14h) which are connected to the computer (11) and at which raw information (15a, 15b) about raw materials (16) and/or about pre-products (17) of a textile (13) can be input before the production of the textile, c) a processing station (18a, 18b) which is connected to the computer and at which the raw information (15a, 15b) can be viewed and/or extracted and/or further processed and/or configured; and d) an input station (14c, 18a) which is connected to the computer (11) and at which information (19) about a finished textile (13) or a textile to be finished can be input; e) wherein the information (19) about a textile (13) can be linked, in particular by means of the computer (11), to the raw information (15a, 15b) about the raw materials (16) used or to be used and the textile (13) pre-products (17) used or to be used in the production of the textile (13).

DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE PROCESSES OF PRODUCT ENTRY, EXIT AND RECEIPT, AND FOR MONITORING WAREHOUSES

Resumen de: WO2025153155A1

The invention relates to a comprehensive device and method for a group of devices characterised by dual monitoring of the entry, exit, and receipt of products and meals, and of total consumption in institutional stores and restaurants having a special clientele, such as: universities, schools, hospitals, hotels, factories, etc. It is characterised by the prevention of fraud and theft by monitoring and determining the weight and quantities of products and meals, by monitoring meal receipt processes, consumption processes, and genuine consumers, and by preventing unauthorised consumers, and by recording all of this information, processing it, and automatically transmitting it to a central server and to remote monitoring services without any human intervention.

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

Resumen de: US2025239047A1

By processing an image in which a plurality of articles (such as products) placed on a shelf are captured, an image processing unit (120) determines the article name (such as the product name) of each of the plurality of articles captured in the image. Determining an article name also includes determining identification information tied to the article name. When a specific condition is satisfied for an article the article name of which is indeterminable by the image processing unit (120) (hereinafter described as an undetermined article), an article inference unit (130) infers the article name of the undetermined article to be the article name of an article positioned adjacent to the undetermined article.

PERSONALIZED PRODUCT SERVICE

Resumen de: EP4589512A2

A method is provided that includes receiving, in a server, a request from a service provider, the request including a consumer identification code associated with a consumer, and obtaining a personalized list of universal product codes based on the consumer identification code and a purchase history log in a database. The method also includes providing the personalized list of universal product codes to the service provider, and receiving a tracking pixel indicative that the consumer has interacted with a consumer payload, wherein the consumer payload is associated with at least one product from the personalized list of universal product codes. A system and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions which cause the system to perform the above method are also disclosed.

SPECIALIZED CASING UNIT DETECTION FOR ASSET TRACKING DEVICES

Resumen de: EP4589785A2

Systems, devices, and methods for asset tracking through specialized connectors and specialized casing units are provided. An example system includes an asset tracking device and a specialized casing unit to house the asset tracking device and to connect the asset tracking device to a communication port of an asset. The asset tracking device includes a communication port interface to interface with the communication port of the asset directly, and to interface with the communication port of the asset through the specialized casing unit. The asset tracking device further includes a controller to determine whether the asset tracking device is interfaced with the communication port of the asset directly or through the specialized casing unit, and when it is determined that the asset tracking device is interfaced with the communication port of the asset through the specialized casing unit, configure the asset tracking device to operate in a specialized operating mode.

METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DISPENSING DEVICE FOR DISPENSING DISCRETE MEDICAMENTS ACCORDING TO A REFILL STRATEGY

Resumen de: CN119895452A

A method for dispensing discrete medicament by a dispensing device, comprising the steps of: predicting a depletion time when medicament in a container of a first feeder unit of a plurality of feeder units will deplete in the future; providing, prior to the depletion time, a notification that a second feeder unit containing a medicament having the same composition as the first feeder unit needs to be presented to the dispensing device, and presenting the second feeder unit to an expiration time of the dispensing device; determining a refill strategy for the first feeder unit based on determining a category of a plurality of refill categories from the medicament in the first feeder unit; providing a refill notification based on the refill policy; and continuing to dispense the medicament from the first feeder unit at least until the expiration time.

RIDE EXPERIENCE ENHANCEMENTS WITH EXTERNAL SERVICES

Resumen de: US2024094012A1

Provided are methods for ride experience enhancements with external services, which can include receiving a request for transportation of a passenger to a service provider, and determining route information corresponding to the request. Some methods described also include providing service information associated with the service provider to the passenger, and receiving at least one requested service from the passenger based on the provided service information. Some methods described also include transmitting the at least one requested service and at least a portion of the route information to the service provider. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

THERMAL MARKING FOR OBJECT TRACKING

Nº publicación: EP4589470A1 23/07/2025

Solicitante:

APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG [CH]
Aptiv Technologies AG

Resumen de: EP4589470A1

A non-destructive product marking system is presented based on applying a thermal signature to a product, and tracking the progress of the product through a manufacturing process by detection of its thermal signature.