Patent ID: 11897148
Assignee: SIMBE ROBOTICS, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 17:
18. A method for deploying a mobile robotic system to scan inventory within a store, the method comprising:
dispatching the mobile robotic system to navigate along a set of inventory structures within the store during a setup cycle;
at the mobile robotic system, while navigating along the set of inventory structures during the setup cycle, capturing a set of wireless connectivity metrics representing connectivity to a first wireless network;
assembling the set of wireless connectivity metrics into a wireless connectivity map of the store;
for each inventory structure in the set of inventory structures:
estimating a data size of a set of images of the inventory structure, captured by the mobile robotic system, that depict product units occupying the inventory structure at greater than a minimum resolution; and
estimating an upload duration, in a set of upload durations, for the mobile robotic system to upload the set of images to a remote computer system via the first wireless network based on the data size and the wireless connectivity map;

estimating a processing duration from start of a scan cycle to transformation of images of inventory structures in the store, captured by the mobile robotic system during the scan cycle, into a stock condition of the store based on the set of upload durations; and
dispatching the mobile robotic system to autonomously capture images of the set of inventory structures within the store during the scan cycle preceding a scheduled restocking period in the store based on the processing duration.