Patent ID: 11860649
Assignee: SIMBE ROBOTICS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  F | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for monitoring temperature-controlled inventory within a store, the method comprising:
at a robotic system, during a first scan cycle:
autonomously navigating toward a temperature-controlled unit in the store;
recording a photographic image and a thermal image of the temperature-controlled unit; and

identifying a set of products stocked in the temperature-controlled unit based on features detected in the photographic image;
for each product in the set of products:
retrieving an emissivity of a surface of the product based on an identity of the product;
selecting a thermal pixel, in the thermal image, depicting the product; and
calculating a temperature of the product during the scan cycle based on the emissivity of the surface of the product and a thermal value stored in the thermal pixel; and

generating a record of temperatures of the set of products stocked in the temperature-controlled unit during the first scan cycle.