Patent ID: 11972624
Assignee: REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 13:
14. A computer method for identifying SKUs in a stack of a plurality of packages including:
a) receiving in at least one computer a plurality of stack images of the stack of the plurality of packages, wherein each of the plurality of stack images is of a different face of the stack of the plurality of packages;
b) the at least one computer segmenting the plurality of stack images into a plurality of package faces, including first package faces in a first layer of the stack of the plurality of packages;
c) using at least one machine learning model, the at least one computer inferring an inferred brand based upon each of the first package faces;
d) the at least one computer detecting that a hidden package in the first layer of the stack of the plurality of packages is not visible in any of the plurality of stack images; and
e) the at least one computer associating a hidden package brand of the hidden package based upon steps c) and d).