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1. 发明公开

EP2313849A2 APPARATUS AND METHOD FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF A RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM 审中-公开
标题翻译： DEVICE AND METHOD FOR启用通信射频识别系统的部件之间
公开(公告)号：EP2313849A2
公开(公告)日：2011-04-27
申请号：EP09805638.5
申请日：2009-08-07
申请人： Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
发明人： WILKINSON, Bruce W. , ULRICH, Richard B. , JONES, Nicholaus A.
IPC分类号： G06K17/00 , G06K19/07
CPC分类号： G06K7/0008 , G06K7/10178 , G06K17/0022 , H01Q1/007 , H01Q1/2216 , H01Q21/28 , H04B7/155
摘要： Several embodiments provide methods and apparatus to improve communications between an RFID reader (12) and one or more RFID tags (14). In one implementation, an apparatus (33) comprises a first antenna (36) configured to communicate with a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader (12); a second antenna (37) electrically separate from said first antenna, and configured to communicate with at least one RFID tag (14); and structure (38) electrically coupling said first and second antennas.

2. 发明申请

WO2018085609A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS IN RETAIL SHOPPING FACILITIES 审中-公开
标题翻译：在零售购物设施中控制产品分销的系统和方法
公开(公告)号：WO2018085609A1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-11
申请号：PCT/US2017/059823
申请日：2017-11-03
申请人： WAL-MART STORES, INC.
发明人： JONES, Matthew A. , JONES, Nicholaus A.
IPC分类号： G06F11/00 , G06Q30/00 , G06Q30/02
CPC分类号： G06Q30/0205 , G06Q10/087 , G06Q30/0639
摘要： In some embodiments, a system comprises: a point of sales system comprising multiple point of sale devices at a retail store; and an inventory control circuit configured to: identify, from an aggregate of customer monitoring data of customers passing through a first area within a customer travel area, that a threshold number of the customers had a dwell time in the first area of at least a threshold dwell time; identify a first set of products positioned adjacent the first area; evaluate correlated sales data of each product of the first set and identify that a sales trend over time has a predefined relationship with at least a first trend threshold corresponding to the first product; and identify a first action to be performed relative to the first product as a function of the sales trend relative to the sales data of the first product.
摘要翻译：在一些实施例中，一种系统包括：销售点系统，其包括位于零售店的多个销售点设备; 以及库存控制电路，所述库存控制电路被配置为：根据经过客户旅行区域内的第一区域的顾客的顾客监控数据的集合，识别阈值数量的顾客在所述第一区域中的停留时间为至少阈值停留时间; 识别位于第一区域附近的第一组产品; 评估所述第一组的每个产品的相关销售数据并且识别随着时间的销售趋势与对应于所述第一产品的至少第一趋势阈值具有预定关系; 并根据相对于第一产品的销售数据的销售趋势确定要相对于第一产品执行的第一动作。

3. 发明申请

WO2018075432A1 WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER-BASED TRACKING 审中-公开
标题翻译：基于无线收发器的跟踪
公开(公告)号：WO2018075432A1
公开(公告)日：2018-04-26
申请号：PCT/US2017/056854
申请日：2017-10-17
申请人： WAL-MART STORES, INC.
发明人： JONES, Nicholaus A. , JONES, Matthew A.
IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 , G06Q20/20 , G06Q20/32
CPC分类号： G06Q10/087
摘要： An apparatus comprises a container (such as a retail shopping facility), a wireless transceiver, and a control circuit that utilizes the wireless transceiver to conduct a wireless communication with a product that is disposed within the container via a native wireless-communications capability of the product. The control circuit then maintains an inventory record of products as a function, at least in part, of the wireless communications with the product. The wireless communication can be initiated by the aforementioned control circuit or by the product as desired. Maintaining the inventory record can include adding the communicating product to the inventory record of products or confirming that the communicating product is already presently included in the inventory record of products.
摘要翻译：一种装置包括容器（诸如零售购物设施），无线收发器和控制电路，所述控制电路利用无线收发器与设置在容器内的产品进行无线通信产品的本地无线通信能力。控制电路然后至少部分地保持产品的库存记录作为与产品的无线通信的功能。无线通信可以由前述的控制电路或根据需要通过产品来启动。维护库存记录可以包括将通信产品添加到产品库存记录或确认通信产品目前已包含在产品库存记录中。

4. 发明申请

WO2017184920A1 LISTEN AND USE VOICE RECOGNITION TO FIND TRENDS IN WORDS SAID TO DETERMINE CUSTOMER FEEDBACK 审中-公开
标题翻译：聆听并使用语音识别来查找词语趋势，以确定客户反馈
公开(公告)号：WO2017184920A1
公开(公告)日：2017-10-26
申请号：PCT/US2017/028732
申请日：2017-04-21
申请人： WAL-MART STORES, INC.
发明人： JONES, Nicholaus A. , TAYLOR, Robert J. , VASGAARD, Aaron J. , JONES, Matthew A.
IPC分类号： G06Q10/06 , G06Q20/20 , G06Q20/32
CPC分类号： G06Q30/0601 , G06Q30/0631 , G10L15/00 , G10L25/48 , G10L25/51 , H04R1/406 , H04R29/005 , H04R2201/40
摘要： In some embodiments, apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided herein for performing sound analysis in a shopping facility. A system for performing sound analysis comprises: an array of sound sensors distributed throughout a shopping facility and configured to receive at least sounds resulting from people in the shopping facility, an audio database including information associated with one or more audio indicia, and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the array of sound sensors and configured to receive, from a plurality of sensors of the array of sound sensors, audio data, wherein the audio data includes audio from throughout the shopping facility, determine, based at least in part on the audio data and the information associated with the one or more audio indicia included in the audio database, an action be taken, and transmit, to a terminal, an indication of the action to be taken.
摘要翻译：在一些实施例中，本文提供了用于在购物设施中执行声音分析的装置，系统和方法。一种用于执行声音分析的系统，包括：分布在整个购物设施中的声音传感器阵列，其被配置为至少接收来自购物设施中的人的声音，包括与一个或多个音频标记相关联的信息的音频数据库以及控制电路通信地耦合到声音传感器阵列并被配置为从声音传感器阵列的多个传感器接收音频数据，其中音频数据包括来自整个购物设施的音频，至少部分地基于音频数据和与包括在音频数据库中的一个或多个音频标记相关联的信息，采取动作并向终端发送要采取的动作的指示。

5. 发明申请

WO2017184680A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FORECASTING SEASONAL TRANSITIONS IN RETAIL SALES 审中-公开
标题翻译：预测零售销售季节转换的系统和方法
公开(公告)号：WO2017184680A1
公开(公告)日：2017-10-26
申请号：PCT/US2017/028275
申请日：2017-04-19
申请人： WAL-MART STORES, INC.
发明人： JONES, Nicholaus A. , VASGAARD, Aaron J. , JONES, Matthew A. , MATTINGLY, Todd D.
IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 , G06Q30/00 , G06Q30/02
摘要： In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to forecast changes in seasons and/or changes in expected sales at one or more retail shopping facilities. In some embodiments, a system comprises a forecast control circuit; a memory storing computer instructions that cause the forecast control circuit to: forecast when a first changing of a first season to a second season is to occur at a first geographic area based on a detected change in sales of at least a first set of products at a first retail shopping facility located within the first geographic area; and forecast when in the future a second changing of the first season to the second season at a second geographic area is to occur based on a seasonal delay factor of the second geographic area relative to the occurrence of the changing of the first season at the first geographic area.
摘要翻译：在一些实施例中，提供系统和方法来预测一个或多个零售购物设施的季节变化和/或预期销售变化。在一些实施例中，系统包括预测控制电路; 存储器，其存储计算机指令，所述计算机指令使得所述预测控制电路执行以下操作：基于所检测到的至少第一组产品的第一地理区域处的第一季度的第一变化位于第一地理区域内的第一零售购物设施; 并且在将来基于第二地理区域的季节性延迟因子相对于第一季节在第一季节发生改变的发生时预测在第二地理区域将来第一季度到第二季节的第二次改变地理区域。

6. 发明申请

WO2017184675A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN FORECASTING CHANGES IN SALES 审中-公开
标题翻译：用于预测销售变化的系统和方法
公开(公告)号：WO2017184675A1
公开(公告)日：2017-10-26
申请号：PCT/US2017/028268
申请日：2017-04-19
申请人： WAL-MART STORES, INC.
发明人： JONES, Nicholaus A. , VASGAARD, Aaron J. , JONES, Matthew A. , MATTINGLY, Todd D.
IPC分类号： G06Q10/02 , G06Q10/08 , G06Q30/08
摘要： In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided to forecast expected sales and/or demand for one or more products at one or more retail shopping facilities. Some embodiments include systems to forecast retail sales, comprising: a network transceiver; a forecast control circuit; and a memory storing computer instructions executed by the control circuit that receives, via the network transceiver from at least one third party service unassociated with retail shopping facilities and accessed over a distributed computer network, reservation data corresponding with people traveling during a future period of time to a geographic region that is within a threshold distance from a first retail shopping facility; and forecasts expected sales, during the future period of time associated with the reservation data, of at least a first set of products at the first retail shopping facility as a function of the reservation data.
摘要翻译：在一些实施例中，提供装置和方法来预测一个或多个零售购物设施处的一个或多个产品的预期销售和/或需求。一些实施例包括预测零售额的系统，包括：网络收发器; 预测控制电路; 以及存储器，其存储由控制电路执行的计算机指令，所述计算机指令经由网络收发器从与零售购物设施无关并通过分布式计算机网络访问的至少一个第三方服务接收与在未来时间段期间旅行的人相对应的预订数据到距离第一零售购物设施的阈值距离内的地理区域; 并且预测在与预订数据相关联的未来时间段期间在第一零售购物设施处的至少第一组产品作为预订数据的函数的预期销售。

7. 发明申请

WO2017176582A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING CONTAINERS WITH LOW INVENTORY 审中-公开
标题翻译：用于定位低库存容器的系统和方法
公开(公告)号：WO2017176582A1
公开(公告)日：2017-10-12
申请号：PCT/US2017/025372
申请日：2017-03-31
申请人： WAL-MART STORES, INC.
发明人： TAYLOR, Robert J. , JONES, Nicholaus A. , VASGAARD, Aaron J. , JONES, Matthew A.
IPC分类号： G08B19/00
摘要： In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to locating containers with low inventory in a shopping facility. Some of these embodiments include systems for identifying and determining the location of containers in a low inventory condition in shopping facilities, the system comprising: a container configured to hold merchandise items in a shopping facility; a light sensor disposed in the container, the light sensor calibrated to detect an ambient light level and to respond when the detected ambient light level exceeds a predetermined ambient light threshold; and a control circuit operatively coupled to the light sensor and configured to transmit a signal indicating a low inventory condition when the light sensor determines the detected ambient light level exceeds the predetermined ambient light threshold.
摘要翻译：在一些实施例中，本文提供了用于在购物设施中定位具有低库存的容器的设备和方法。这些实施例中的一些包括用于识别和确定购物设施中处于低库存状态的容器的位置的系统，所述系统包括：容器，配置成将商品保存在购物设施中; 设置在所述容器中的光传感器，所述光传感器被校准以检测环境光水平并且当所述检测到的环境光水平超过预定的环境光阈值时进行响应; 以及控制电路，所述控制电路可操作地耦合到所述光传感器并且被配置为当所述光传感器确定所述检测到的环境光水平超过所述预定的环境光阈值时传输指示低库存状况的信号。

8. 发明申请

WO2012047987A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO AN RFID TAG READER ANTENNA ARRAY 审中-公开
标题翻译：对RFID标签读取器天线阵列的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：WO2012047987A1
公开(公告)日：2012-04-12
申请号：PCT/US2011/054908
申请日：2011-10-05
申请人： WAL-MART STORES, INC. , WILKINSON, Bruce W. , JONES, Nicholaus A.
发明人： WILKINSON, Bruce W. , JONES, Nicholaus A.
IPC分类号： H01Q7/00 , G06K19/077 , G06K17/00
CPC分类号： H01Q21/293 , G06K7/10316 , G06K7/10356 , G06K19/07749 , H01Q1/2216 , H01Q21/205
摘要： One or more frame components that each comprise 1/Xth of a 360 degree RFID tag reader antenna array can be physically coupled to one another to thereby form a multi-frame component. One or more RFID tag reader antenna mounts can comprise a part of such frame components and can be configured to aim a corresponding RFID tag reader antenna outwardly of the frame component. These teachings also accommodate disposing a plurality of RFID tag reader antenna units within a facility such that these antenna units are disposed higher than an expected location of, say, at least 90% of the RFID tags when the latter are in the facility. By one approach these antenna units can all be disposed at a substantially same height within the facility. These antenna units may, or may not, be visually concealed as desired.
摘要翻译：每个包括360度RFID标签读取器天线阵列的1/17的一个或多个帧分量可以彼此物理耦合，从而形成多帧分量。一个或多个RFID标签读取器天线安装件可以包括这种框架部件的一部分，并且可以被配置为将相应的RFID标签读取器天线对准框架部件。这些教导还适合在设施内布置多个RFID标签读取器天线单元，使得当这些天线单元在设备中时，这些天线单元被布置成高于RFID标签的预期位置，例如至少90％。通过一种方式，这些天线单元都可以设置在设备内的基本相同的高度处。这些天线单元可以或可以不根据需要被视觉上隐藏。

9. 发明申请

WO2018085191A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REUSING CONTAINERS 审中-公开
标题翻译：用于重新使用容器的装置和方法
公开(公告)号：WO2018085191A1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-11
申请号：PCT/US2017/058978
申请日：2017-10-30
申请人： WAL-MART STORES, INC.
发明人： JONES, Nicholaus A. , JONES, Matthew A.
IPC分类号： G06F7/00
摘要： Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for reusing containers. A system for container reuse comprises an order database storing a plurality of orders associated with an order fulfillment facility, a conveyor system, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to determine container capacity requirements of the plurality of orders in the order database based on dimensions of products in each order, predict container usage for fulfilling orders at the order fulfillment facility based at least on the container capacity requirements of the plurality of orders, determine whether a used container received at the conveyor system should be retained based on a container dimension of the used container and the container usage predicted for the order fulfillment facility, and cause the conveyor system to route the used container to a fulfillment area or a disposal area based on whether the used container should be retained.
摘要翻译：本文提供了用于重新使用容器的系统，设备和方法。用于容器重用的系统包括存储与订单履行设施，输送机系统和控制电路相关联的多个订单的订单数据库。控制电路被配置为基于每个订单中的产品的尺寸来确定订单数据库中的多个订单的容器容量需求，至少基于多个容器的容器需求量预测用于履行订单履行设施处的订单的容器使用量根据使用过的容器的容器尺寸和为订单执行设施预测的容器使用情况，确定是否应该保留在传送系统处接收的使用过的容器，并使传送系统将使用过的容器传送到履行区域或者根据是否应该保留使用的容器来处理区域。

10. 发明申请

WO2017200926A1 STOCK LEVEL INDICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD 审中-公开
标题翻译：股票水平指示装置和方法
公开(公告)号：WO2017200926A1
公开(公告)日：2017-11-23
申请号：PCT/US2017/032677
申请日：2017-05-15
申请人： WAL-MART STORES, INC.
发明人： JONES, Nicholaus A. , TAYLOR, Robert J. , VASGAARD, Aaron J. , JONES, Matthew A.
IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 , G06K7/02 , G06Q10/00
CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 , G01F1/34 , G01F23/14 , G05B19/042 , G05B23/0216 , G05B2219/15117
摘要： In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein useful to provide an indication of a stock level of a product support member. Compressed air is directed through a plurality of bores extending through the product support member. A sensor reading of the compressed air can be utilized to determine whether there are products stocked on the product support member due to the products blocking one or more of the bores.
摘要翻译：在一些实施例中，本文提供的系统，设备和方法可用于提供产品支撑构件的库存水平的指示。压缩空气被引导穿过延伸穿过产品支撑构件的多个孔。可以利用压缩空气的传感器读数来确定是否存在由于产品阻塞一个或多个孔而储存在产品支撑构件上的产品。

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