Jeffrey Ronald Gee

US Patent:

7844862, Nov 30, 2010

Filed:

Mar 8, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/716545

Inventors:

Daniel Dwight Grove - Mercer Island WA, US
Ivan Posva - Menlo Park CA, US
Jack H. Choquette - Mountain View CA, US
Jeffrey Gee - Daly City CA, US

Assignee:

Azul Systems, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 47, 714 50, 714 38, 711163

Abstract:

Detecting a race condition is disclosed. An indication of a store operation to a memory address is received. An identifier of the memory address is stored. The identifier is used to detect an occurrence of a memory operation that is not associated with a previous ordering operation.

US Patent:

8230271, Jul 24, 2012

Filed:

Oct 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/910761

Inventors:

Daniel Dwight Grove - Mercer Island WA, US
Ivan Posva - Menlo Park CA, US
Jack H. Choquette - Mountain View CA, US
Jeffrey Gee - Daly City CA, US

Assignee:

Azul Systems, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 50, 714 471, 714 3811, 711163

Abstract:

Detecting a race condition is disclosed. An indication of a store operation to a memory address is received. An identifier of the memory address is stored. The identifier is used to detect an occurrence of a memory operation that is not associated with a previous ordering operation.

US Patent:

20220391825, Dec 8, 2022

Filed:

Apr 22, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/727044

Inventors:

- South San Francisco CA, US
Mirza Akbar Shah - South San Francisco CA, US
Lorin Vandegrift - South San Francisco CA, US
Luke Fraser - South San Francisco CA, US
Jariullah Safi - South San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey Gee - South San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
G05D 1/02
H04N 5/232
H04N 1/00
H04N 5/357
G06V 10/98
G06V 20/52
G06K 9/62

Abstract:

One variation of a method for tracking placement of products in a store includes: accessing an image recorded by a mobile robotic system within a store; detecting a shelf in a region of the image; based on an address of the shelf, retrieving a list of products assigned to the shelf by a planogram of the store; retrieving a set of template images—from a database of template images—defining visual features of products specified in the list of products; extracting a set of features from the region of the image; determining that a unit of the product is mis-stocked on the shelf in response to deviation between the set of features and features in a template image, in the set of template images, representing the product; and in response to determining that the unit of the product is mis-stocked on the shelf, generating a restocking prompt for the product.

US Patent:

20230131517, Apr 27, 2023

Filed:

Aug 25, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/896004

Inventors:

- South San Francisco CA, US
Mirza Akbar Shah - San Francisco CA, US
Jariullah Safi - San Francisco CA, US
Luke Fraser - San Francisco CA, US
Lorin Vandegrift - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey Gee - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/087
G06Q 20/00
G06V 20/20
B25J 9/16
B25J 11/00
B25J 13/08
B25J 19/02

Abstract:

One variation of a method for automatically generating a planogram for a store includes: dispatching a robotic system to autonomously navigate within the store during a mapping routine; accessing a floor map of the floor space generated by the robotic system from map data collected during the mapping routine; identifying a shelving structure within the map of the floor space; defining a first set of waypoints along an aisle facing the shelving structure; dispatching the robotic system to navigate to and to capture optical data at the set of waypoints during an imaging routine; receiving a set of images generated from optical data recorded by the robotic system during the imaging routine; identifying products and positions of products in the set of images; and generating a planogram of the shelving segment based on products and positions of products identified in the set of images.

US Patent:

20210406838, Dec 30, 2021

Filed:

Jun 25, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/912245

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Konstantin Salomatin - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey Douglas Gee - San Francisco CA, US
Onkar Anant Dalal - Santa Clara CA, US
Gungor Polatkan - San Jose CA, US
Sara Smoot Gerrard - Redwood City CA, US
Deepak Kumar - Mountain View CA, US
Rupesh Gupta - Sunnyvale CA, US
Jiaqi Ge - Sunnyvale CA, US
Lingjie Weng - Sunnyvale CA, US
Shipeng Yu - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/10
G06N 5/04
G06K 9/62
G06F 16/958
G06F 16/9535
G06Q 50/00

Abstract:

In some embodiments, a computer system generates a recommendation for a user of an online service based on user actions that have been performed by the user within a threshold amount of time before the generation of the recommendation. For each user action, the computer system determines an intent classification that identifies an activity of the user and that corresponds to different types of user actions, as well as a preference classification that identifies a target of the activity, and then stores these intent and preference classifications as part of indications of the user actions for use in generating different types of recommendations using different types of recommendation models. Additionally, the computer system may use mini-batches of data from an incoming stream of logged data to train an incremental update to one or more recommendation models.

US Patent:

20210379765, Dec 9, 2021

Filed:

Aug 25, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/412065

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Bradley Bogolea - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey Gee - San Francisco CA, US
Jariullah Safi - San Francisco CA, US
Luke Fraser - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

B25J 11/00
G06Q 20/00
B25J 9/16
B25J 13/08
B25J 19/02
G06Q 10/08
G06K 9/00
G06K 9/20

Abstract:

One variation of a method for automatically generating waypoints for imaging shelves within a store includes: dispatching a robotic system to autonomously generating a map of a floor space within the store; accessing an architectural metaspace defining target locations and addresses of the set of shelving structures within the store; distorting the architectural metaspace into alignment with the map to generate a normalized metaspace representing real locations and addresses of the set of shelving structures in the store; defining a set of waypoints distributed longitudinally along and offset laterally from a first shelving structure represented in the normalized metaspace based on a known position of an optical sensor in the robotic system; and dispatching the robotic system to record optical data while occupying the set of waypoint optv-mo3 in:#finance s during an imaging routine.

US Patent:

20210056505, Feb 25, 2021

Filed:

Oct 20, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/075613

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Bradley Bogolea - San Francisco CA, US
Mirza Akbar Shah - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey Gee - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
H04W 4/35
G05D 1/02
H04W 4/80
B25J 9/16
H04W 4/02

Abstract:

One variation of a method for tracking stock level within a store includes: at a robotic system, navigating along a first inventory structure in the store, broadcasting radio frequency interrogation signals according to a first set of wireless scan parameters, and recording a first set of wireless identification signals returned by radio frequency identification tags coupled to product units arranged on the first inventory structure; generating a first list of product units arranged on the first inventory structure based on the first set of wireless identification signals; detecting a first product quantity difference between the first list of product units and a first target stock list assigned to the first inventory structure by a planogram of the store; and generating a stock correction prompt for the first inventory structure in response to the first product quantity difference.

US Patent:

20200286032, Sep 10, 2020

Filed:

May 21, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/880582

Inventors:

- South San Francisco CA, US
Mirza Akbar Shah - San Francisco CA, US
Lorin Vandegrift - San Francisco CA, US
Luke Fraser - San Francisco CA, US
Jariullah Safi - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey Gee - San Francisco CA, US
Durgesh Tiwari - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
H04N 5/232
G06K 9/00
H04N 5/357
G05D 1/02
H04N 1/00
G06K 9/03
G06K 9/62

Abstract:

One variation of a method for stock keeping in a store includes: accessing an image captured by a fixed camera within the store; retrieving a field of view of the fixed camera; estimating a segment of an inventory structure in the store depicted in the image based on a projection of the field of view onto a planogram of the store; identifying a set of slots within the inventory structure segment; retrieving a product model representing a set of visual characteristics of a product type assigned to a slot, in the set of slots, by the planogram; extracting a constellation of features from the image; if the constellation of features approximates the set of visual characteristics in the product model, detecting presence of a product unit of the product type occupying the inventory structure segment; and representing presence of the product unit, occupying the inventory structure segment, in a realogram.