Gregory M Noble

US Patent:

20180306958, Oct 25, 2018

Filed:

Apr 19, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/491096

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Gregory Daniel Noble - Loveland OH, US
Kevin Michael Roa - Cincinnati OH, US
Douglas Steven Meiser - Wilder KY, US

Assignee:

Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLC - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

F21V 8/00
H04N 7/18
G06T 7/70
G06Q 10/08

Abstract:

A fiber optic shelving system includes a shelf including a plurality of holes, a plurality of fiber optic filaments, each of the plurality of fiber optic filaments having a first end and a second end, and the first end being coupled to one of the plurality of holes, a holder configured to hold the second ends and expose terminal surfaces of the plurality of fiber optic filaments, a first camera configured to capture an image of the terminal surfaces of the plurality of fiber optic filaments, and a second camera configured to capture an image of a side of one or more products on the shelf. The fiber optic shelving system determines a number of products on the shelf based on the captured image of the terminal surfaces of the plurality of fiber optic filaments and the captured image of the side of one or more products on the shelf.