US Patent Issued to Focal Systems on Sept. 9 for "On-shelf image based barcode reader for inventory management system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,147, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Focal Systems Inc. (San Francisco).

"On-shelf image based barcode reader for inventory management system" was invented by Francois Chaubard (Millbrae, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inventory visibility management system utilizes fixed or motorized cameras to scan inventory bearing shelves in a backroom or warehouse of a store, as opposed to store shelves where merchandise is available for purchase, for inventory frequently to keep the system up to date on what boxes of inventory are on the shelf, what is in those boxes and where those boxes are on the shelf. The system may identify ...