US Patent Issued to PepsiCo on July 21 for "Product identification systems and methods" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,510, issued on July 21, was assigned to PepsiCo Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Product identification systems and methods" was invented by Xuejun Li (Pleasantville, N.Y.), Yong Jin Serock (Newtown, Conn.) and Cheuk Chi Lau (White Plains, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for identifying a product removed from a cabinet includes detecting visual characteristics of the product removed from the cabinet by a camera within the cabinet. The system may include detecting an identifier on the product removed from the cabinet by an identifier sensor, and comparing the visual characteristics and the identifier to a database of product infor...