ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,667, issued on May 26, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Systems, apparatuses, and methods for triggering object recognition and planogram generation via shelf sensors" was invented by David Bellows (Old Westbury, N.Y.) and Thomas E. Wulff (Brookhaven, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for triggering object recognition and planogram generation via shelf sensors are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may comprise a shelf, at least one sensor affixed to the shelf, at least one camera affixed to the shelf, and at least one server communicatively coupled to the at least one camera an...