IP Library Granted Patent US 12,293,248
Granted Patent B2
US 12,293,248 · App. 18/415,715 · Granted May 6, 2025

Map information acquisition method, map acquisition apparatus and storage medium

Inventors: Shiguo Hou (Zhejiang, CN); Min Liang (Zhejiang, CN); Jun Chen (Zhejiang, CN); Qi Jiang (Zhejiang, CN); Yang Zhao (Zhejiang, CN)
Assignee: HANSHOW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G06K7/10366G06Q30/0201G06T7/70G06V20/10H04W4/35
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Patent No.
US 12,293,248
App. No.
18/415,715
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a map information acquisition method and a map acquisition apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring and constructing, by a map acquisition apparatus, map data, and acquiring, by the map acquisition apparatus, shelf identity information of each of shelves, wherein the shelf identity information is in one-to-one correspondence with the shelves, wherein the map acquisition apparatus comprises: a shopping cart component provided with a map construction system and a radio frequency identification reader; and marking, by the map acquisition apparatus, the map data according to each of the shelf identity information, and generating, by the map acquisition apparatus, map information marked with multiple pieces of shelf identity information.

Claims (29)

1. A map information acquisition method, comprising:

acquiring and constructing, by a map acquisition apparatus, map data, and acquiring, by the map acquisition apparatus, shelf identity information of each of shelves, wherein the shelf identity information is in one-to-one correspondence with the shelves, wherein the map acquisition apparatus comprises: a shopping cart component provided with a map construction system and a radio frequency identification reader; and

marking, by the map acquisition apparatus, the map data according to each of the shelf identity information, and generating, by the map acquisition apparatus, map information marked with multiple pieces of shelf identity information.

2. The map information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the map construction system is a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) system, wherein the acquiring and constructing, by a map acquisition apparatus, map data comprises: acquiring and constructing, by the SLAM system, map data.

3. The map information acquisition method according to claim 2 , wherein the acquiring, by the map acquisition apparatus, shelf identity information of each of shelves comprises: acquiring, by the radio frequency identification reader, the shelf identity information transmitted by a radio frequency identification label of each of the shelves, so as to mark the location and the identity of a shelf in a map in real time when the shelf identity information is acquired, and generate the map information marked with the shelf identity information.

4. The map information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the shopping cart component is provided on a shopping cart in a supermarket environment.

5. The map information acquisition method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting the map information to a commodity positioning apparatus, or uploading and storing the map information for acquisition by a commodity positioning apparatus, which enables the commodity positioning apparatus to automatically and accurately position commodities.

6. The map information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the map information is transmitted to a commodity positioning apparatus, which enables the commodity positioning apparatus to:

acquire shelf image information corresponding to the shelf identity information;

identify, according to the shelf image information, a commodity corresponding to each of electronic price label apparatuses on a corresponding shelf and a first positional relationship between each of the electronic price label apparatuses and the corresponding shelf; and

generate location information of each of the commodities according to the first positional relationship and the map information.

7. The map information acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the map information is uploaded to the server for storage.

8. A map acquisition apparatus, comprising:

a map construction unit configured to acquire and construct map data;

a first shelf acquisition unit configured to acquire shelf identity information of each of shelves, wherein the shelf identity information is in one-to-one correspondence with the shelves; and

a marking unit configured to mark the map data according to each of the shelf identity information and generate map information marked with multiple pieces of shelf identity information,

wherein the map acquisition apparatus comprises: a shopping cart component provided with a map construction system and a radio frequency identification reader.

9. The map acquisition apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first shelf acquisition unit is configured as the radio frequency identification reader.

10. The map acquisition apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the map construction unit is configured as the map construction system which is a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) system, wherein the map data is acquired and constructed by the SLAM system.

11. The map acquisition apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the radio frequency identification reader is configured to acquire the shelf identity information transmitted by a radio frequency identification label of each of the shelves, so as to enable the marking unit to mark the location and the identity of a shelf in a map in real time when the shelf identity information is acquired and generate the map information marked with the shelf identity information.

12. The map acquisition apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the shopping cart component is provided on a shopping cart in a supermarket environment.

13. The map acquisition apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the map information is transmitted to a commodity positioning apparatus or the map information is uploaded and stored for acquisition by a commodity positioning apparatus, which enables the commodity positioning apparatus to automatically and accurately position commodities.

14. The map acquisition apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the map information is transmitted to a commodity positioning apparatus, which enables the commodity positioning apparatus to:

acquire shelf image information corresponding to the shelf identity information;

identify, according to the shelf image information, a commodity corresponding to each of electronic price label apparatuses on a corresponding shelf and a first positional relationship between each of the electronic price label apparatuses and the corresponding shelf; and

generate location information of each of the commodities according to the first positional relationship and the map information.

15. The map acquisition apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the map information is uploaded to the server for storage.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program, when being executed by a processor, implements the method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2024
From: HOU, SHIGUO; LIANG, MIN; CHEN, JUN; JIANG, QI; ZHAO, YANG
To: HANSHOW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066157/0845 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810286097.5 · Apr 3, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17039246 · Sep 30, 2020
Continuation PCTCN2019070395 · Jan 4, 2019
Related Publication 20240152708A1 · May 9, 2024
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