US Patent Issued to Target Brands on July 22 for "Shelf-mountable imaging system" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,346, issued on July 22, was assigned to Target Brands Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Shelf-mountable imaging system" was invented by Anup Jayapal Rao (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system capture images of products on shelves in a minimally invasive way. The images can be processed to assess restocking needs and other information. The imaging system includes multiple shelf-mountable imaging devices that can be positioned throughout one or more retail locations. Certain types of imaging devices may be self-contained units having replaceable or rechargeable internal power sources and/or wireless communication interfa...