Walmart had four patents in metaverse during Q2 2024. Walmart Inc filed patents in Q2 2024 for systems and methods related to image processing, item availability determination in shopping spaces, and product recognition for personalized customer experiences. These patents involve technologies such as generating composite images, instructing motorized transport units, and training machine learning models for product recommendations based on customer profiles. GlobalData’s report on Walmart gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Walmart had no grants in metaverse as a theme in Q2 2024.
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Application: Processing user selectable product images and facilitating visualization-assisted virtual dressing (Patent ID: US20240203009A1)
The patent filed by Walmart Inc. describes a system that utilizes processors and computer-readable media to identify subject matters in digital images, define shapes for regions in other images, overlay these regions with different portions of the subject matter, generate composite images, and display them. The system can also process images to estimate depth locations, create volume maps, and enhance the appearance of subject matters in the composite image for realism. Additionally, the system can display the composite images on various devices, including smartphones, tablets, VR devices, IoT devices, and more.
The claims associated with the patent detail the specific operations performed by the system, such as identifying subject matters, defining shapes, overlaying regions, and generating composite images. The method also involves processing images to estimate depth locations, create volume maps, and modify subject matters for a realistic appearance in the composite image. Furthermore, the method can display the composite images as virtual presentations on a wide range of devices, including smartphones, VR devices, IoT devices, and more.
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