US 12,169,810 B2
Monitoring configuration of an inventory of devices using captured images of the devices
Amee Sheth Fontanetta, Brick, NJ (US); and Vahid Tavassoli, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/515,241.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135898 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06T 7/0008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by configuration equipment comprising a processor, network devices deployed at locations within a site;
based on an image captured at the site by image capture equipment, identifying, by the configuration equipment, a configuration activity at the site associated with the network devices, wherein the configuration activity is detected via an artificial neural network implemented by the configuration equipment based upon the image as an input to the artificial neural network;
based on an analysis of the image, associating, by the configuration equipment, the configuration activity with a network device of the network devices, wherein the associating the configuration activity with the network device comprises identifying the network device based on equipment information stored in an inventory management system accessible to the configuration equipment; and
updating, by the configuration equipment, the inventory management system based on the configuration activity that is associated with the network device.