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Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s patent strategy reveals a surprising focus on computing technologies, with Image Processing dominating 41.8% of its portfolio, despite a significant -90.0% decline so far in 2026 after a 100.0% surge in 2025. While categories like Business Methods & Fintech and Network Security & Access Control saw rapid 200.0% growth in 2024, their subsequent sharp declines in 2025 and 2026 suggest a shifting priority away from these areas, with zero patents in Network Security & Access Control and Cryptographic Mechanisms so far in 2026.

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Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

55 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 9 themes

AR/VR User Interfaces

Techniques for rendering, interacting with, and managing content within augmented or virtual reality environments, including spatial tracking, gaze interaction, and dynamic multi-application display management.

Input/Output & User Interfaces
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20since 2023
+125.0%YoY
3D Reconstruction & Modelingfiltered

Processes for creating or manipulating three-dimensional digital representations of objects or environments, including mesh generation, surface fitting, and depth estimation from multiple views.

Image Processing
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8since 2023
new
Vision-Based Object & Pose Estimation

Methods and apparatus for detecting objects and determining their three-dimensional position and orientation (pose) using imagery or point cloud data, often for navigation, surveying, or environmental understanding.

Computer Vision
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7since 2023
0.0%YoY
Wall & Ceiling Mounting Systems

Brackets, frames, and fixtures designed to securely attach items to vertical wall surfaces or overhead ceiling structures, addressing challenges like material strength, load distribution, or suspension system integration.

Mounting Frames & Stands
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3since 2023
new
Secure & Organized Storage

Furniture designs that incorporate specialized compartments, locking mechanisms, or automated retrieval systems to secure, organize, or control access to stored items within cabinets, desks, or appliances.

Tables & Desks
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3since 2023
0.0%YoY
Automated Transaction Systems

Systems designed to streamline and automate various commercial transactions, including mobile-enhanced processes, secure online checkouts, customer service interactions, and privilege issuance, often leveraging digital authentication.

Business Methods & Fintech
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2since 2023
0.0%YoY
Access Control & Identity Management

Systems and methods for authenticating users, devices, or applications, authorizing their access to resources based on policies, and managing digital identities across various platforms.

Network Security & Access Control
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2since 2023
n/a
Modular Furniture Assembly

Design principles and connection methods that facilitate the easy assembly, disassembly, reconfiguration, or integration of functional modules and components in furniture systems.

Tables & Desks
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1since 2023
new
Granular Data Encryption & Access Control

Systems and methods for encrypting data at a fine-grained level (e.g., per data unit or based on sensitivity) and controlling access to it, often involving delegated authorization, contextual policies, or secure data sharing.

Cryptographic Mechanisms
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1since 2023
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Patents

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3D Reconstruction & Modeling
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US 12211161 B2GRANTED
G06F3/04845

Reset modeling based on reset and object properties

Filed:2022-06-24Pub:2025-01-28
Applicant:Lowe's Companies, Inc.

A modeling system receives, in association with generating a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reset, a selection of a 3D virtual object. The modeling system presents, at a user interface, the 3D virtual object in the 3D virtual reset at a first position. The modeling system receives, via the user interface, an edit to the 3D virtual object in the 3D virtual reset. The modeling system updates the presentation of the 3D virtual reset by showing the edit. The modeling system stores the 3D virtual reset by including, in the 3D virtual reset, information about the 3D virtual object and information about the edit.

US 12198365 B2GRANTED
G06T7/593

Spatial construction using guided surface detection

Filed:2023-01-13Pub:2025-01-14
Applicant:Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Described herein are a system and methods for efficiently using depth and image information for a space to generate a 3D representation of that space. In some embodiments, an indication of one or more points is received with respect to image information, which is then mapped to corresponding points within depth information. A boundary may then be calculated to be associated with each of the points based on the depth information at, and surrounding, each point. Each of the boundaries are extended outward until junctions are identified as bounding the boundaries in a direction. The system may determine whether the process is complete or not based on whether any of the calculated boundaries are currently unlimited in extent in any direction. Once the system determines that each of the boundaries is limited in extent, a 3D representation of the space may be generated based on the identified junctions and/or boundaries.

US 12189915 B2GRANTED
G06F3/04815

Simulated environment for presenting virtual objects and virtual resets

Filed:2022-06-24Pub:2025-01-07
Applicant:Lowe's Companies, Inc.

A modeling system stores a three-dimensional (3D) virtual object that corresponds to a real-world object, the 3D virtual object including a superimposition of an image area showing a portion of the real-world object on a face of a 3D shape. The modeling system stores a virtual reset that includes information about the 3D virtual object and a position of the 3D virtual object in the virtual reset. The modeling system presents the virtual reset, the presentation showing the 3D virtual object at the position.

US 20230419628 A1APPLICATION
G06T19/20

RESET MODELING BASED ON RESET AND OBJECT PROPERTIES

Filed:2022-06-24Pub:2023-12-28
Applicant:Lowe's Companies, Inc.

A modeling system receives, in association with generating a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reset, a selection of a 3D virtual object. The modeling system presents, at a user interface, the 3D virtual object in the 3D virtual reset at a first position. The modeling system receives, via the user interface, an edit to the 3D virtual object in the 3D virtual reset. The modeling system updates the presentation of the 3D virtual reset by showing the edit. The modeling system stores the 3D virtual reset by including, in the 3D virtual reset, information about the 3D virtual object and information about the edit.

US 20230419627 A1APPLICATION
G06T19/20

OBJECT MODELING BASED ON PROPERTIES AND IMAGES OF AN OBJECT

Filed:2022-06-24Pub:2023-12-28
Applicant:Lowe's Companies, Inc.

A modeling system receives, via a user interface of a device, a selection of a three-dimensional shape that includes a plurality of faces. The modeling system generates a virtual object by: receiving an image showing a portion of a real-world object, determining an area of the image that corresponds to the portion of the real-world object, associating, in the virtual object, the area of the image with a face of the plurality of faces of the three-dimensional shape, and associating, in the virtual object or in metadata of the virtual object, properties of the three-dimensional shape with the virtual object. The virtual modeling system presents the virtual object in the user interface by at least showing the area of the image superimposed on the face and showing the properties.

US 20230418430 A1APPLICATION
G06F3/04815

SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT FOR PRESENTING VIRTUAL OBJECTS AND VIRTUAL RESETS

Filed:2022-06-24Pub:2023-12-28
Applicant:Lowe's Companies, Inc.

A modeling system stores a three-dimensional (3D) virtual object that corresponds to a real-world object, the 3D virtual object including a superimposition of an image area showing a portion of the real-world object on a face of a 3D shape. The modeling system stores a virtual reset that includes information about the 3D virtual object and a position of the 3D virtual object in the virtual reset. The modeling system presents the virtual reset, the presentation showing the 3D virtual object at the position.

US 20230154027 A1APPLICATION
G06T7/593

SPATIAL CONSTRUCTION USING GUIDED SURFACE DETECTION

Filed:2023-01-13Pub:2023-05-18
Applicant:Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Described herein are a system and methods for efficiently using depth and image information for a space to generate a 3D representation of that space. In some embodiments, an indication of one or more points is received with respect to image information, which is then mapped to corresponding points within depth information. A boundary may then be calculated to be associated with each of the points based on the depth information at, and surrounding, each point. Each of the boundaries are extended outward until junctions are identified as bounding the boundaries in a direction. The system may determine whether the process is complete or not based on whether any of the calculated boundaries are currently unlimited in extent in any direction. Once the system determines that each of the boundaries is limited in extent, a 3D representation of the space may be generated based on the identified junctions and/or boundaries.

US 11580658 B2GRANTED
G06T7/593

Spatial construction using guided surface detection

Filed:2020-05-05Pub:2023-02-14
Applicant:Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Described herein are a system and methods for efficiently using depth and image information for a space to generate a 3D representation of that space. In some embodiments, an indication of one or more points is received with respect to image information, which is then mapped to corresponding points within depth information. A boundary may then be calculated to be associated with each of the points based on the depth information at, and surrounding, each point. Each of the boundaries are extended outward until junctions are identified as bounding the boundaries in a direction. The system may determine whether the process is complete or not based on whether any of the calculated boundaries are currently unlimited in extent in any direction. Once the system determines that each of the boundaries is limited in extent, a 3D representation of the space may be generated based on the identified junctions and/or boundaries.

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