SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MERCHANDISE DISPLAY, SALE AND INVENTORY CONTROL

An automated retail system according to embodiments of the present invention includes a front and/or rear product rack, each rack having a plurality of bins, each of which has a product door, the system further including a basket moveable along an x-y plane on a rail system to selectively open a pro...

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description An automated retail system according to embodiments of the present invention includes a front and/or rear product rack, each rack having a plurality of bins, each of which has a product door, the system further including a basket moveable along an x-y plane on a rail system to selectively open a product door of a product bin to permit the product within the bin to fall into the basket, the basket movable to a product delivery position to release the product from the basket. Such a system may include sensors and/or scanners to determine contents of each bin, such that any product may be placed in any bin, and inventory of each bin or all bins may be determined at any time. The basket may be configured to move in x and y but not z directions, and may also serve as the sole actuation mechanism for opening the doors. Se describe un sistema minorista automatizado de acuerdo con las modalidades de la presente invención que incluye un estante de producto delantero y/o trasero, cada estante tiene una pluralidad de recipientes, que tienen una puerta de producto, el sistema además incluye una cesta movible a lo largo de un plano x-y en un sistema de carriles para abrir selectivamente una puerta de producto de un recipiente de producto para permitir que el producto dentro del recipiente caiga en la cesta, la cesta se puede mover a una posición de suministro de producto para liberar el producto de la cesta. Tal sistema puede incluir sensores y/o exploradores para determinar el contenido de cada recipiente, de tal manera que cualquier producto pueda colocarse en cualquier recipiente, y el inventario de cada recipiente o de todos los recipientes puede determinarse en cualquier momento. La cesta puede configurarse para moverse en las direcciones x e y pero no en la dirección z, y también puede servir como el único mecanismo de accionamiento para abrir las puertas.
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CHECKING-DEVICES
COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
COMPUTING
CONVEYING
COUNTING
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
MEASURING
MEASURING ANGLES
MEASURING AREAS
MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
TESTING
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MERCHANDISE DISPLAY, SALE AND INVENTORY CONTROL
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