SHOPPING FACILITY ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS

Apparatuses, components and methods are provided herein useful to provide assistance to customers and/or workers in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, a shopping facility personal assistance system comprises: a plurality of motorized transport units located in and configured to move through a...

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Hauptverfasser:	High, Donald R, Atchley, Michael D, Thompson, John P, Chakrobartty, Shuvro, Welch, Eric E, Winkle, David C, McHale, Brian G, Taylor, Robert C, Kay, Karl
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACOUSTICS ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES CALCULATING CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER CLEANING BEACHES CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS COFFEE MILLS COMPUTING CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER CONVEYING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES DISPERSING DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS FOG IN GENERAL FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS FURNITURE GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE GENERATION GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS, PERAMBULATORS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL HAULING HOISTING HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCEDIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD HUMAN NECESSITIES IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS LIFTING LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES MEASURING MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NAVIGATION PACKING PAYING COUNTERS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION POSTAL SORTING RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION REGULATING SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS SIGNALLING SLEDGES SORTING SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTEDPIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS,STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING SPEECH RECOGNITION SPICE MILLS STORING STREET CLEANING SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL SURVEYING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TESTING TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION TRANSPORTING VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TOCARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS VEHICLES IN GENERAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Zusammenfassung:	Apparatuses, components and methods are provided herein useful to provide assistance to customers and/or workers in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, a shopping facility personal assistance system comprises: a plurality of motorized transport units located in and configured to move through a shopping facility space; a plurality of user interface units, each corresponding to a respective motorized transport unit during use of the respective motorized transport unit; and a central computer system having a network interface such that the central computer system wirelessly communicates with one or both of the plurality of motorized transport units and the plurality of user interface units, wherein the central computer system is configured to control movement of the plurality of motorized transport units through the shopping facility space based at least on inputs from the plurality of user interface units.