Systems and methods for integrated auto-triggering image capture of enclosure interiors
AssigneeCooler Iot LLC
InventorsDurlabh Jain, Karan Bakshi, Roy Mehta
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Abstract
The present invention provides an enclosure having an entry barrier with an integrated auto-triggering image capture system. The enclosure includes an enclosure body, an entry barrier coupled to the enclosure body, and an integrated image capture system with an activator and an image sensor. The activator is coupled to the entry barrier and generates a trigger upon detecting a positional change of the entry barrier relative to the enclosure body. The image sensor is coupled to both the entry barrier and the activator, and is triggered by the activator to capture images of the enclosure interior.
Claims21
An integrated auto-triggering image capture system useful in association with refrigerated enclosure having an entry barrier, the integrated image capture system comprising:
- an activator configured to be operatively coupled to an entry barrier associated with a refrigerated enclosure, wherein the activator is further configured to generate a trigger upon detecting a positional change of the entry barrier relative to a body of the enclosure, wherein the position change ranges from a closed position to an opened position;
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- an interior image sensor configured to be attached to an interior-facing location of the entry barrier thereby causing the interior image sensor to move relative to the body of the enclosure in response to a corresponding motion of the entry barrier, the image sensor configured to only view a first content stored in a first separate compartment of an interior of the enclosure when the entry barrier is in the closed position, wherein the image sensor is further configured to be triggered by the activator to capture at least one image of both the first content stored in the first separate compartment and a second content stored a second separate compartment of the interior of the enclosure when the entry barrier is in the opened position, wherein the second separate compartment is visually obstructed from the image sensor when the entry barrier is in the closed position, wherein a field of view (FOV) of the image sensor is expanded as the entry barrier transitions from the closed position to the opened position thereby causing the image sensor to move outward and away from the body of the enclosure, and wherein the expanded FOV also covers the previously visually obstructed second separate compartment of the interior of the enclosure, the expanded FOV not possible when the entry barrier is in the closed position.
An enclosure having an entry barrier with an integrated auto-triggering image capture system, the enclosure comprising:
- a refrigerated enclosure body;
- an entry barrier operatively coupled to the enclosure body;
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- an integrated image capture system including:
- an activator configured to be operatively coupled to the entry barrier, wherein the activator is further configured to generate a trigger upon detecting a positional change of the entry barrier relative to the enclosure body, wherein the position change ranges from a closed position to an opened position;
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- an interior image sensor configured to be attached to an interior-facing location of the entry barrier thereby causing the interior image sensor to move relative to the body of the enclosure in response to a corresponding motion of the entry barrier, the image sensor configured to only view a first content stored in a first separate compartment of an interior of the enclosure when the entry barrier is in the closed position, wherein the image sensor is further configured to be triggered by the activator to capture at least one image of both the first content stored in the first separate compartment and a second content stored a second separate compartment of the interior of the enclosure when the entry barrier is in the opened position, wherein the second separate compartment is visually obstructed from the image sensor when the entry barrier is in the closed position, wherein a field of view (FOV) of the image sensor is expanded as the entry barrier transitions from the closed position to the opened position thereby causing the image sensor to move outward and away from the body of the enclosure, and wherein the expanded FOV also covers the previously visually obstructed second separate compartment of the interior of the enclosure, the expanded FOV not possible when the entry barrier is in the closed position.
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