Method and system for stock management
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsThilmee Baduge, Ryuuichi Yatsunami, Yohei Kushido, Die Liu
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Abstract
A stock management method and system utilizes a mat that includes a plurality of sensors corresponding to a plurality of sensing areas, each of sensors is configured to sense an item placed on a certain sensing area. Partitions define a plurality of lanes on the mat. A controller receives sensing results of the plurality of the sensors and calculates a stock level of remained items on the mat based on the sensing results. One of the sensing areas is located in both of two lanes of the plurality of lanes.
Claims15
A stock management system, comprising:
- a mat that includes a plurality of sensors corresponding to a plurality of sensing areas, each of sensors is configured to sense an item placed on a certain sensing area;
- partitions that define a plurality of lanes on the mat;
- and
- a controller that receives sensing results of the plurality of the sensors and calculates a stock level of remained items on the mat based on the sensing results, wherein
- one of the sensing areas is located in both of two lanes of the plurality of lanes, and
- the controller is configured to eliminate sensing results of sensing areas located under a partition provided on the mat when calculating the stock level.
A stock management system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
- receiving sensing results by sensors arranged on a mat in an array including rows and columns corresponding to arrayed sensing areas, each sensor sensing an item placed on each sensing area, a bottom plane of the item being greater than the sensing area on which the item is placed;
- calculating a number of items placed on the sensors in accordance with the received sensing results including positive sensing results, the calculated number of the items being fewer than a number of positive sensing results, included in the received sensing results, each positive sensing result indicating that an item is on a sensor, and
- eliminating received sensing results corresponding to sensing areas located under a partition provided on the mat when calculating a stock level of items on the mat.
A stock management system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
- receiving sensing results by sensors arranged on a mat in an array including rows and columns corresponding to arrayed sensing areas, each sensor sensing an item placed on each sensing area, an area of the item being greater than the sensing area on which the item is placed;
- calculating a number of items placed on the mat in accordance with received results, the calculated number of items being less than a number of positive sensing results included in the received sensing results and indicating that an item is on one of sensors, and
- eliminating received sensing results corresponding to sensing areas located under a partition provided on the mat when calculating when calculating a stock level of items on the mat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.