US 10,769,713 B1Granted

Electronic shopping cart

OwnerEleana Townsendinventor

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Abstract

The present invention discloses an electronic shopping cart comprising sensor unit, processing unit and display unit. The sensor unit comprises various sensors placed at each corner of the cart and sensory net placed at base of the cart. At least one sensory line connects sensors and sensory net. The sensors generate sensor data by detecting item placed into or taken away from cart. The sensory net detects change in weight of cart and generate sensory net data. The processing unit processes sensor data and sensory net data and accordingly retrieves information of item from at least one item database. Based on retrieved information, processing unit calculates subtotal of item and grand total cost of all items in cart and are displayed to user on display screen long with item details. Sensors, sensory net and sensory line together identifies item added into cart or removed from cart, and maintain integrity of items in basket.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An electronic shopping cart, comprising:

at least one cart with a basket to carry shopping items therein;
at least one sensor unit including at least one top sensor, at least one bottom sensor and at least one sensory net, said at least one sensory net detecting a weight of said items, said at least one sensor unit detecting items placed or taken from cart;
at least one electronic line to connect said at least one top sensor, said at least one bottom sensor and said at least one sensory net, at least one electronic line being in constant abutting contact with said at least one top sensor, said at least one bottom sensor and at least one sensory net simultaneously, said at least one electronic line extending horizontally entirely along a top perimeter and a bottom perimeter of said basket, said at least one electronic line further extending vertically along corners of said basket between said top perimeter and said bottom perimeter;
at least one processing unit to process data from said at least one sensor unit, said at least one sensor unit generating item details;
and
at least one display unit to display said item details.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/170,621Filed 25 Oct 2018
Granted: 8 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06Q 30/0635
Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists: replenishment orders; recurring orders
G01G 19/4144
Using electronic computing means only: for controlling weight of goods in commercial establishments, e.g. supermarket, P.O.S. systems
G01G 19/52
Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups: weighing apparatus combined with other…
G06K 7/1413
The method being specifically adapted for the type of code: 1D bar codes

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