Smart cabinet
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsKrystal Rose Higgins, John Tapley, Eric J. Farraro
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided including a processor, a memory, and a door. A scale is configured to, when the door is opened, measure the weight of an item placed in the apparatus. A scanner is then configured to, when the door is opened, scan an item placed in the apparatus. The processor is then configured to track the weight of the item when the item is placed in the apparatus and to automatically reorder more of the item in response to a determination that the weight of the item has fallen below a predefined threshold.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
- receive an identification of each of one or more food items being stored in the apparatus;
- determine an amount of calories previously consumed by comparing the one or more food items to a prior inventory of food items;
- identify one or more recipes available to be prepared using the one or more food items being stored in the apparatus;
- and
- cause display of the amount of calories previously consumed and the one or more recipes.
A method comprising:
- receiving an identification of each of one or more food items being stored in an apparatus;
- determining an amount of calories previously consumed by comparing the one or more food items to a prior inventory of food items in the apparatus;
- identifying, one or more recipes available to be prepared using the one or more food items being stored in the apparatus;
- and
- causing display of the amount of calories previously consumed and the one or more recipes.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having instructions to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an identification of each of one or more food items being stored in an apparatus;
- determining an amount of calories previously consumed by comparing the one or more food items to a prior inventory of food items in the apparatus;
- identifying one or more recipes available to be prepared using the one or more food items being stored in the apparatus;
- and
- causing display of the amount of calories previously consumed and the one or more recipes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.