Interactive physical product browsing experience
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsAndreas Balzer, David Mowatt, Alan Noel Mulhall, Muiris Woulfe
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Abstract
The description relates to an interactive physical product browsing experience. One example includes a display system for displaying objects. The display system comprises a plurality of object displays each comprising an object store, a robot for moving objects to and from a repository, a user input receiving means, and a processing means. The processing means is configured to cause the object displays to display some of the objects, monitor user behaviour using the user input receiving means, and cause the robot to move an object from the repository to one of the object stores based on the user behaviour.
Claims20
A display system for displaying objects, the display system comprising:
- a plurality of object displays each corresponding to an object store from a plurality of object stores;
- a robot for moving physical objects to and from a repository;
- a user input receiving means;
- and
- a processor programmed to:
- receive a request for a physical object;
- cause the robot to move the physical object from the repository to one of the plurality of object stores based on the received request;
- receive an indication that the robot has placed the physical object in the one of the plurality of object stores;
- and
- based on the received indication, display, on one of the plurality of object displays, a live view of contents of the one of the plurality of object stores, the contents comprising the physical object from the repository.
A method for displaying objects, the method comprising:
- receive a request for a physical object;
- causing a robot to move the physical object from a repository to one of a plurality of object stores based on the received request;
- receiving an indication that the robot has placed the physical object in the one of the plurality of object stores;
- and
- based on the received indication, display, on one of the plurality of object displays, a live view of contents of the one of the plurality of object stores, the contents comprising the physical object requested from a user.
A means for displaying objects, the means providing:
- a plurality of object displays each corresponding to an object store;
- a robot for moving physical objects to and from a repository;
- a user input receiving means;
- and
- a processing means configured to:
- cause the robot to move a physical object from the repository to one of the plurality of object stores based on a request from a user;
- receive an indication that the robot has placed the physical object in the one of the plurality of object stores;
- and
- based on the received indication, display, on one of the plurality of object displays, a live view of contents of the one of the plurality of object stores, the contents comprising the physical object requested from the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.