System, apparatus and method for inventory
AssigneeOmni Consumer Products, LLC
InventorStephen Howard
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Abstract
An inventory system, apparatus and method. The method to be used in a cooler that includes a power module provides power to the inventory system from an electric source, battery, WIFI charge, wireless charge and/or combination thereof, a computer processor coupled to the power module, a memory module coupled to the computer processor, an image capturing module coupled to the processor, a movement module coupled to the processor; wherein the movement module triggers the image capturing device to capture images of products in a cooler due to a movement.
Claims20
An inventory system to be used in an enclosure, comprising:
- a power module provides power to the inventory system from at least one of an electric source, battery, WIFI charge, wireless charge or combination thereof;
- a computer processor coupled to the power module;
- a memory module coupled to the computer processor;
- an image capturing module coupled to the computer processor;
- a movement module coupled to the computer processor;
- wherein the movement module is configured to:
- determine if a movement of a product relative to the enclosure has occurred in an area being imaged within the enclosure,
- in response to determining that a movement has occurred, trigger the image capturing module to capture at least one image of products in the enclosure;
- and
- determine the difference between the captured image to a previous image, wherein the previous image resembles the image of the products prior to the movement.
An inventory apparatus executing an inventory method, the inventory method comprising an inventory system to be used in an enclosure, comprising:
- a power module provides power to the inventory system from at least one of a power source, battery, WIFI charge, wireless charge or combination thereof;
- determining if a movement of a product relative to the enclosure has occurred in an area being imaged within the enclosure,
- in response to determining that a movement has occurred within the enclosure, capturing, an image of inventory on a shelf in the enclosure;
- and
- determining and communicating, the difference between the captured image to a previous image, wherein the previous image resembles the status of the inventory prior to the movement.
An inventory system to be used in an enclosure, comprising:
- a power module provides power to the inventory system;
- a computer processor coupled to the power module;
- a memory module coupled to the computer processor;
- an image capturing module coupled to the computer processor;
- a module coupled to the computer processor;
- wherein the module is configured to:
- detect a condition of the enclosure;
- in response to detecting a condition of the enclosure and comparing the condition of the enclosure to a previous condition of the enclosure, trigger the image capture device to capture an image of the interior of the enclosure;
- and
- determine at least one of a change in distance to the closest product, a change in position of a product, or a change in the number of products,
- wherein the condition of the enclosure is a movement of a product relative to the enclosure occurring in an area being imaged within the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.