Smart textile items dispensing and return systems
AssigneePolytex Technologies Ltd.
InventorsTomer Poliner, Etgar Marcus
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Abstract
Provided herein are textile items return systems including which are configured to identify the type and/or condition of a returned textile item. The systems include an image acquisition device configured to acquire image data of a returned textile item and identification module which is configured to receive the acquired image data and identify one or more item parameters of the returned textile item using a suitable classification algorithm. Further provided are textile items dispensing and return (TIDR) systems including the textile items return system.
Claims19
A textile items return system comprising a textile items return unit and a textile items identification module, the textile items return unit comprising:
- an image acquisition device configured to acquire image data of a returned textile item;
- a return compartment configured to accommodate a returned textile item such as to allow the image acquisition device to acquire image data of the returned textile item;
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- a user interface and/or a communication unit allowing a user to input at least one value of one or more item parameters of a returned textile item;
- wherein the textile items identification module comprises one or more processors and one or more memory components and is configured to receive the acquired image data and, based at least thereon, identify one or more item parameters of the returned textile item, using a classification algorithm configured to correlate image data of a textile item to one or more item parameters of the textile item;
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- wherein the textile items return system is further configured to issue a notification and/or to reject a returned item to the user, based on the identified one or more item parameters of the returned item and/or the input from the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.