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US 12,248,995 B2Granted
Intelligent fuel dispensers
AssigneeWayne Fueling Systems LLC
InventorsJohn Joseph Morris, Scott R. Negley, III, Annika Birkler, Richard Carlsson, Patrick Jeitler, Randal Scott Kretzler
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Abstract
In general, intelligent fuel dispensers are provided. In at least some implementations, an intelligent fuel dispenser can determine customer identities and/or other characteristics and provide customized fueling sessions based on the determined customer identities and/or other characteristics. In at least some implementations, the fuel dispenser includes a touchless interface allowing customers to complete fueling sessions with minimal physical contact with the fuel dispenser.
Claims18
A fuel dispenser comprising:
- a housing having fuel dispensing components disposed therein and an electronics module disposed at least partially therein;
- at least one display screen, wherein a brightness of the at least one display screen is configured to switch between at least a first brightness level and a second brightness level responsive to a user being proximate to the fuel dispenser, wherein the second brightness level is brighter than the first brightness level;
- an image sensor;
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- a processor configured in the electronics module and operatively coupled to the image sensor, the processor configured to perform operations comprising
- receiving image data characterizing an image acquired via the image sensor,
- determining, using the image data, at least one of a condition of the user of the fuel dispenser and a condition of the fuel dispenser, wherein the condition of the fuel dispenser includes at least one of an open access panel of a housing of the fuel dispenser and damage to a housing, and
- generating, based on the determining, an alarm.
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A system comprising:
- at least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions;
- and
- at least one data processor communicably coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer readable medium, the at least one processor configured to execute the instructions, which when executed cause the at least one data processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving image data characterizing an image acquired via an image sensor of a fuel dispenser,
- modifying a brightness of at least one display screen of the fuel dispenser to switch between at least a first brightness level and a second brightness level responsive to a user being proximate to the fuel dispenser, wherein the second brightness level is brighter than the first brightness level,
- determining, based on the image data, at least one of a condition of the user of a fuel dispenser and a condition of the fuel dispenser, wherein the condition of the fuel dispenser includes at least one of an open access panel of a housing of the fuel dispenser and damage to a housing, and
- generating, based on the determining, an alarm.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions and image data corresponding to a dispensing environment including a fuel dispenser;
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- at least one data processor communicably coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium and to an image sensor located remotely from the apparatus and having a field of view of the dispensing environment, the at least one data processor to perform operations comprising
- receiving image data characterizing an image acquired via the image sensor,
- modifying a brightness of at least one display screen of the apparatus to switch between at least a first brightness level and a second brightness level responsive to a user being proximate to the apparatus, wherein the second brightness level is brighter than the first brightness level,
- determining, using the image data, at least one of a condition of the user of the fuel dispenser and a condition of the fuel dispenser, wherein the condition of the fuel dispenser includes at least one of an open access panel of a housing of the fuel dispenser and damage to a housing, and
- generating, based on the determining, an alarm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.