US 12,657,564 B2Granted

Artificial intelligence-operated autonomous point-of-sale cabinet/refrigerator operation systems and provision of retractable video cameras for these systems (machine learning and computer vision)

AssigneeIntuitivo Tech LLC

InventorsTomas Manzitti, Daniel Gómez, José Benitez

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Abstract

Stand-alone, consumer-operable point-of-sale system, comprising a cabinet/refrigerator with a retractable arrangement of one or more video cameras that are mounted or embedded in the frame of the cabinet/refrigerator without occupying volumes on both the outside and inside the of the cabinet/refrigerator, being an absolutely autonomous system governed by artificial intelligence that allows the consumer to select the desired product, pay for it automatically and return it if he/she regretted to leave it and take another one instead, being all the action registered and the operation successfully concluded.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An artificial intelligence operated autonomous point-of-sale cabinet/refrigerator operation system, wherein said cabinet/refrigerator comprises a sectioned interior housing for various products to be vended, a frame defined by the open perimeter of said cabinet, a pivoting locking door, an intelligent door locking system and power supply;

further provided with at least one mechanically actuated retractable side camera disposed in a side portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
at least one mechanically actuated retractable upper center camera disposed in an upper center portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
at least one retractable upper side camera disposed in an upper side portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
wherein said retractable side, upper center, and upper side cameras are in a retracted position when the cabinet/refrigerator door is closed, while extending to film or record in response to opening of said door without requiring user input or authentication;
said retractable cameras being connected to a CPU that communicates wirelessly with a cloud server to autonomously manage product tracking and transaction processing using vision-based inference;
wherein each of said side, upper central and upper side retractable cameras comprises:
an external plate fixed to a side wall of the cabinet/refrigerator;
an inner linear bearing mounted on an inner side of said external plate;
at least one external support mounted on an external part of said external plate, said at least one external support being provided with at least one outer linear bearing;
at least one rod in conjunction with a spring, one end of said rod mounted on said inner linear bearing mounted on the inner side of said external plate and fixed by an external lock, while the other end of said rod mounted on said inner linear bearing is connected to a linear rod support;
at least one movable piston support on which the linear bar support is mounted;
and
at least one secondary rod mounted between said outer linear bearing and a bore of said at least one movable piston support.

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further provided with at least one retractable side camera disposed in a side portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
at least one retractable upper center camera disposed in an upper center portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
at least one retractable upper side camera disposed in an upper side portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
wherein said retractable side, upper center, and upper side cameras are in a retracted position when the cabinet/refrigerator door is closed, while extending to film or record when the user opens the door;
said retractable cameras being connected to a CPU that communicates wirelessly with a cloud server;
wherein each of said side, upper central and upper side retractable cameras comprise:
an external plate fixed to a side wall of the cabinet/refrigerator;
an inner linear bearing mounted on the inner side of said external plate;
at least one external support mounted on the external part of said external plate, said external support being provided with at least one outer linear bearing;
at least one rod in conjunction with a spring, being one end of said rod mounted on said inner linear bearing mounted on the inner part of said external plate and fixed by an external lock, while the other end is connected to a linear rod support;
at least one movable piston support on which said linear bar support is mounted;
and
at least one secondary rod mounted between said outer linear bearing and a bore of said movable piston support;
further wherein said retractable side camera comprises at least one camera support mounted on said piston support;
and at least one camera mounted on said camera support, being mounted by a respective assembly of camera-nut-screws.

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further provided with at least one retractable side camera disposed in a side portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
at least one retractable upper center camera disposed in an upper center portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
at least one retractable upper side camera disposed in an upper side portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
wherein said retractable side, upper center, and upper side cameras are in a retracted position when the cabinet/refrigerator door is closed, while extending to film or record when the user opens the door;
said retractable cameras being connected to a CPU that communicates wirelessly with a cloud server;
wherein each of said side, upper central and upper side retractable cameras comprises:
an external plate fixed to a side wall of the cabinet/refrigerator;
an inner linear bearing mounted on the inner side of said external plate;
at least one external support mounted on the external part of said external plate, said external support being provided with at least one outer linear bearing;
at least one rod in conjunction with a spring, being one end of said rod mounted on said inner linear bearing mounted on the inner part of said external plate and fixed by an external lock, while the other end is connected to a linear rod support;
at least one movable piston support on which said linear bar support is mounted;
and
at least one secondary rod mounted between said outer linear bearing and a bore of said movable piston support;
further wherein said retractable top center and side cameras each comprise at least one camera protector mounted on said piston support;
and at least one camera mounted on said piston support, being mounted by a respective assembly of support camera-nut-screws.

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further provided with at least one retractable side camera disposed in a side portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
at least one retractable upper center camera disposed in an upper center portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
at least one retractable upper side camera disposed in an upper side portion of said cabinet/refrigerator;
wherein said retractable side, upper center, and upper side cameras are in a retracted position when the cabinet/refrigerator door is closed, while extending to film or record when the user opens the door;
said retractable cameras being connected to a CPU that communicates wirelessly with a cloud server;
wherein each of said side, upper central and upper side retractable cameras comprises:
an external plate fixed to a side wall of the cabinet/refrigerator;
an inner linear bearing mounted on the inner side of said external plate;
at least one external support mounted on the external part of said external plate, said external support being provided with at least one outer linear bearing;
at least one rod in conjunction with a spring, being one end of said rod mounted on said inner linear bearing mounted on the inner part of said external plate and fixed by an external lock, while the other end is connected to a linear rod support;
at least one movable piston support on which said linear bar support is mounted;
and
at least one secondary rod mounted between said outer linear bearing and a bore of
said movable piston support;
further wherein:
said inner linear bearing is a bearing of SCS10UU type;
said outer linear bearing is a bearing of LM6UU type;
and
said linear bar support is a bar support of SHF10 type.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/851,910Filed 29 Mar 2023 · us provisional application
Priority: 29 Mar 2022
Published: US 2025/0111350 A13 Apr 2025
Granted: 16 Jun 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification26 codes

F25D 29/005
Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices: mounting of control devices
G06Q 20/208
Point-of-sale [POS] network systems: input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
A47F 3/002
Show cases or show cabinets: devices for protection against sunlight or theft
A47F 3/0404
Air-conditioned, refrigerated: cases or cabinets of the closed type