Retail Display System With Integrated Security and Inventory Management
AssigneeSouthern Imperial, Inc.
InventorsTodd C. Westberg, Joerg Niederhuefner
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Abstract
A retail display system with integrated inventory management and security is provided. The retail display system is operably connected to a control module operable to detect the addition or removal of inventory from the retail display system. The control module may be configured to manually or automatically associate a quantity of merchandise with a value of a sensed parameter, such that control module recognizes that the occurrence of the sensed parameter corresponds to the addition or subtraction of merchandise.
Claims25
A method for monitoring inventory levels of retail merchandise contained in a self facing retail display system, comprising the steps of:
- sensing a parameter associated with a movement of the retail merchandise contained within the self facing retail display system using a sensor;
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- determining a repeating value of the parameter for a selected retail product based upon said sensing during placement or removal of one or more individual units of retail merchandise from the self facing retail display system.
A method for monitoring inventory levels of retail merchandise contained in a self facing retail display system, comprising the steps of:
- manually initiating a retail merchandise learning mode of a control module;
- changing an amount of retail merchandise carried by the retail display system by either adding or subtracting one or more individual units of retail merchandise;
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- sensing a parameter associated with the change of the amount of retail merchandise using a sensor.
A method for monitoring inventory levels of retail merchandise contained in a self facing retail display system, comprising the steps of:
- sensing a parameter associated with the addition or removal of one or more selected items of retail merchandise using a sensor;
- automatically associating a quantity of merchandise with a value of the parameter based on said sensing using a control module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.