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US 2014/0229343 A1Published application
Smart cabinet
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsKrystal Rose Higgins, John Tapley, Eric J. Farraro
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided including a processor, a memory, and a door. A scale is configured to, when the door is opened, measure the weight of an item placed in the apparatus. A scanner is then configured to, when the door is opened, scan an item placed in the apparatus. The processor is then configured to track the weight of the item when the item is placed in the apparatus and to automatically reorder more of the item in response to a determination that the weight of the item has fallen below a predefined threshold.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a door;
- a scale configured to, when the door is opened, measure a weight of an item placed in the apparatus;
- a scanner configured to, when the door is opened, scan the item placed in the apparatus;
- the processor configured to track the weight of the item when the item is placed in the apparatus and to automatically reorder more of the item in response to a determination that the weight of the item has fallen below a predefined threshold.
3 more elements
A method comprising:
- scanning an item as the item is placed in a cabinet;
- measuring a weight of the item using a scale in the cabinet;
- maintaining information about the item and the weight of the item in a memory for comparison with subsequent weights for the item to determine amounts of the item consumed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.