System and method for determining conditions of store produce display
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsYurgis Mauro Bacallao, Douglas Jahe Ryner
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Abstract
An air circulation and ventilation system for a retail store produce display comprises an air flow system that outputs an air flow to the produce display; a sensor system that determines a condition of the produce in the produce display; a sensor controller that controls the air flow system to change the air flow in the produce display in response to the condition of the produce in the produce display; and a self-contained power panel for powering the air flow system and the sensor system.
Claims18
An air circulation and ventilation system for a retail store produce display, comprising:
- an air flow system that outputs an air flow to the produce display;
- a sensor system that determines a condition of the produce in the produce display;
- a sensor controller that controls the air flow system to change the air flow in the produce display in response to the condition of the produce in the produce display;
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- a self-contained power panel for powering the air flow system and the sensor system.
A display table or kiosk for store produce items, comprising:
- a base;
- a produce bed on the base for holding retail produce items;
- an air circulation and ventilation system that outputs a controlled air flow to the produce bed, monitors a condition of the produce in the produce display, and changes the air flow in the produce display in response to the condition of the produce in the produce display;
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- a notification system that outputs information of the condition of the produce in the produce display.
A sensor system that determines a condition of the produce in the produce display, comprising:
- a plurality of gas sensors that sense an emission of a gas from the produce in the produce display, and determines an amount of freshness or ripeness of the produce based on the emitted gas;
- a plurality of weight sensors that determine a presence or change in weight of the produce,
- at least one optical sensor that detects wavelengths of light including notification data from a sensor transmitter, the notification data including information regarding the condition of the produce in response to the gas and weight sensors;
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- a sensor controller that controls a source of air flow in the product display in response to a detected condition of the produce detected by gas and weight sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.