US 2021/0065102 A1Published application

Product inventory management apparatus and method

AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorKota SUZUKI

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Abstract

A product inventory management system includes a sensor and a processing device. The sensor is configured to sense a pick-up and a placement of a product at a predetermined location that is associated with an identifier. The processing device is configured to, in response to detecting a product pick-up, increase a product pick-up counter and add a pick-up history log to the pick-up history. Each pick-up history log indicates a pick-up time corresponding to the pick-up detection time. The processing device removes a pick-up history log associated with the identifier from the pick-up history when the sensor detects a product placement. After the elapsing of predetermined time from the pick-up time included in a pick-up history log, the processing device increases a purchase counter associated with the identifier.

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Dependent claims

A product inventory management system, comprising:

a sensor configured to sense a pick-up and a placement of a product at a predetermined location associated with an identifier;
a storage device in which a pick-up history is stored;
a display;
and
a processing device configured to:
in response to the sensor detecting a product pick-up at the predetermined location, increase a product pick-up counter associated with the identifier by one and add a pick-up history log associated with the identifier to the pick-up history, each pick-up history log in the pick-up history indicating a pick-up time corresponding to the time at which the product pick-up was detected;
in response to the sensor detecting a product placement at the predetermined location, remove a pick-up history log associated with the identifier from the pick-up history;
increase a purchase counter associated with the identifier by one for each pick-up history log associated with the identifier in the pick-up history after an elapsing of a predetermined time period from the pick-up time in the pick-up history log;
and
control the display to display a value of the product pick-up counter and a value of the purchase counter in association with the identifier.

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A product inventory management method, comprising:

using a sensor to detect a pick-up of a product or a placement of a product at a predetermined location, the predetermined location being associated with an identifier;
in response to the sensor detecting a product pick-up at the predetermined location, increasing a product pick-up counter associated with the identifier by one and adding a pick-up history log associated with the identifier to a pick-up history, each pick-up history log in the pick-up history indicating a pick-up time corresponding to the time at which the product pick-up was detected;
in response to the sensor detecting a product placement at the predetermined location, removing a pick-up history log associated with the identifier from the pick-up history;
increasing a purchase counter associated with the identifier by one for each pick-up history log associated with the identifier in the pick-up history after an elapsing of a predetermined time period from the pick-up time in the pick-up history log;
and
controlling a display to display a value of the product pick-up counter and a value of the purchase counter in association with the identifier.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/897,582Filed 10 Jun 2020
Priority: JP 2019-15407626 Aug 2019
Published: 4 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06Q 10/087
Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management: inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling,…
G06V 20/52
Context or environment of the image: surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
G06Q 10/0877
Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders: by inventory control or reporting using inventory…
G06V 20/20
Scenes; Scene-specific elements: in augmented reality scenes

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