Smart Shelves
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorRoy L. Camp
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Abstract
A method may include obtaining a weight of merchandise supported by a shelf and obtaining identifier data of the merchandise supported by the shelf The identifier data may be wirelessly received from tags associated with the merchandise. The method may also include determining information for presentation to a consumer regarding the merchandise based on the weight of the merchandise and the identifier data of the merchandise. The method may also include providing the information for presentation to the consumer of the merchandise when the consumer is proximate the merchandise that is supported by the shelf.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- obtaining identifier data describing at least one item supported by a surface;
- determining a first weight of items supported by the surface, the items including the at least one item;
- responsive to identifying a change to the first weight, determining a second weight of items supported by the surface;
- determining that a difference between the first weight and the second weight corresponds to a weight of the at least one item;
- and
- outputting a display of information regarding the at least one item.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining identifier data describing at least one item supported by a surface;
- determining a first weight of items supported by the surface, the items including the at least one item;
- responsive to identifying a change to the first weight, determining a second weight of items supported by the surface;
- determining that a difference between the first weight and the second weight corresponds to a weight of the at least one item;
- and
- outputting a display of information regarding the at least one item.
One or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that are executable by one or more processors to cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining identifier data describing at least one item supported by a surface;
- determining a first weight of items supported by the surface, the items including the at least one item;
- responsive to identifying a change to the first weight, determining a second weight of items supported by the surface;
- determining that a difference between the first weight and the second weight corresponds to a weight of the at least one item;
- and
- outputting a display of information regarding the at least one item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.