Goods stocking system
AssigneeCHEP Technology Pty Limited
InventorMarco PANNICKE
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Abstract
The invention relates to a goods stocking system comprising a goods shelving unit (10), in which at least one goods storage compartment (12) is provided, a sheet-like sensor element (16), which is removably arranged on the bottom (14) of the goods storage compartment (12), an energy supply (54, 56) for the sensor element (16), a controller (52), which can evaluate a signal of the sensor element (16), and a data link (50) between the sensor element (16) and the controller (52).
Claims21
1-10. (canceled)
A goods stocking system comprising:
- a goods shelving unit comprising:
- at least one goods storage compartment carried by said goods shelving unit and configured to store goods for consumption on a bottom surface of said at least one goods storage compartment, with the bottom surface descending diagonally towards a removal side of said goods shelving unit such that the goods stored thereon slide forward after removal of at least one of the goods by a customer,
- a sensor element arranged on the bottom surface of said at least one goods storage compartment and configured to wirelessly transmit a signal corresponding to how many goods are on the bottom surface,
- an energy supply coupled to said sensor element;
- and
- a controller configured to receive the signal transmitted by said sensor element to evaluate how many goods are on the bottom surface of said at least one goods storage compartment.
A goods shelving unit comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one goods storage compartment carried by said housing and configured to store goods for consumption on a bottom surface of said at least one goods storage compartment, with the bottom surface descending diagonally towards a removal side of said housing such that the goods stored thereon slide forward after removal of at least one of the goods by a customer;
- a sensor element arranged on the bottom surface of said at least one goods storage compartment and configured to wirelessly transmit a signal corresponding to how many goods are on the bottom surface;
- and
- an energy supply coupled to said sensor element.
A method to evaluate how many goods are in a goods shelving unit comprising:
- storing goods for consumption on a bottom surface of at least one goods storage compartment carried by said goods shelving unit, with the bottom surface descending diagonally towards a removal side of the goods shelving unit such that the goods stored thereon slide forward after removal of at least one of the goods by a customer;
- operating a sensor element arranged on the bottom surface of the at least one goods storage compartment to wirelessly transmit a signal corresponding to how many goods are on the bottom surface;
- and
- providing an energy supply to said sensor element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.