Cart
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro ONO
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Abstract
A cart includes a frame, a holding portion supported by the frame and in which a product is stored, a lifting unit configured to raise and lower the holding portion, an imaging device directed towards an inside of the holding portion, and a controller. The controller is configured to acquire an image of a product captured by the imaging device, determine whether the product has been continuously imaged by the imaging device over a predetermined time period, and upon determining that the product has been imaged over the predetermined time period, control the lifting unit to lower the holding portion.
Claims20
A cart, comprising:
- a frame;
- a holding portion supported by the frame and in which a product is stored;
- a lifting unit configured to raise and lower the holding portion;
- an imaging device directed towards an inside of the holding portion;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- acquire an image of a product from the imaging device,
- determine whether the product has been continuously imaged by the imaging device over a predetermined time period, and
- upon determining that the product has been imaged over the predetermined time period, control the lifting unit to lower the holding portion.
A cart system, comprising:
- a cart that includes:
- a frame,
- a holding portion supported by the frame and in which a product is stored,
- a lifting unit configured to raise or lower the holding portion, and
- a terminal holder on the frame;
- and
- a mobile terminal that is connectable to the cart via the terminal holder, includes a camera, and is configured to:
- acquire an image of a product from the camera,
- determine whether the product has been continuously imaged by the camera over a predetermined time period, and
- upon determining that the product has been imaged over the predetermined time period, control the lifting unit to lower the holding portion.
A method for controlling a product holding portion of a cart that includes a lifting unit and an imaging device, the method comprising:
- acquiring an image of a product from an imaging device mounted on a cart;
- determining whether the product has been continuously imaged by the imaging device over a predetermined time period;
- and
- upon determining that the product has been imaged over the predetermined time period, controlling a lifting unit of the cart to lower a product holding portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.