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US 2022/0177228 A1Published application
Intelligent shelves for automated distribution of products
AssigneeHotberry, LLC
InventorKaren Lynnette Montgomery
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Abstract
A widget device for use in delivering products or items stored on a storage unit to a transfer system, is described herein. The widget device includes a shell, a positioning magnet mounted to the shell and deployable to selectively contact the storage unit to hold the widget device at a desired location associated with a corresponding product or item, and a processor programmed to operate the positioning magnet to control a position of the widget device with respect to the storage unit.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a storage unit configured to be operable for a distribution of products or items;
- and
- a widget device including:
- a shell;
- a positioning magnet mounted to the shell and deployable to selectively contact the storage unit to hold the widget device at a desired location associated with a corresponding product or item;
- and
- a processor programmed to operate the positioning magnet to control a position of the widget device with respect to the storage unit.
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A widget device for use in delivering products or items stored on a storage unit to a transfer system, comprising:
- a shell;
- a positioning magnet mounted to the shell and deployable to selectively contact the storage unit to hold the widget device at a desired location associated with a corresponding product or item;
- and
- a processor programmed to operate the positioning magnet to control a position of the widget device with respect to the storage unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.