Camera system to monitor goods in cabinet
AssigneeLeftbrain Limited
InventorCraig HARDING
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Abstract
Provided herein is a camera system for installation in a cabinet, preferably a food display cabinet, and a cabinet incorporating the camera system. The camera system allows monitoring of stock levels in the cabinet with reference to a planogram showing specific locations for different products. The camera system can be retrofitted to an existing cabinet or incorporated into the cabinet during manufacture. The camera system includes a strip containing one of more cameras, which attaches to the inner surface of a closure assembly for said cabinet.
Claims21
1-32. (canceled)
A camera system for a cabinet having a cavity for receiving stock and a sliding closure at the top of the cavity, wherein the camera system comprises:
- a strip configured to be positioned on the closure with a long axis of the strip transverse to a direction of sliding of the sliding closure;
- and
- a power supply configured to provide electrical power to the strip;
- wherein the strip comprises:
- electrical circuitry including a power input device and a data output device;
- and
- one or more cameras configured to point downwards when the strip is positioned on the closure, the one or more cameras operatively connected to the electrical circuitry and configured to monitor stock beneath the strip;
- wherein the camera system is configured to monitor all of the stock beneath 15the strip as the closure is slid from open to closed or closed to open.
A camera system for a cabinet having a cavity for receiving stock and one or more sliding closures at the top of the cavity, wherein the camera system comprises:
- one or more strips configured to be positioned on the one or more closures with a long axis of each strip transverse to a direction of sliding of the respective sliding closure;
- and
- one or more power supplies configured to provide electrical power to the one or more strips;
- wherein each strip comprises:
- electrical circuitry including a power input device and a data output device;
- and
- one or more cameras configured to point downwards when the strip is positioned on the closure, the one or more cameras operatively connected to the electrical circuitry and configured to monitor stock beneath the strip;
- wherein the camera system is configured to monitor all of the stock in the cabinet as the closure(s) is/are slid from open to closed or closed to open.
A camera system for a cabinet having a cavity for receiving stock and a sliding closure at the top of the cavity, wherein the camera system comprises:
- a strip configured to be positioned on the closure with a long axis of the strip transverse to a direction of sliding of the sliding closure;
- and
- a power supply configured to provide electrical power to the strip;
- wherein the strip comprises:
- electrical circuitry including a power input device and a data output device;
- and
- one or more cameras configured to point downwards when the strip is positioned on the closure, the one or more cameras operatively connected to the electrical circuitry and configured to monitor stock beneath the strip;
- wherein the camera system is configured to determine the distance between the one or more cameras and stock in the cabinet and calculate an amount of stock in the cabinet using the determined distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.