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US 7,118,036 B1Granted
Mobile inventory management system
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsAlan B. Couch, Nathaniel Christopher Herwig
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Abstract
A mobile inventory management system which reduces cost and inventory time. The mobile inventory system includes a reader in a cart for reading radio frequency identification labels on items, and wireless communication circuitry in the cart for transmitting item identification information obtained by the reader to a database.
Claims10
A mobile inventory system comprising:
- a cart locator for determining cart location information of a cart;
- a reader mounted to the cart for reading radio frequency identification labels on items;
- wireless communication circuitry mounted to the cart;
- and
- a computer mounted to the cart for determining locations of the items from the cart location information, for wirelessly sending radio frequency identification label information to a store database, for obtaining item identification information corresponding to the radio frequency identification label information from the store database, for mapping the cart location information to the item identification information and for sending a mapping of the item identification information and the cart location information to the store database.
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A mobile inventory system comprising:
- a cart;
- a cart locator for determining cart location information;
- a motion control system for driving and steering the cart;
- a reader in the cart for determining radio frequency identification label information from radio frequency identification labels on items in a store;
- wireless communication circuitry in the cart;
- and
- a computer in the cart for controlling the motion control system and for causing the cart to travel in a prescribed path throughout the store, for determining locations of the items from the cart location information, for wirelessly sending the radio frequency identification label information to a store database, for obtaining item identification information corresponding to the radio frequency identification label information from the store database, for mapping the cart location information to the item identification information and for sending a mapping of the item identification information and the cart location information to the store database.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- reading radio frequency identification label information from radio frequency identification labels on items in a store as a cart containing a radio frequency identification label reader passes within a predetermined distance of the items;
- determining locations of the cart while reading the radio frequency identification labels;
- assigning cart location information to radio frequency identification label information;
- wirelessly obtaining item identification information corresponding to the radio frequency identification label information from a store database;
- and
- mapping the cart location information to the item identification information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.