Field Of Invention:

The invention deals with the inventory management of the food supplies and shortage management and alert system.

Background of Invention:

Currently, to know whether a food and groceries supply is required to be refilled or not is done by inspecting the content level of the container by bare eyes. Hence doing this for all the food and groceries item one by one is very time consuming and sometimes few items are missed out to be checked. It becomes even time consuming when it is being done at Industrial level, and requires lot of manual work. This causes inconvenience and an uncertainty for the consumer or monitoring executive to know at any exact point of time whether there is sufficient amount of the content for any particular item.

Presently there are none capable system to alert the consumer on shortage of any particular item or provide an constant check of the amount of item a consumer possess.

Ob ject of the Invention:

The object of the invention is to provide monitoring of quantity level of a content of a container and providing assistance towards re-ordering the content online.

Summary of Invention:

The object of the invention is achieved by a system of the claim 1, a measuring device of the claim 5, and a computing device of the claim 8.

According to one embodiment of the system for identifying a quantity level of a content in a container and an order placement status of the content, the system includes a measuring device and a computing device communicably coupled to each other. The measuring device is adapted to be placed at one end of the container. The measuring device includes a sensor and a processing unit. The sensor adapted to send a signal inside of the container and to receive the signal after reflection.The processing unit is adapted to receive the reflected signal from the sensors and to generate an information related to the quantity level of the content in the container based on the reflected signal. The computing device is adapted to receive the information related to the quantity level of the content in the container and to display quantity level of the content on a display of the computing device.

According to another embodiment of the system, wherein the computing device is adapted to process the information to provide an input option for receiving an order placement input, to place an order based on the order placement input, to generate an order placement information subsequent to placing the order, and to send the order placement information to the processing unit.

According to yet another embodiment of the system, wherein the measuring device further includes a level indicator adapted to receive the information and to indicate the quantity level of the content of the container,

According to one embodiment of the system, wherein the level indicator adapted to receive an order placement information from the computing device, and to indicate order placement indication.

Brief Description of the drawings:

The invention will be further described as to an illustrative embodiment in conjunction with the attached drawings

Fig.1 : This figure illustrates the whole architecture of system

Fig.2: This figure illustrates the three dimensional view of the device's bottom.

Fig.3: This figure illustrates the three dimensional view of the device's top.

Fig.4: This figure illustrates the cross sectional view showing the housing components of thedevice.

Detailed Description:

The best and other modes for carrying out the present invention are presented in terms of theembodiments, herein depicted in Fig.l, Fig.2, Fig.3 and Fig.4. The embodiments are described herein forillustrative purposes and are subject to many variations. It is understood that various omissionsand substitutions of equivalents are contemplated as circumstances may suggest or renderexpedient, but are intended to cover the application or implementation without departing fromthe spirit or scope of the present invention. Further, it is to be understood that the phraseologyand terminology employed herein are for the purpose of the description and should not beregarded as limiting. Any heading utilized within this description is for convenience only and hasno legal or limiting effect.

The terms "a" and "an" herein do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote thepresence of at least one of the referenced item.

The invention is proposing a system that can keep a user alerted regarding the quantity level of a content in a container. This system additionally also provide the assistance to the user regarding an order placement of the content having a lower quantity level. The system is enabled by a measuring device that is capable of being attached a lid of any container. The device is coupled to one or more sensors that can transmit a signal with in the container, and also receive the same signal after reflection within the container.

The measuring device proposed here comprises a processing unit that is associated with the device's sensors so as to receive the reflection time or response time of the signal that was transmitted and received by the sensors and generates an information related to the quantity level of the content in the container based on the reflected signal.

The system further includes a computing device that receives the information related to the quantity level of the content in the containergenerated by the processing unit. The information is used to display quantity level inside the containers onto a display of the computing device. The computing device is also capable to provide assistance regarding ordering of the content. Same is done by processing the information and providing an input option to receive an order placement input.The computing device can sum up all the online stores providing the related content and provide a list that is selected based on the best prices the online store could be providing, the user is then prompted to confirm the order by selecting any of the online stores as he/she desire.

The communication between the mobile device and the measuring device is enabled through a communication module arrangement capable to build interactive path between the measuring device with in the container and the computing device of the user. The arrangement is enabled by using any existing protocols such as bluetooth capability built into the device with in the container in communication to a home gateway network device capable to produce a Wi-Fi network that can be in communication with the computing device through the internet or a cloud platform assisting the e-commerce application to be hosted on the computing device for the user to make an order placement.

The sensors with in the device could be any of the possible signal technology that can be transmitted and received after reflection, this could be ultrasound sensors, infrared, or any optical sensors.

In one of the embodiment the device is coupled to an level indicator that is enabled to indicate the level of the container which is based on the processing unit's processed output that determines the level of the content quantity, hence if the quantity is low the level indicator is directed by the processing unit to indicate a preferred manner predefined for low quantity level, similarly the indicator would also indicate if the quantity level is sufficient or at the top. The level indicator is further programmed to indicate the battery level of the device that is coupled to the sensors and the processing unit which could be also predefined for example, a preferred colour or a flashing led lights, the indicators could also be an audio enabled. One of the embodiments on the device indicators could be a set of led lights of different colour, so as if the quantity level is low the Led would light up the one of the preferred colour say for example red.

In yet another embodiment the level indicator is enabled to indicate if an order for an low quantity level content has been ordered, i.e., when the processing unit detects a low quantity level, it prompts the user on the his/her computing devices which will further prompt the user to make an order placement, this order placement information is acknowledged by the processing unit. The processing unit then shall prompt the device to indicate and order has been placed for the content of the container, on receiving such information the indicator on the device shall indicate the same through the led lights using a predefined colour for example blue colour this also provides a confirmation to the user indicating that the content of a particular container has been ordered.

Fig- 1 illustrates the simple architecture of the system. This components of the architecture comprises a container for use case(10), a measuring device (14) i.e., the subject matter proposed which extracts the food content data (11), a bluetooth communications i.e., a communication technology used to transfer the extracted data from the measuring device (14), a centralized hub i.e., this device used to receive the data from the module & push it to the cloud, an ISP network i.e., a communication network used to access the internet, a cloud Infrastructure i.e., an efficient hosting technology used by the company to offer services globally with scalability, a cellular OR Wi-Fi network i.e., an ISP network subscribed by the user on the mobile device to access the internet, an e-Commerce application that displays the best deals & offers available for your needs & demands, a smart phone device or computing device (15) to install the e-Commerce application.

The proposed system contains sensor (6). The sensor (6) is triggered ON based on time intervals set by the user with the help of the mobile application. On triggering to ON, the sensor (6) collects the depth of the container (10) & returns the value to the processing unit (4). The processing unit (4) intern processes the data received & sends the data to the bluetooth module (5) (can either be a normal one or a Low Energy module). Now, the bluetooth module (5) transmits the data securely to the centralized hub that manages & pushes similar data to the cloud securely in the real-time. The security of the transmission is ensured by the custom designed encryption algorithms.

The cloud infrastructure monitored & managed by the company will receive the data sent from the hub & then runs a set of predefined algorithms to help analyse & present the data to the end user effectively. The processed data, now resulting into information is pulled by the mobile application with in the commuting device of respective user. The analysed data is implemented in the mobile application & decisions on ordering the consumables is made through the application.

Fig-2 demonstrate the three dimensional bottom view of the proposed universal module. The bottom surface of the module contains two apertures (8), paving way for the signal or waves (12) propagated by the sensor (6) to travel downside & fetch the depth data.

Fig-3 demonstrate the three dimensional top view of the proposed universal module. The topmost surface is topped by a layer of double sided gum tape (1) to firmly affix the module to the lid (13) of the container (10). In the middle height of the proposed module (14) possess a Type-C USB slot (3) to charge the internal rechargeable Lithium ion batteries (2).

Fig-4 demonstrate the three cross sectional view of the proposed universal module. Based on the time interval set by the user in the mobile application, the sensors (6) are switched ON for a short duration. The sensor (6) sends signal or waves (12) downside passing through the apertures (8). Once the transmitted signal waves (12) hit an obstruction i.e., the topmost layer of the food (11), the signal is rebound to the receiver of the sensor(6). Based on an algorithm developed, the depth is obtained. The depth value is now converted into volume based on algorithms with dimension as parameter. The corresponding tricolour LEDs glow to grab the attention of people at home. The computed values are now transmitted to the hub, which intern is pushed to the cloud infrastructure. The processing system running on the cloud with special selection algorithms look out for same quality food for the best price available within the vicinity of the home.Based on the availability, vicinity, price of the consumable& previous shopping preferences, the user is notified with shortlisted orders to shop at ease through the e-commerce application installed on the mobile phone or a computing device (15). The user browses the offers & confirms any one of the offers. An order is generated & the consumable required is delivered at the earliest