Title:
商品の陳列、販売および在庫管理のシステムおよび方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014519081
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An automated retail system according to embodiments of the present invention includes a front and/or rear product rack, each rack having a plurality of bins, each of which has a product door, the system further including a basket moveable along an x-y plane on a rail system to selectively open a product door of a product bin to permit the product within the bin to fall into the basket, the basket movable to a product delivery position to release the product from the basket. Such a system may include sensors and/or scanners to determine contents of each bin, such that any product may be placed in any bin, and inventory of each bin or all bins may be determined at any time. The basket may be configured to move in x and y but not z directions, and may also serve as the sole actuation mechanism for opening the doors.
Inventors:
Donald W. Stark
Malone, Richard Elle
Waye, Jason Gary
Grow, Roger H
Malone, Richard Elle
Waye, Jason Gary
Grow, Roger H
Application Number:
JP2014509449A
Publication Date:
August 07, 2014
Filing Date:
May 03, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Kiosk Information Systems, Inc.
International Classes:
G07F11/00; B65G59/00; G07F11/62
Domestic Patent References:
JP2003077044A | 2003-03-14 | |||
JPH10279025A | 1998-10-20 | |||
JPH10198852A | 1998-07-31 | |||
JPS61131190A | 1986-06-18 | |||
JP2005284587A | 2005-10-13 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shinjiro Ono
Yasushi Kobayashi
Shigeo Takeuchi
Osamu Yamamoto
Koichi Kushida
Yasushi Kobayashi
Shigeo Takeuchi
Osamu Yamamoto
Koichi Kushida