| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | STAND/RACK SYSTEM WITH MOVEMENT MECHANISM. | PCT/TR2009000059 | 2009-05-12 | WO2009145742A3 | 2010-11-11 | AKCELIK GOKHAN |
| The invention relates to a stand/rack system (1), which comprises a body (2) in the inner section of which the products (4) to be displayed are placed to enable the products (4) to be presented and collected at the desired height level, the rotary elements (5) which are installed onto the said body (2) in a freely rotating manner, and a movement transfer element (6) which moves in connection with the rotary elements (5) and as the result of this movement moves the racks (3) that function to carry the products (4) or the products (4) directly. | ||||||
| 62 | Shopping facility assistance system and method to retrieve in-store abandoned mobile item containers | US15275009 | 2016-09-23 | US10071893B2 | 2018-09-11 | Donald R. High; Michael D. Atchley; David C. Winkle |
| A central computer system identifies a mobile item container in a retail shopping facility as being abandoned. The central computer system then directs a motorized transport unit through the retail shopping facility to the abandoned mobile item container and causes that motorized transport unit to physically attach to the abandoned mobile item container. The central computer system then directs that motorized transport unit through the retail shopping facility with the attached abandoned mobile item container to a specified destination within the retail shopping facility. Abandonment can be determined as a function, at least in part, of determining that the mobile item container is both stationary and unattended for at least a predetermined amount of time. By one approach the central computer system can use different predetermined amounts of time when assessing abandonment depending upon where in the retail shopping facility the mobile item containers are located. | ||||||
| 63 | Apparatus and method of obtaining location information of a motorized transport unit | US15061406 | 2016-03-04 | US10071892B2 | 2018-09-11 | Donald R. High; Michael D. Atchley; Brian G. McHale; Robert C. Taylor; David C. Winkle |
| Methods and apparatuses are provided, some apparatuses comprise: a location controller separate from a motorized transport unit, comprising: a transceiver configured to receive communications from the motorized transport unit; a control circuit; a memory storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to perform the steps of: obtain, from the communications, a unique light source identifier of a light source detected by the motorized transport unit, and relative distance information determined by the motorized transport unit through an optical measurement; process the at least one unique light source identifier and the relative distance information relative to a mapping of the shopping facility; and determine, in response to the processing, a location of the motorized transport unit within the shopping facility as a function of the at least one unique light source identifier and the relative distance information. | ||||||
| 64 | Systems, devices, and methods for providing passenger transport | US15061203 | 2016-03-04 | US10071891B2 | 2018-09-11 | Donald R. High; Eric E. Welch; Michael D. Atchley; David C. Winkle |
| Systems, apparatuses and methods for providing passenger transport are provided. A system for providing passenger transport includes a plurality of passenger carriers, a plurality of motorized transport units each configured to mechanically couple at least one of the plurality of passenger carriers, and a central computer system communicatively coupled to the plurality of motorized transport units. The central computer system being configured to receive a ride request from a customer, instruct a motorized transport unit to travel to a passenger carrier and couple to the passenger carrier, and instruct the motorized transport unit coupled to the passenger carrier to travel to the customer to provide transportation to the customer. | ||||||
| 65 | SHOPPING FACILITY ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS TO DRIVE MOVABLE ITEM CONTAINERS | US15892250 | 2018-02-08 | US20180170729A1 | 2018-06-21 | Donald R. High; David C. Winkle; Michael D. Atchley |
| Some embodiments include a motorized transport unit providing customer assistance at a shopping facility, comprises: a transceiver; a control circuit; a motorized wheel system; a lift system; and a memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: activate a motorized wheel system, while continuing to monitor location information, to position the motorized transport unit under the item container and aligned, based on the location information, relative to a frame of the item container; and activate the lift system to lift on the frame of the item container lifting a first portion of the item container such one or more wheels of the item container are lifted off of a floor while two or more other wheels of the item container remain in contact with the floor. | ||||||
| 66 | Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to drive movable item containers | US15061474 | 2016-03-04 | US09908760B2 | 2018-03-06 | Donald R. High; David C. Winkle; Michael D. Atchley |
| Some embodiments include a motorized transport unit providing customer assistance at a shopping facility, comprises: a transceiver; a control circuit; a motorized wheel system; a lift system; and a memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: activate a motorized wheel system, while continuing to monitor location information, to position the motorized transport unit under the item container and aligned, based on the location information, relative to a frame of the item container; and activate the lift system to lift on the frame of the item container lifting a first portion of the item container such one or more wheels of the item container are lifted off of a floor while two or more other wheels of the item container remain in contact with the floor. | ||||||
| 67 | Systems, devices and methods of controlling motorized transport units in fulfilling product orders | US15061402 | 2016-03-04 | US09896315B2 | 2018-02-20 | Donald R. High; Shuvro Chakrobartty; David C. Winkle; Robert C. Taylor |
| Some embodiments include apparatuses to fulfill customer orders comprising a motorized transport unit; a product pick unit (PPU) that cooperate with the motorized transport unit; a wireless communication network; and a central computer system configured to communicate with the multiple motorized transport units and the plurality of product pick units, and comprises a control circuit and memory storing instructions executed to cause the control circuit to: communicate an instruction to the motorized transport unit and direct the motorized transport unit to transport the product pick unit to a determined first location within the shopping facility proximate to where a first product having been ordered is located; and communicate an instruction to the product pick unit cooperated with the motorized transport unit and direct the product pick unit to retrieve the first product. | ||||||
| 68 | Method and apparatus for transporting a plurality of stacked motorized transport units | US15061054 | 2016-03-04 | US09875503B2 | 2018-01-23 | Donald R. High; Michael D. Atchley; David C. Winkle |
| A housing contains a plurality of motorized transport units in a stacked relationship to one another, with a bottom-most one of the plurality of motorized transport units serving as a locomotion mechanism that selectively causes movement of the housing with the plurality of motorized transport units contained therein. By one approach the aforementioned housing has a cylindrical form factor and includes a cylindrically-shaped chamber configured to receive the motorized transport units, By one approach, for example, this housing includes no lifting mechanism to lift any of the motorized transport units into itself and further has no integral locomotion mechanism by which the housing can move itself. The interior of the housing can include at least one track formed therein to receive a corresponding part of each of the plurality of motorized transport units which the motorized transport units can engage to thereby lift themselves into the interior of the housing. | ||||||
| 69 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | US14535195 | 2014-11-06 | US20170287440A9 | 2017-10-05 | Ka Leung Sin; Jason Felix Tsz-Kiu Chiu |
| A display system and a method for displaying items and/or performances is provided. At least a display panel is used to play multimedia content. In an embodiment, at least a portion of the display panel turns transparent for displaying items or performances in a display space. In an embodiment, the display item is moved in accordance with the multimedia played on the display panel. In an embodiment, light effects are adjusted during the display. In an embodiment, audio media is played and adjusted during the display. | ||||||
| 70 | Nail polish display system | US14507482 | 2014-10-06 | US09648966B2 | 2017-05-16 | Cuong Nguyen |
| A nail polish display system includes a case, which may take the form of a shelving system or platform, sized to hold and display multiple bottles of nail polish. The bottles are attached to coupling devices, such as clamps, sleeves, magnetic couplers, etc. to an agitator, which preferably takes the form of a rotatable rod. A motor operates the agitator to move, rotate or otherwise agitate the bottles and therefore sufficiently and continuously mix the nail polish within the bottles. The system may include one or more sensors configured to detect the presence of a patron, configured to detect a position of the motor or agitator, and/or configured to detect when a door to the case is being opened. Further, the motor may be programmable and receive instructions from either a controller or control logic using input from one or more of the sensors. | ||||||
| 71 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ITEM AVAILABILITY IN A SHOPPING SPACE | US15288923 | 2016-10-07 | US20170024806A1 | 2017-01-26 | Donald R. High; Michael D. Atchley; David C. Winkle |
| Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining item availability are provided. A computer implemented method for determining item availability in a shopping space comprising: receiving a request for an item for purchase from a customer, querying an inventory database to determine whether the item for purchase is in stock, in an event that the item for purchase is not in stock according to the inventory database: determining an out of stock response to present to the customer, in an event that the item for purchase is in stock according the inventory database: instructing a motorized transport unit to travel to a display space in the shopping space corresponding to the item for the purchase, determining whether the item is available in the display space based on information captured by one or more sensors of the motorized transport unit, and in an event that the item for purchase is not available in the display space: determining an item unavailable response to present to the customer. | ||||||
| 72 | Shopping Facility Assistance System and Method to Retrieve In-Store Abandoned Mobile Item Containers | US15275009 | 2016-09-23 | US20170010609A1 | 2017-01-12 | Donald R. High; Michael D. Atchley; David C. Winkle |
| A central computer system identifies a mobile item container in a retail shopping facility as being abandoned. The central computer system then directs a motorized transport unit through the retail shopping facility to the abandoned mobile item container and causes that motorized transport unit to physically attach to the abandoned mobile item container. The central computer system then directs that motorized transport unit through the retail shopping facility with the attached abandoned mobile item container to a specified destination within the retail shopping facility. Abandonment can be determined as a function, at least in part, of determining that the mobile item container is both stationary and unattended for at least a predetermined amount of time. By one approach the central computer system can use different predetermined amounts of time when assessing abandonment depending upon where in the retail shopping facility the mobile item containers are located. | ||||||
| 73 | SHOPPING FACILITY TRACK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ROUTING MOTORIZED TRANSPORT UNITS | US15274991 | 2016-09-23 | US20170010608A1 | 2017-01-12 | Donald R. High; Robert C. Taylor; David C. Winkle |
| Some embodiments include a track system comprising: an elevated track system comprising a series of elevated tracks that are positioned elevated above a sales floor and products distributed over at least a portion of the sales floor of a shopping facility, and configured such that multiple motorized transport units travel along the series of elevated tracks in traversing at least portions of the shopping facility. | ||||||
| 74 | SHOPPING FACILITY ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS TO DRIVE MOVABLE ITEM CONTAINERS | US15061474 | 2016-03-04 | US20160259346A1 | 2016-09-08 | Donald R. High; David C. Winkle; Michael D. Atchley |
| Some embodiments include a motorized transport unit providing customer assistance at a shopping facility, comprises: a transceiver; a control circuit; a motorized wheel system; a lift system; and a memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: activate a motorized wheel system, while continuing to monitor location information, to position the motorized transport unit under the item container and aligned, based on the location information, relative to a frame of the item container; and activate the lift system to lift on the frame of the item container lifting a first portion of the item container such one or more wheels of the item container are lifted off of a floor while two or more other wheels of the item container remain in contact with the floor. | ||||||
| 75 | SHOPPING FACILITY ASSISTANCE OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS | US15061325 | 2016-03-04 | US20160259339A1 | 2016-09-08 | Donald R. High; Michael D. Atchley; Karl Kay; Robert C. Taylor; David C. Winkle |
| Some embodiments provide apparatuses and methods useful to providing control over movement of motorized transport units. In some embodiments, an apparatus providing control over movement of motorized transport units at a shopping facility comprises: a central computer system comprising: a transceiver; a control circuit; a memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to perform the steps of: obtain, from one or more of the communications received from the motorized transport unit, route condition information comprising information corresponding to an intended route of travel; obtain additional route condition information detected by one or more detectors external to the motorized transport unit; detect an object affecting the intended route of travel; identify an action to be taken by the motorized transport unit with respect to the detected object; and communicate one or more instructions. | ||||||
| 76 | SHOPPING SPACE MAPPING SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS | US15061844 | 2016-03-04 | US20160258763A1 | 2016-09-08 | Donald R. High; Robert C. Taylor; Michael D. Atchley |
| Systems, apparatuses and methods for mapping a shopping space are provided. A system for mapping a shopping space includes a plurality of motorized transport units, a store map database, and a central computer system. The central computer system being configured to divide the map of the shopping space into a plurality of sections, assign a unique section identifier to each of the plurality of sections in the shopping space, associate a blocked tag with each section inaccessible to the plurality of motorized transport units, associate an accessible tag with each section accessible by at least one of the plurality of motorized transport units, for each section having an accessible tag, allow an access restriction setting to be configured, and provide navigation instructions to the plurality of motorized transport units based on access restriction settings of each section of the shopping space stored. | ||||||
| 77 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING RETAIL UNITS | US14888978 | 2014-04-24 | US20160143459A1 | 2016-05-26 | Shavit Noa CLEIN |
| The present disclosure provides a retail unit comprising: a display module capable of accommodating one or more retail items; a door module configured to pivot away from the display module; and an imaging module coupled to the door module and configured to allow imaging of the display module. | ||||||
| 78 | Automatic book-end system for shelves | US14529039 | 2014-10-30 | US09107497B1 | 2015-08-18 | Yaqoob Saif Al-Habsi |
| The automatic book-end system for shelves includes a shelf, a book-end housing that is movably connected to the shelf, and a limit switch connected to the book-end housing. The housing includes a rechargeable battery, an electric circuit, electric motors, and a pair of chain sprockets. The shelf includes a pair of roller chains that engage the chain sprockets. The electric motors, chain sprockets, and roller chains work in conjunction to achieve linear motion of the housing along the shelf bottom. The book-end housing can support the books in an upright, side by side arrangement on the shelf. Once a book is removed from the shelf, the housing is automatically repositioned to push the remaining books together and close any resulting gaps between the remaining books. | ||||||
| 79 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | US14535195 | 2014-11-06 | US20150124164A1 | 2015-05-07 | Ka Leung Sin; Jason Felix Tsz-Kiu Chiu |
| A display system and a method for displaying items and/or performances is provided. At least a display panel is used to play multimedia content. In an embodiment, at least a portion of the display panel turns transparent for displaying items or performances in a display space. In an embodiment, the display item is moved in accordance with the multimedia played on the display panel. In an embodiment, light effects are adjusted during the display. In an embodiment, audio media is played and adjusted during the display. | ||||||
| 80 | Refrigerator with rotatable shelves | US13648573 | 2012-10-10 | US09022495B1 | 2015-05-05 | Michael E. Conner, Sr. |
| A refrigerator is provided with rotatable shelves for easy food/item access and cleaning. In one embodiment a stationary or fixed shelf includes a rotatable disk mounted on a bearing retainer having bearings therein for manual, three hundred sixty degree (360°) rotation as desired. In another embodiment a quarter-round pivotable shelf is attached to a stanchion to enable the shelf to be manually pivoted ninety degrees (90°) for withdrawing and returning the shelf to the refrigerator food storage compartment as needed. | ||||||
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