Sensing device for shopping cart
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1. A sensing device paired with a shopping cart for assisting an operator of the shopping cart, comprising:
- a sensor unit that receives and processes telemetry data received from a context source;
a processor that reads the telemetry data from the sensor unit; and
a transmitter that wirelessly transmits the read telemetry data directly from the sensor unit to a mobile computing device, wherein the sensing device operates as a proxy for an application executed by the mobile computing device which lacks a function performed by the sensor unit such that the read telemetry data is processed by the mobile computing device to perform a navigation calculation operation.
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Abstract
A sensing device is paired with a shopping cart for assisting an operator of the shopping cart, and comprises a sensor unit that receives and processes telemetry data received from a context source; a processor that reads the telemetry data from the sensor unit; and a transmitter that wirelessly transmits the read telemetry data directly from the sensing device to a mobile computing device. The read telemetry data is processed by the mobile computing device to perform a navigation operation.
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19 Claims
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1. A sensing device paired with a shopping cart for assisting an operator of the shopping cart, comprising:
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a sensor unit that receives and processes telemetry data received from a context source; a processor that reads the telemetry data from the sensor unit; and a transmitter that wirelessly transmits the read telemetry data directly from the sensor unit to a mobile computing device, wherein the sensing device operates as a proxy for an application executed by the mobile computing device which lacks a function performed by the sensor unit such that the read telemetry data is processed by the mobile computing device to perform a navigation calculation operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A shopper assistance system, comprising:
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a mobile computing device application; and a peripheral device attached to a shopping cart, the peripheral device comprising; a sensor unit that receives and processes one or more environmental input data; a processor that reads the environmental input data from the sensor unit; and a transmitter that wirelessly transmits the read environmental input data to the mobile computing device application, wherein the sensor unit operates as a proxy for the mobile computing device application executed by a mobile computing device which lacks a function performed by the sensor unit such that the read environmental input data is processed by the mobile computing device application to perform a navigation calculation operation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of navigation in a store, comprising:
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collecting telemetry data from one or more sensors in the store by a peripheral device attached to a shopping cart; and wirelessly transmitting, with a transmitter of the peripheral device, the collected telemetry data to a mobile computing device configured to use the telemetry data to perform a navigation operation, wherein the peripheral device is a proxy for the mobile computing device lacks a function performed by the peripheral device such that the telemetry data is processed by the mobile computing device to perform a navigation calculation operation. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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