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Image-based inventory control system

  • US 8,353,456 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2009
  • Issued: 01/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inventory control system for monitoring the removal and replacement of objects, the system comprising:

  • at least one storage drawer, each storage drawer including at least one storage location for storing objects, wherein each storage drawer is configured to move in a first direction allowing increasing access to storage locations of the drawer, and a second direction allowing decreasing access to storage locations of the drawer;

    at least one image sensing device configured to form at least one first image of the storage locations while a respective storage drawer moves in the second direction;

    a data processor configured to receive information representing the at least one first image of the storage locations, and determine an inventory condition of the objects stored in the respective storage drawer according to the at least one first image.

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