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Image-based inventory control system

  • US 9,122,999 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/2013
  • Issued: 09/01/2015
  • 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:

  • a plurality of storage drawers or shelves, each storage drawer or shelf including at least one storage location for storing objects;

    a door controlling access to the plurality of storage drawers or shelves, such that a user has access to the storage locations of the drawers or shelves only when the door is open;

    at least one image sensing device configured to form at least one first image of the storage locations of each of the plurality of storage drawers or shelves in response to detecting a closing of the door; and

    a data processor configured to;

    receive information representing the at least one first image of the at least one storage location of each of the plurality of storage drawers or shelves, anddetermine an inventory condition of the objects stored in each respective storage drawer or shelf according to the at least one first image.

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