Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
First Claim
1. A system for bringing a shopping container to a customer in a shopping space comprising:
- a plurality of sensors;
a plurality of motorized transport units; and
a control circuit communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and the plurality of motorized transport units, the control circuit being configured to;
receive a shopping container request from a user interface device associated with the customer;
determine at least one available shopping container among a plurality of shopping containers based on data collected by the plurality of sensors, the at least one available shopping container being empty and not used by another customer;
select an available shopping container from the at least one available shopping container based at least on a location information of the user interface device;
select a motorized transport unit from among the plurality of motorized transport units to transport the available shopping container; and
provide instructions to the motorized transport unit to bring the available shopping container to the customer.
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Abstract
System, apparatuses, and methods for bringing a shopping container to a customer in a shopping space are provided. A system for bringing a shopping container to a customer in a shopping space comprises a plurality of sensors, a plurality of motorized transport units, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to: receive a shopping container request from a user interface device associated with the customer, determine at least one available shopping container based on data collected by the plurality of sensors, the at least one available shopping container being empty and not used by another customer, select an available shopping container based at least on a location information of the user interface device, select a motorized transport unit to transport the available shopping container, and provide instructions to the motorized transport unit to bring the available shopping container to the customer.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for bringing a shopping container to a customer in a shopping space comprising:
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a plurality of sensors; a plurality of motorized transport units; and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and the plurality of motorized transport units, the control circuit being configured to; receive a shopping container request from a user interface device associated with the customer; determine at least one available shopping container among a plurality of shopping containers based on data collected by the plurality of sensors, the at least one available shopping container being empty and not used by another customer; select an available shopping container from the at least one available shopping container based at least on a location information of the user interface device; select a motorized transport unit from among the plurality of motorized transport units to transport the available shopping container; and provide instructions to the motorized transport unit to bring the available shopping container to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for bringing a shopping container to a customer in a shopping space comprising:
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receiving, at a control circuit, a shopping container request from a user interface device associated with the customer; determining, by the control circuit, at least one available shopping container among a plurality of shopping containers based on data collected by a plurality of sensors communicatively coupled to the control circuit, the at least one available shopping container being empty and not used by another customer; selecting, by the control circuit, an available shopping container from the at least one available shopping container based at least on a location information of the user interface device; selecting, by the control circuit, a motorized transport unit from among a plurality of motorized transport units communicatively coupled to the control circuit to transport the available shopping container; and providing, by the control circuit, instructions from the control circuit to the motorized transport unit to bring the available shopping container to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for providing a shopping container for a customer in a shopping space comprising:
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a non-transitory storage medium storing a set of computer readable instructions; and a control circuit configured to execute the set of computer readable instructions which causes to the control circuit to; receive a shopping container request from a user interface device associated with the customer; determine at least one available shopping container among a plurality of shopping containers based on data collected by a plurality of sensors communicatively coupled to the control circuit, the at least one available shopping container being empty and not used by another customer; select an available shopping container from the at least one available shopping container based at least on a location information of the user interface device; select a motorized transport unit from among a plurality of motorized transport units communicatively coupled to the control circuit to transport the shopping container; and provide instructions to the motorized transport unit to bring the available shopping container to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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Specification