AU2021100310A4 - Smart and safe shopping mart for covid-19 - Google Patents

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AU2021100310A4
AU2021100310A4 AU2021100310A AU2021100310A AU2021100310A4 AU 2021100310 A4 AU2021100310 A4 AU 2021100310A4 AU 2021100310 A AU2021100310 A AU 2021100310A AU 2021100310 A AU2021100310 A AU 2021100310A AU 2021100310 A4 AU2021100310 A4 AU 2021100310A4
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Shivani Batra
Amit Gahlot
Ankit Goel
Shelly Sachdeva
Namrata Sukhija
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Abstract

This invention relates to a machine and process of providing a touch less shopping mart to ensure safety in the situation of COVID-19. Particularly this invention relates to a machine for sanitizing and dispensing goods to the specific cart linked with a unique RFID tag. This invention also supports a machine for contactless inspection of the goods that customer wishes to purchase. This invention also supports the recommendation system for recommending goods based on the purchase history and current items added to the cart. Further, this invention also supports contactless bill payment. In this invention there is provided a machine comprising a customer registration interface generator, being provided to facilitate registration, biometric scanner, adapted to be connected to a database server, being provided to biometric sample needed to authenticate and verify the customer, a barcode reader, being provided to facilitate the customer with contactless inspection of product such as manufacturing date, expiry date, ingredients, nutrition information, net volume or weight, a RIFD tag reader, being provide to link the machine with a specific cart carrying the RIFD tag, a recommendation system, being provided to facilitate customer with recommendations of goods based on his/her purchase history and current products added to the cart, a navigation system, being provided to locate the recommended product in mart, a payment module, being provided to generate the bill of goods added to the cart and to facilitate online payment. Further there is provided a dispensing machine for contactless delivering the goods that customer wishes to buy comprising an interaction module, being provided to receive the information of product customer wish to add to his/her cart, a sanitization system, being provided to sanitize the chosen product before it is added to the cart, a RFID tag reader, being provided to verify the cart before contactless dispensing the product to the cart. 10 4| 101 10510 | 102 10I0 Hi11l | 0 11 109 I 112 I FIG: 1

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SMART AND SAFE SHOPPING MART FOR COVID-19
FIELD OF INVENTION This invention relates to a machine and process of providing a touch less shopping mart to
ensure safety in the situation of COVID-19. Particularly this invention relates to a machine
for sanitizing and dispensing goods to the specific cart linked with a unique RFID tag. This
invention also supports a machine for contactless inspection of the goods that customer
wishes to purchase. This invention also supports the recommendation system for
recommending best deals and products based on the purchase history and current items
added to the cart. Further, this invention also supports contactless bill payment.
PRIOR ART
United States patent application no. US7648068B2, teaches about unique identification of
good purchased and a computer system for communicating the billing information to the
cashier, comprising a shopping cart system includes a shopping cart containing a
receptacle for holding goods linked with coded data tags; a scanning device being mounted
to the shopping receptacle for identifying goods by scanning data tags; a computer system
for calculating the total billing amount of the scanned goods.
United States patent application no. US20110140380A1, relates to customer tools to be
used for shopping at the physical shopping location. This inventionincludesan interactive
shopping system, comprising a cart for holding goods, a unique identifier for the said carts;
an input device linked with said cart, for collecting information of goods placed in said
cart; and a point of sale system linked with said input device, for collecting payment at
cashier counter.
China patent application no.CN103448761A, teaches about a self-service intelligent
shopping cart. The system incorporates a display system for maintaining the list of goods customer wish to buy and a navigation system to guide customer with the location of items he/she wish to purchase.
United States patent application no. US005250789A, relates to a shopping display system
for arranging the customer shopping as per the locations of goods and for informing
promotions in response to a product being scanned by a product scanner.
There are disadvantages associated with the prior art. One of the disadvantages is
associated with the prior art is that conventional system do not have any facility for
automatic sanitizing the goods available at the store.
Yet another disadvantage associated with the prior art is that conventional systems do not
provide contactless dispensing of goods to the cart.
Still another disadvantage associated with the prior art is that conventional systems do not
have any mechanism for contactless inspection of product such as manufacturing date,
expiry date, ingredients, nutrition information, net volume or weight.
Yet another disadvantage associated with the prior art is that conventional systems do not
provide information of related products based on the goods added to the cart by the
customer.
Still another disadvantage associated with the prior art is that conventional systems do not
have any mechanism for storing the purchase history of customer to aid in future
purchasing and recommending best deals available at store.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a smart and safe shopping mart
in the situation of covid-19 which obviates the disadvantages associated with the prior art.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a goods dispensing machine with that
sanitize the product before delivering it to the customer cart.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a machine that enables contactless
interaction between the customer and goods dispensing machine.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a machine capable to read the
information of the product such as manufacturing date, expiry date, ingredients, nutrition
information, net volume or weight.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a machine that processes displays
the discount available and recommends the related products for the goods chosen by
customer to buy with their location in the mart.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a machine that stores the data
customer and his/her purchase history of customer to aid in future purchasing and a
recommendation system for recommending best deals available at store based on the
customer purchase history.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a cart with RIFD tag to collect the
goods from the dispensing machine without making any human contact.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a machine which is easy to
operate.
STATEMENT OF THE INVENTION
According to this invention there is provided a machine comprising a customer registration
interface generator, being provided to facilitate registration, biometric scanner, adapted to
be connected to a database server, being provided to biometric sample needed to authenticate and verify the customer, a barcode reader, being provided to facilitate the customer with contactless inspection of product such as manufacturing date, expiry date, ingredients, nutrition information, net volume or weight, a RIFD tag reader, being provide to link the machine with a specific cart carrying the RIFD tag, a recommendation system, being provided to facilitate customer with recommendations of goods based on his/her purchase history and current products added to the cart, a navigation system, being provided to locate the recommended product in mart, a payment module, being provided to generate the bill of goods added to the cart and to facilitate online payment. Further there is provided a dispensing machine for contactless delivering the goods that customer wishes to buy comprising an interaction module, being provided to receive the information of product customer wish to add to his/her cart, a sanitization system, being provided to sanitize the chosen product before it is added to the cart, a RFID tag reader, being provided to verify the cart before contactless dispensing the product to the cart.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS
A machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 illustrates a block diagram of the machine,
Figure 2 illustrates process flow chart, followed by the customer is shown,
Figure 3 illustrates process flow chart, followed by the goods dispensing machine is
shown,
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
A machine is herein described with numerous specific details so as to provide a complete
understanding of the invention. However these specific details are exemplary details and
should not be treated as the limitation to the scope of the invention. Throughout this
specification the word "comprise" or variations such as "comprises or comprising", will be understood to imply the inclusions of a stated element, integer or step, or group of elements, integers or steps, but not the exclusions of any other element, integer or step or group of elements, integers or steps.
Referring to the drawing, figure 1, and block diagram of the machine is shown. The
machine comprises a customer registration interface generator (101), being provided to
facilitate registration for the first time customer. The customer makes entry in the
registration module (102) generated through customer registration interface generator
(101). In one embodiment the customer information is retained / stored at the database
server (104) to facilitate the customer on his next visit to the mart as per his/her choice of
goods purchasing. A biometric scanner (103), adapted to be connected with the database
server (104), is provided for collecting the biometric sample of the customer needed to
authenticate and verify the customer on his/her next visit. RFID tags are installed on the
carts available at mart, a RIFD tag reader (105), is provide to link the machine with a
specific cart carrying the RIFD tag. On the successful linking of cart with the machine, the
customer is provided a user interface(106) on the display of machine. The barcode scanner
(107) is provided with the machine to retrieve the information of product such as
manufacturing date, expiry date, ingredients, nutrition information, net volume or weight
on the screen of the machine in a contactless manner. Among the different products
inspected, the customer selects the specific product he desires using the product selection
(108) utility provided at the dispensing machine. The recommendation system (109)is
provided to facilitate customer with recommendations of goods based on his/her purchase
history and current products added to the cart. The customer is provided the option to
select recommended product along with their location in mart through a navigation system
(110) installed in machine. Based on the products added to the cart, bill is generated and
payment gateway (114) is provided for collection of billing amount online.
Various dispensing machines are installed at different places of mart to contactless
dispense the sanitized goods. The dispensing machine displays the barcodes of the product
placed inside to facilitate customer with the inspection of the products through the product
selection (108) utility. A sanitization system (111) is provided to sanitize the selected
product before it is added to the cart. Before dispensing the product, the cart RIFD tag is
scanned through RFID scanner (112) to ensure the contactless delivery of the selected
product to the correct cart.
Referring to figure 2, process flow chart of the machine followed by the customer is
shown. The customer in block (201) get a machine and a cart issued from the mart. If the
customer is visiting the store for the first time (202), then he/she register himself / herself
in block (203) and provide their biometric samples in block (204). If the customer is not
the first time visitor, he/she can directly login to the machine using his/her biometric in
block (205). On the successful login, the customer links the cart with machine by scanning
RFID tag provided on cart in block (206). In block (207) customer inspects the product
available in the dispensing machine in contactless manner by scanning the barcode of
products displayed by dispensing machine. In block (208) the customer makes the
selection of product he/she wish to purchase. In block (209) the information of product
selected is uploaded in the database further, which is further used by recommendation
system to suggest related products to customer based on his/her purchase history and
currently selected products. In block (210) customer make a choice if he/she wish to visit
any product recommended by recommendation system and further extract the location
information of that product in block (211). After the multiple cycles of product selection as
desired by user, bill is generated and bill is paid online by customer in block (212).
Referring to figure 3, process flow chart of the followed by the goods dispensing machine
is shown. In block (301) the dispensing machine displays the barcode of various product
stored in dispensing machine. After the customer selects a product to buy, the dispensing
machine sanitize the selected product in block (302). The cart linked with customer
machine is verified by RFID tag scanning of the RFID tag placed on cart to avoid
dispensing of product to wrong cart in block (303). On the successful cart linking, the
selected product is dispensed in the block (304).
Certain features of the invention have been described with reference to the example
embodiments. However, the description is not intended to be construed in a limiting sense.
Various modifications of the example embodiments as well as other embodiments of the
invention, which are apparent to the persons skilled in the art to which the invention
pertains, are deemed to lie within the spirit and scope of the invention.

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WE CLAIM
1. A COVID-19 smart and safe shopping mart environment comprising two types of
machines
a. A machine comprising a customer registration interface generator (101),
being provided to generate a registration module (102), adapted to be
connected to a database server (104), a biometric scanner (103), adapted to
be connected with the database server (104), a RIFD tag reader (105), a user
interface (106), being displayed on the machine, a barcode scanner (107), a
product selection (108) utility, a recommendation system (109), a
navigation system (110), a payment gateway (114).
b. A dispensing machine comprising a sanitization system (111), a RFID
scanner (112), being provided to ensure the contactless delivery of the
selected product to the correct cart.
2. The machine as claimed in claim 1 (a), wherein a barcode scanner enables the
contactless inspection of products in shopping mart by read the information of the
product such as manufacturing date, expiry date, ingredients, nutrition information,
net volume or weight.
3. The machine as claimed in claim 1(a), wherein a recommendation system adapted
to be connected with the database server to apply deep learning techniques on the
data of customer and his/her purchase history of customer to aid in future
purchasing and for recommending discounts/ best deals available at store based on
the customer purchase history.
4. The machine as claimed in claim 1(a), wherein a navigation system facilitates the
customer to extract the location of the recommended products.
5. The machine as claimed in claim 1(b), wherein a RFID scanner scans the RIFD tag
on the cart for dispensing the product selected by customer from the dispensing
machine without making any human contact.
6. The machine as claimed in claim 1(b), wherein a sanitization system sanitizes the
product before delivering it to the customer cart.
FIG: 1
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