CA2949306A1 - A remote controlled shopping cart with a mechanical arm - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
- B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
- B25J9/0084—Programme-controlled manipulators comprising a plurality of manipulators
- B25J9/0087—Dual arms
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
- B62B3/00—Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor
- B62B3/14—Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor characterised by provisions for nesting or stacking, e.g. shopping trolleys
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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Abstract
A remote controlled shopping cart with mechanical arms and video cameras allows online shoppers view, select, and pick up individual items in a grocery store, supermarket, or other shops. The cart has a remote controlled moving device, which allows to move and direct the cart to a shelf with desired products. The remote controlled mechanical arms allow to pick-up products and put them into the cart or a removable basket.
Description
TITLE OF INVENTION
A remote controlled shopping cart with a mechanical arm.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the invention This invention relates to a class of remote controlled shopping carts, which allows to view, select, and pick up individual items in a shop, for example fruits and vegetables in a grocery store, by on-line shoppers.
A remote controlled shopping cart with a mechanical arm.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the invention This invention relates to a class of remote controlled shopping carts, which allows to view, select, and pick up individual items in a shop, for example fruits and vegetables in a grocery store, by on-line shoppers.
2. Background information On-line shopping systems are widespread today. The only disadvantage which all currently available on-line shopping systems have is absence of an opportunity to view, select and pick up individual items, for example fruits and vegetables in a grocery store, directly by an on-line customer.
The purpose of the curent invention is to propose a remote controlled shopping cart with a mechanical arm for on-line shopping systems, which addresses this problem.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A remote controlled shopping cart with mechanical arms and video cameras allows on-line shoppers to view, select, and pick up individual items in a grocery store, supermarket, or other shops. The cart has a remote controlled moving device, which allows to move and direct the cart to a shelf with desired products. The remote controlled mechanical arms allow to pick-up products and put them into the cart or a removable basket. The cart may have a price scanning system for reading prices of products based on images of products or bar codes. The cart may have a blocking device connected to a payment system. This blocking device blocks moving of the cart outside of a shopping area unless a customer pays for the selected products.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a remote controlled shopping cart with mechanical arms, which allows to view, select, and pick up products in a shop, and is described below in several examples.
Example 1.
Fig. 1 shows a shopping cart -1, a moving device/vehicle -2, a remote control unit -3 for the moving device, a mechanical arm -4 for picking products, a remote control unit -5 for the mechanical arm, a video camera -6 for the moving device, and a video camera -7 for the mechanical arm.
An online customer via any computing device or virtual reality device with connection to the remote control unit 3 and video camera 6 can start the moving device 2, move and navigate the shopping cart 1 to a desired shelf with products. The video camera 6 gives to the customer view of the environment around the shopping cart and allows in efficient way to navigate in a shopping area. The online customer via any computing device or virtual reality device with connection to the remote control unit 5 and video camera 7 can view and pick up a desired product by the mechanical arm 4.
Example 2.
Fig. 2 shows a shopping cart -1, a moving device/vehicle -2, a remote control unit -3 for the moving device, mechanical arms -4 for picking products, a remote control unit -5 for the mechanical arms, a video camera -6 for the moving device, video cameras -7 for the mechanical arms, a price scanning system -8, and a blocking module -9.
An online customer via any computing device or virtual reality device connected to the remote control unit 3 and video camera 6 can start the moving device 2, move and navigate the shopping cart 1 to a desired shelf with products. The video camera 6 gives to the customer view of the environment around the shopping cart and allows in efficient way to navigate in a shopping area.
The online customer via any computing device or virtual reality device connected to the remote control unit 5 and video cameras 7 can view and pick up desired products by the mechanical arms 4. The price scanning system 8 determines prices of products from images or bar codes by the cameras 7 and adds the prices to the total cost of products in the shopping cart 1. This total cost is sent to the customer via the remote control unit 5, so that the customer can pay for the products. The blocking module 9 blocks movements outside of the shopping area if a payment for the selected products was not processed by a payment system connected to the blocking module. After the payment system processes the payment, the blocking module 9 allows the shopping cart 1 to be moved outside of the shopping area.
Example 3.
In this example a shopping cart is similar to the cart of example 1, were a removable container is inserted into the cart and all products are collected into this container.
This container then may be picked up by a drone or other transportation device and be delivered to the customer.
References 1. Design, Model, Prototype, Test, Analyze and Evaluate a Mechanical Human Arm. David Schoder, 2008.
2. Multi-Arm Cooperating Robots: Dynamics and Control. M.D. Zivanovic, M.
Vukobratovic, 2010.
The purpose of the curent invention is to propose a remote controlled shopping cart with a mechanical arm for on-line shopping systems, which addresses this problem.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A remote controlled shopping cart with mechanical arms and video cameras allows on-line shoppers to view, select, and pick up individual items in a grocery store, supermarket, or other shops. The cart has a remote controlled moving device, which allows to move and direct the cart to a shelf with desired products. The remote controlled mechanical arms allow to pick-up products and put them into the cart or a removable basket. The cart may have a price scanning system for reading prices of products based on images of products or bar codes. The cart may have a blocking device connected to a payment system. This blocking device blocks moving of the cart outside of a shopping area unless a customer pays for the selected products.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a remote controlled shopping cart with mechanical arms, which allows to view, select, and pick up products in a shop, and is described below in several examples.
Example 1.
Fig. 1 shows a shopping cart -1, a moving device/vehicle -2, a remote control unit -3 for the moving device, a mechanical arm -4 for picking products, a remote control unit -5 for the mechanical arm, a video camera -6 for the moving device, and a video camera -7 for the mechanical arm.
An online customer via any computing device or virtual reality device with connection to the remote control unit 3 and video camera 6 can start the moving device 2, move and navigate the shopping cart 1 to a desired shelf with products. The video camera 6 gives to the customer view of the environment around the shopping cart and allows in efficient way to navigate in a shopping area. The online customer via any computing device or virtual reality device with connection to the remote control unit 5 and video camera 7 can view and pick up a desired product by the mechanical arm 4.
Example 2.
Fig. 2 shows a shopping cart -1, a moving device/vehicle -2, a remote control unit -3 for the moving device, mechanical arms -4 for picking products, a remote control unit -5 for the mechanical arms, a video camera -6 for the moving device, video cameras -7 for the mechanical arms, a price scanning system -8, and a blocking module -9.
An online customer via any computing device or virtual reality device connected to the remote control unit 3 and video camera 6 can start the moving device 2, move and navigate the shopping cart 1 to a desired shelf with products. The video camera 6 gives to the customer view of the environment around the shopping cart and allows in efficient way to navigate in a shopping area.
The online customer via any computing device or virtual reality device connected to the remote control unit 5 and video cameras 7 can view and pick up desired products by the mechanical arms 4. The price scanning system 8 determines prices of products from images or bar codes by the cameras 7 and adds the prices to the total cost of products in the shopping cart 1. This total cost is sent to the customer via the remote control unit 5, so that the customer can pay for the products. The blocking module 9 blocks movements outside of the shopping area if a payment for the selected products was not processed by a payment system connected to the blocking module. After the payment system processes the payment, the blocking module 9 allows the shopping cart 1 to be moved outside of the shopping area.
Example 3.
In this example a shopping cart is similar to the cart of example 1, were a removable container is inserted into the cart and all products are collected into this container.
This container then may be picked up by a drone or other transportation device and be delivered to the customer.
References 1. Design, Model, Prototype, Test, Analyze and Evaluate a Mechanical Human Arm. David Schoder, 2008.
2. Multi-Arm Cooperating Robots: Dynamics and Control. M.D. Zivanovic, M.
Vukobratovic, 2010.
3. Control of Arm Movement in Space: Neurophysiological and Computational Approaches.
Roberto Caminiti, Paul B. Johason, Ives Burnad, 2011.
Roberto Caminiti, Paul B. Johason, Ives Burnad, 2011.
4. Pararover: A Remote Controlled Vehicle With Omnidirectional Sensors. Simon Lok, 1999.
5. Remote Controlled Vehicle "Wheelbarrow". Barry Taylor, 2000.
6. Object Detection and Recognition in Digital Images: Theory and Practice.
Boguslaw Cyganek, 2013.
Boguslaw Cyganek, 2013.
Claims (17)
1. A shopping cart having:
-a moving vehicle/device for moving and directing said shopping cart;
-a remote control unit A for controlling movements of said vehicle/device;
-a mechanical arm for picking products from a shelf and placing them into said cart;
-a remote control unit B for controlling movements of said mechanical arm;
-a video camera B on said mechanical arm to see products for pick up from a shelf via said remote controlled unit B of said mechanical arm;
-a video camera A on said shopping cart for maneuvering in a shop via said remote control unit A.
-a moving vehicle/device for moving and directing said shopping cart;
-a remote control unit A for controlling movements of said vehicle/device;
-a mechanical arm for picking products from a shelf and placing them into said cart;
-a remote control unit B for controlling movements of said mechanical arm;
-a video camera B on said mechanical arm to see products for pick up from a shelf via said remote controlled unit B of said mechanical arm;
-a video camera A on said shopping cart for maneuvering in a shop via said remote control unit A.
2. A shopping cart of the claim 1 having several mechanical arms.
3. A shopping cart of the claim 1 having a removable container into which products are placed.
4. A shopping cart of the claim 2 having a removable container into which products are placed.
5. A shopping cart of the claim 1 having a price scanning system for the total cost determination of the selected products.
6. A shopping cart of the claim 2 having a price scanning system for the total cost determination of the selected products.
7. A shopping cart of the claim 3 having a price scanning system for the total cost determination of the selected products.
8. A shopping cart of the claim 4 having a price scanning system for the total cost determination of the selected products.
9. A shopping cart of the claim 1 having a blocking module with a connection to a payment processing system.
10. A shopping cart of the claim 2 having a blocking module with a connection to a payment processing system.
11. A shopping cart of the claim 3 having a blocking module with a connection to a payment processing system.
12. A shopping cart of the claim 4 having a blocking module with a connection to a payment processing system.
13. A shopping cart of the claim 5 having a blocking module with a connection to a payment processing system.
14. A shopping cart of the claim 6 having a blocking module with a connection to a payment processing system.
15. A shopping cart of the claim 7 having a blocking module with a connection to a payment processing system.
16. A shopping cart of the claim 8 having a blocking module with a connection to a payment processing system.
17. A shopping cart of the claim 1 having instead of two video cameras A and B
a one video camera with full functionality of cameras A and B.
a one video camera with full functionality of cameras A and B.
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