Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l.

Matteo Zanaroli

Jaehoon Lee

Davide Bruni

Kevin Duffey

Ryan Adkins

Steven Clapham

Reza Ebrahimi

Martin Gebel

Claudio Acciarri

Marek Pisecny

Kiat Lim

Raul Avila

Jesus Alberto Granado Garcia

John Ingram

Eric Freel

Paul Timmerwilke

Systems and methods involving one or more wearable components that obtain information about a surrounding environment and provide information to a user to assist user in retrieving objects from the surrounding environment. The information may include navigation information related to a route that the user may take to retrieve an object, as well as information about the object to be retrieved. The wearable components may be include ones that may be mounted on the head of the user, as well as components that the user may wear on other parts of the body or that attach to clothing. The wearable components may include image sensors, microphones, machine-readable symbol readers, range-finders, accelerometers, and/or gyroscopes that may collect information from and about the surroundings of the user. The wearable components may also include one or more of a set of speakers and/or a display subsystem to provide information to the user.

User-wearable systems and methods to collect data and provide information

A store is described, including an ordering interface, a storage area, automated vehicles, and a central processing system. The ordering interface accepts selections of items for purchase from a shopper. The storage area, stocking items for sale, is separate from the area containing the ordering interface. The automated vehicles retrieve items from the storage area. The central processing system is configured to: check-in the shopper; assign an order fulfilment module to the shopper; receive selections of items from the ordering interface in real-time, as the shopper selects the items for purchase; send the selections to the order fulfilment module for retrieval in real-time; check-out the shopper when the shopper is finished selecting items; and arrange delivery of the completed order to the shopper. The order fulfilment module assigns automated vehicles to retrieve the items for purchase in real-time. A method for operating a store is also described.

Drive-through automated supermarket

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San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy

Matteo Zanaroli