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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Todd A. Hagen, Shakopee, MN (US);
Andrew Wipf, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Josh Michael Dingman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Donnie Tolbert, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Donald John Armstrong, Carver, MN (US);
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A physical shopping cart comprises a controller and a sensor array comprising an initial sensor configured to detect possible-items placed into the physical shopping cart and a secondary sensor configured to determine if possible-items detected by the initial sensor is are items-of-interest. The physical shopping cart is configured to maintain the secondary sensor in a low-power state; sense a possible-item placed into the physical shopping cart; determine if the possible-item is an item-of-interest; and transmit a sense-message that identifies the item-of-interest.