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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2019
Applicant:
The Nordam Group Llc, Tulsa, OK (US);
Inventors:
Mark Robert Hacker, Little Horwood, GB;
Raegen Henry Siegfried, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
The NORDAM Group LLC, Tulsa, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6201 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06K 9/6262 (2013.01); G06N 3/0454 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of vending a product (n) in an automated vending machine () includes displaying an initial stock (S) of several products (n) on a display shelf (), and identifying any product () removed therefrom by a customer () not by detecting the removed product () itself, but by comparing images () of the displayed stock (S) before and after product removal to determine any product () missing in the post-image () of remaining stock (S-(S-P)), and then charging payment for the missing product () to the customer ().