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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuhiro Ono, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B 3/00 (2006.01); B62B 3/14 (2006.01); B62B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B 3/1424 (2013.01); B62B 3/1412 (2013.01); B62B 3/1428 (2013.01); B62B 5/0096 (2013.01); B62B 2203/10 (2013.01); B62B 2206/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cart includes a frame, a holding portion supported by the frame and in which a product is stored, a lifting unit configured to raise and lower the holding portion, an imaging device directed towards an inside of the holding portion, and a controller. The controller is configured to acquire an image of a product captured by the imaging device, determine whether the product has been continuously imaged by the imaging device over a predetermined time period, and upon determining that the product has been imaged over the predetermined time period, control the lifting unit to lower the holding portion.