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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2023
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
David John Steiner, Durham, NC (US);
Hector Gabriel Ruelas Cobian, Tlaquepaque, MX;
Martha E Contreras Ramirez, Zapopan, MX;
Alejandra González González, Tlaquepaque, MX;
Rafael Lizardo Silva, Colima, MX;
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A movable shelf system is provided for a retail or grocery store. The system includes a movable shelf in a store location; an actuator for moving the movable shelf; a plurality of cameras in the store location, each of the plurality of cameras having a field of view; and a vision mesh network having a plurality of nodes in communication with each other, at least one of the plurality of cameras being a node within the plurality of nodes on the vision mesh network. The vision mesh network receives and processes information about the movable shelf and sends an instruction to the movable shelf based on the information.