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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Timothy W. Crockett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Charles M. Kurtz, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US);
TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of implementing a detection sequence for determining positions of control boxes within a stack are provided. In one aspect, a system includes control boxes each including a controller having a plurality of ports, a magnetic switch, and a magnet. The control boxes are arranged in a stack so that, for each adjacent pair of control boxes, the magnetic switch of one control box is magnetically coupled with the magnet of another control box. The controller of each control box is configured to determine a position, within the stack, of its associated control box based at least in part on the magnetic coupling, or lack of magnetic coupling, between the magnetic switch of its associated control box and the magnet of another control box within the stack.