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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Brent D. Garson, Orange, OH (US);
Aviel Dafna, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Alessandro Ratti, Via Varesina, IT;
Ezio Cesare Ratti, Via Manzoni, IT;
Inventors:
Brent D. Garson, Orange, OH (US);
Aviel Dafna, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Alessandro Ratti, Via Varesina, IT;
Ezio Cesare Ratti, Via Manzoni, IT;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
During operation of a vending machine, an image is obtained of an area of interest in the vending machine. As a product selected by a customer moves toward a product retrieval location, images of the area of interest are obtained and transmitted to the data base. Images in the data base are compared to determine whether or not the selected product has moved to the area of interest.