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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Brent D. Garson, Orange, OH (US);
Aviel Dafna, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Alessandro Ratti, Via Varesina, IT;
Ezio Cesare Ratti, Via Manzoni, IT;
Brent D. Garson, Orange, OH (US);
Aviel Dafna, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Alessandro Ratti, Via Varesina, IT;
Ezio Cesare Ratti, Via Manzoni, IT;
Other;
Abstract
During operation of a vending machine, a dispensed product moves from a product dispensing location to a product retrieval location. To detect movement of the dispensed product to the dispensing location, the intensity of light at an array of pixels is monitored. The monitored array of pixels forms a portion of a larger group of pixels. A change in the intensity of light at pixels in the array of pixels is detected upon movement of a dispensed product to a product retrieval location.