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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2014
Tetsuro Motoyama, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tetsuro Motoyama, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Techniques are provided for determining, by a sensor, a weight of an item placed in a locker compartment; transmitting, to a locker controller, data indicating the weight of the item placed in the locker compartment; receiving, from the sensor, the data indicating the weight; transmitting the data from the locker controller to a locker manager; receiving, from the locker controller, the data indicating the weight of the item placed in the locker compartment; receiving at the locker manager a reference weight for the item; verifying the weight of the item placed in the locker compartment based at least in part upon the received data and the reference weight for the item placed in the locker compartment; and generating and transmitting a report message indicating whether the item has been delivered to the locker compartment.