The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2014
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Masaki Takahashi, Oaska, JP;
Toru Tanigawa, Oaska, JP;
Kento Ogawa, Osaka, JP;
Katsufumi Inoue, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
When there are no customers in a store, a laser is scanned along an aisle between product shelving units installed in the store, and if that laser is reflected midway in the optical path, it is determined that there is an object in the sensing range according to the laser. The determination result is then notified to a user by a site that corresponds to the position where the laser has been reflected being marked in a layout image that represents the product shelving units, displayed on a terminal device.