Inventory control system

a control system and inventary technology, applied in the field of inventary control system, can solve the problems of requiring hours of manpower, limiting the use of springs to products having an identicalness, and more time,

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-02-24
ALI ALA
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[0008] The present invention provides an improved inventory monitoring system that allows users to keep their existing organization and display mechanism of products, yet monitors and communicates the most updated inventory of the products almost at the same time a change is made to the inventory. At the very moment a customer picks up a product and removes it from a product display space, the present inventory monitoring system would determine the number of the produc

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However, this service limits the use of a spring to products having an identical depth.
Further, the service requires an employee to manually look at each spring to determine the number of inventory products r

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[0045]FIGS. 1A-2A illustrates an exemplary inventory display using a shelf 1 upon which products 2 are placed. Using dividers 3, the products 2 can be displayed more efficiently and consumers can locate products more easily. At the same time, they are esthetically pleasing to consumers. To further increase the efficiency of product display, stores typically place a plurality of the same products 2 together in a row, and thus the products 2 in a row will share the same depth. To further increase the efficiency of product display, stores use a push paddle 7 to move the remaining products toward the front of the display space 4. The push paddle 7 may be spring-powered. The spring in the spring-powered push paddle 7 may be flat and coiled within the push paddle 7. The push paddle 7 determines the position of the product placed farthest from the front of the display space 4.

[0046] After having determine the depth of the products 2, a user can use any of the following embodiments to dete...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to an inventory control system where the most updated number of products displayed on a display space is electronically determined and communicated to a computer for remote users, and electronically displayed along with other relevant information about the products.

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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is related to and claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60 / 497,437 filed on Aug. 22, 2003 entitled “Inventory Control Systems,” the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The invention relates to monitoring inventory items on a display shelf or a storage space and communicating and displaying the counting results and other relevant information concerning the inventory items. [0004] 2. General Background and State of the Art [0005] Grocery stores and general merchandising stores, such as Wal-mart® and Target®, commonly place and display products on a shelf. In an effort to organize products in a more cost-effective and time-efficient manner, and display them in an esthetically pleasing way, stores began placing dividers and pusher paddles on shelves. Dividers may vary in length and height to facilitate better organiza...

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IPC IPC(8): A47F10/00
CPCA47F10/00A47F1/126A47F2010/025
Inventor ALI, ALA
Owner ALI ALA
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