Shopping Basket Scanner Mounting for Stable Item Code Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shopping baskets with integrated scanning devices are prone to misalignment, leading to incorrect item detection and checkout errors due to the scanner's mobility relative to the basket.
Innovation Solution
A permanently attached scanning device, fixed to the handle or opening rim of the shopping basket, ensures consistent alignment and detection area coverage, preventing misalignment and incorrect item detection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the scanner is integrated into a movable insert, then the shopping basket offers flexibility and additional functionality, but the scanner may shift or become displaced relative to the shopping basket
Solution Approach 1:
The shopping basket is divided into separate functional components: a removable insert for flexibility and a permanently fixed scanner assembly attached to the basket frame. This segmentation allows the insert to be moved or removed while the scanner maintains its fixed position, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The scanner is extracted from the movable insert and permanently mounted to the basket frame or handle. This extraction ensures the scanner remains stationary relative to the basket opening, preventing misalignment while the insert retains its mobility for cleaning or replacement.
2Measurement precision
If the scanner is permanently attached to the shopping basket, then the scanner maintains consistent alignment and detection accuracy, but the shopping basket becomes more complex and harder to manufacture
Solution Approach 1:
The scanner is merged with the handle or opening rim structure, utilizing existing structural elements of the basket rather than adding separate mounting components. This integration maintains detection accuracy while minimizing the increase in overall device complexity.
3Reliability
If the scanner detection area is constantly aligned with the opening, then only items placed in the shopping basket are detected, but the scanner requires a fixed and more complex mounting structure
Solution Approach 1:
The scanner is positioned at a specific location (associated with the opening rim or handle) where its detection area naturally aligns with the basket opening. This localized positioning ensures accurate detection of only items in the basket while using a simple mounting structure that leverages the natural geometry of the basket opening.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a shopping basket (1) with a shopping item receiving device (2) and a handle (3), wherein the handle (3) is arranged above an opening plane (4) of an opening of the shopping item receiving device (2) surrounded by an opening edge (5), wherein a detection device (6) for detecting an article code (7) of an article (8) placed or to be placed in the shopping item receiving device (2) is associated with the opening edge (5) of the shopping item receiving device (2) and/or the handle (3), wherein the detection device (6) has a device for providing and/or sending and/or storing the article code.To ensure that only items (8) placed in the shopping basket (1) are detected, it is proposed that the detection device (6) is not detachably connected to the opening edge (5) of the shopping item receiving device (2) and/or the handle (3) without tools, wherein, in the state of the shopping basket (1) being carried on the handle (3), a detection area (10) of the detection device (6) is constantly dimensioned and aligned relative to the opening of the shopping item receiving device (2) such that it detects the opening and a volume area (11) spanned between the handle (3) and the opening.