公开(公告)号：US07904199B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-08

申请号：US11981484

申请日：2007-10-30

申请人： Daniel S Carter ,  Christopher R. Craven ,  Walid H. El-Aouar ,  Craig R Greiner ,  Larry E Hieb ,  Dean W James ,  Sandra L Southard ,  Rolando S. Williams

发明人： Daniel S Carter ,  Christopher R. Craven ,  Walid H. El-Aouar ,  Craig R Greiner ,  Larry E Hieb ,  Dean W James ,  Sandra L Southard ,  Rolando S. Williams

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G07F11/32 ,  G07F11/165 ,  G07F11/38

摘要： This invention is a vending machine and components parts that include a sophisticated positioning system, gripper and trays for improved efficiency in product retrieval and delivery. A unique initialization and calibration system is implemented at start up to determine the positions of shelves and trays of product containers in the machine, and may be implemented at other times if trays or shelves are added or removed, or if tray or shelf positions change. These positions are then used by the positioning and gripping systems to accurately and efficiently retrieve products from the trays. Related methods are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一种自动售货机和组件部件，其包括复杂的定位系统，夹具和托盘，用于提高产品检索和传送的效率。 在启动时实现独特的初始化和校准系统，以确定机器中产品容器的货架和托盘的位置，如果托盘或货架被添加或移除，或者托盘或货架位置发生变化，可以在其他时间实施。 这些位置然后由定位和夹紧系统使用，以便从托盘中准确有效地检索产品。 还公开了相关方法。