US 11,869,066 B2
Automatic ordering apparatus
Adam Dewey McBrady, Morris Plains, NJ (US); Teresa Marta, Morris Plains, NJ (US); Stephan Bork, Morris Plains, NJ (US); and Tong Shang, Morris Plains, NJ (US)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Appl. No. 16/967,019
Filed by HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 6, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/016951
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/156650, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0035192 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G01G 19/414 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01) [G01G 19/414 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic ordering apparatus comprising:
a processor configurable to be operably coupled to an external network;
a machine-readable code scanner (MRCS) operably coupled to the processor and configured to capture product identifying information associated with a product container;
a force sensor operably coupled to the processor and adapted to output a force signal representative of a level of contents within the product container; and
a data store operably coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations to automatically generate a product reorder signal, the operations comprising:
receiving, via the MRCS, the captured product identifying information for the product container;
validating the captured product identifying information;
sending, based on the validation, an electronic request message to a product information database to access force information associated with the received identifying information;
receiving, from the force sensor, the force signal representative of a current level of contents within the product container;
retrieving a predetermined threshold for the level of contents within the product container;
comparing the current level of contents in the product container to the predetermined threshold for the level of contents within the product container; and,
generating a reorder signal when the force signal indicates a higher level of contents in the product container than the predetermined threshold.