US 12,262,853 B2
Product identification system
Frederick J. Williams, Jr., Cumming, GA (US); and Babak R. Ghazi, Smyrna, GA (US)
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
Filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/174,060.
Application 17/174,060 is a continuation of application No. 16/328,829, granted, now 10,945,566, previously published as PCT/US2016/049478, filed on Aug. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0161334 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. A47K 10/36 (2006.01); A47K 10/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 10/3662 (2013.01) [A47K 2010/3226 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining a type of a rolled product comprising:
determining, from a first dispensing event indicated by motor actuation, to a start of a next consecutive dispensing event indicated by a next consecutive motor actuation, a length of the rolled product dispensed;
determining, from the first dispensing event to the start of the next consecutive dispensing event, a change in diameter of the rolled product; and
determining the rolled product is authorized or unauthorized type based at least in part on the length and the change in diameter, and preventing further dispensing of the rolled product in response to the determination the rolled product is unauthorized.