US 12,346,875 B2
Color chip dispenser
Sarah Joanna Furnari, Costa Mesa, CA (US)
Assigned to Behr Process LLC, Santa Ana, CA (US)
Filed by Behr Process LLC, Santa Ana, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/087,914.
Application 18/087,914 is a continuation of application No. 17/224,759, filed on Apr. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,537,983.
Application 17/224,759 is a continuation of application No. 16/449,412, filed on Jun. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,984,377, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Application 16/449,412 is a continuation of application No. 15/421,000, filed on Jan. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,373,112, issued on Aug. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0130422 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/08 (2024.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); H05B 47/10 (2020.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); H05B 47/10 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A color chip dispenser comprising:
a plurality of color chips;
a display area having a plurality of display windows and a plurality of types of light sources, each display window of the plurality of display windows being associated with a different type of light source of the plurality of types of light sources; and
a controller configured to
(i) receive input from an input device indicating a particular color chip selected from the plurality of color chips,
(ii) retrieve the particular color chip from the plurality of color chips using a robotic device,
(iii) receive a light type selection from the input device indicating a particular type of light source from the plurality of types of light sources, and
(iv) control the robotic device to display the particular color chip in a display window of the plurality of display windows associated with the particular type of light source;
(v) after the particular color chip is the display window, receive a second selection from the input device indicating whether to dispense the particular color chip or return the particular color chip to a color chip deck,
(vi) control the robotic device to dispense the particular color chip to a dispensing receptacle in response to the second selection indicating to dispense the particular color chip, and
(vii) control the robotic device to return the particular color chip to the color chip deck in response to the second selection indicating to return the particular color chip to the color chip deck.