US 12,125,069 B2
Automated order apparatus and automated order method for commodities
Nobuhisa Otsuki, Toyota (JP); Haeyeon Lee, Tokyo-to (JP); Yutaro Takagi, Tokyo-to (JP); Yuta Itozawa, Nagoya (JP); Hirotaka Komura, Tokyo-to (JP); Kunihiro Iwamoto, Nagakute (JP); and Kota Oishi, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/840,149.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012502 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0271 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated ordering system that provides an automated ordering service for commodities corresponding to contents of containers/packages, the system comprising:
a disposal box at a facility;
a tag reader or a camera provided at the disposal box, the tag reader configured to read identification tags provided on the containers/packages that have been discarded into the disposal box to obtain identification data on the contents of the containers/packages existing in the disposal box, the camera configured to obtain internal status data of the containers/packages existing in the disposal box;
a memory storing the internal status data of the disposal box obtained by the camera or the identification data obtained by the tag reader on the contents of the container/package existing in the disposal box; and
a processor configured to perform an automated order processing to order items registered in advance as commodities targeted for the automated ordering service, the processor configured to perform the automated order processing by:
determining whether any container/package for the order items exists in the disposal box, based on the internal status data or the identification data on the contents of the disposal box stored in the memory;
calculating a number of discarded containers/packages for the order items existing in the disposal box based on the internal status data or the identification data on the contents of the disposal box when it is determined that any container/package for the order items exists in the disposal box;
determining whether the number of discarded containers/packages is equal to or larger than an upper threshold, the upper threshold being set according to a sales mode of the order items, the sales mode indicating whether the order items are sold individually or collectively; and
generating ordering data of the order items when it is determined that the number of discarded containers/packages is equal to or larger than the upper threshold.