APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-WEIGHT-BASED CONSUMPTION MONITORING AND AUTOMATIC REPLACEMENT INITIATION

An apparatus and method support storage and automatic replacement of a consumable item in an end-user consumer's application setting. These teachings provide for using at least one non-weight-based sensor (such as an image-based sensor and/or an ultrasonic-based sensor) configured to be physica...

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Main Author Cantrell, Robert L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 08.11.2018
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES
PHYSICS
SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Summary:An apparatus and method support storage and automatic replacement of a consumable item in an end-user consumer's application setting. These teachings provide for using at least one non-weight-based sensor (such as an image-based sensor and/or an ultrasonic-based sensor) configured to be physically deployed within a storage area and to sense a non-fully-depleted consumption state of the consumable item within the end user consumer's application setting. These teachings also provide for using a control circuit that operably couples to the non-weight-based sensor and that is configured to respond to detection of a particular non-fully-depleted consumption state (for example, a consumption state between 70 percent depleted and 90 percent depleted) by automatically initiating replacement of the consumable item within the storage area.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201815969622