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US 10,586,411 · App. 16/002,830 · Granted Mar 10, 2020

Ordering and delivery cubicle system

Inventors: Peter Zurkuhlen (New York, NY); David Cowan (New York, NY)
Assignee: Chip Chop Holdings, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,586,411
App. No.
16/002,830
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to an online ordering and delivery cubicle system. In one embodiment, a device is provided. The device includes a cubicle comprising a first opening and a second opening, and a cavity disposed therein. The first opening is opposite the second opening and the second opening is adapted to receive an item to be disposed into the cavity. A sensor coupled to the cubicle detects a state of the item with respect to the cavity. The device further includes an access assembly coupled to the first opening and the sensor. The access assembly is adapted to wirelessly activate to provide authenticated access via the first opening to the item in the cavity based on the state of the item.

Claims (41)

1. A device, comprising:

a cubicle comprising a first opening and a second opening, and a cavity disposed therein, wherein the first opening is opposite the second opening and the second opening is adapted to receive an item to be disposed into the cavity, the item corresponding to an order associated with an order identifier (ID);

a sensor coupled to the cubicle to detect a state of the item with respect to the cavity, wherein the state of the item comprising at least a presence of the item detected, via the sensor, in the cavity of the cubicle; and

an access assembly coupled to the first opening and the sensor, the access assembly adapted to:

receive instructions to activate, from a scanning station communicably coupled to a group of cubicle devices comprising the cubicle, the instructions provided by the scanning station in response to receipt of the order ID to cause access to the cubicle; and

wirelessly activate, responsive to the received instructions and responsive to the state of the item comprising the presence of the item detected in the cavity, to provide authenticated access via the first opening to the item in the cavity based on the state of the item.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the state of the item further comprises detecting, via the sensor, a removal of the item from the cavity of the cubicle.

3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a user-perceivable indicator coupled to the cubicle, wherein the user-perceivable indicator indicates an association between the cubicle and a user based on the state of the item.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the user-perceivable indicator comprises a digital faceplate to generate a graphic to indicate to the user that the item is stored in the cubicle.

5. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a door assembly coupled to the first opening of the cubicle, wherein the access assembly is further adapted to activate the door assembly based on a scan of an identifier provided by a user device.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the access assembly is adapted to activate the door assembly based on proximity of the user device associated with the item to the cubicle.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a light system coupled to the cubicle to periodically sanitize an interior of the cubicle.

8. The device of claim 1 , further comprising an interlocking system coupled to the cubicle to secure a portion of the cubicle to at least one other cubicle.

9. A system comprising:

a group of cubicle devices; and

a scanning station communicatively coupled to the group of cubicle devices, the scanning station comprising a processing device to:

detect that a user device associated with a request for an item is within a threshold range of the scanning station, the item corresponding to an order associated with an order identifier (ID);

identify a state of the item with respect to an interior cavity of at least one cubicle device of the group of cubicle devices based on a sensor of the at least one cubicle device, wherein the state of the item comprising at least a presence of the item detected, via the sensor, in the cavity of the cubicle;

send instructions to activate to the at least one cubicle device, the instructions provided by the scanning station in response to receipt of the order ID to cause access to the cubicle; and

cause, responsive to the instructions and responsive to the state of the item comprising the presence of the item detected in the cavity, an access assembly of the at least one cubicle device to activate to provide authenticated access to the interior cavity based on the state of the item.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the state of the item further comprises a removal of the item from the cavity of the cubicle.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processing device is further to activate a user-perceivable indicator to indicate an association between the at least one cubicle device and a user of the user device.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processing device is further to:

compare a first identifier associated with the item with a second identifier presented by the user device at the scanning station; and

actuate an access assembly at a first opening of the at least one cubicle device based on a match between the first identifier and the second identifier.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the processing device is further to actuate the access assembly based on proximity of the user device to the at least one cubicle device.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processing device is further to:

detect removal of the item from the at least one cubicle device based on the sensor; and active a light system to sanitize an interior of the at least one cubicle device.

15. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:

a reader device electronically coupled to the group of cubicle devices, wherein the reader device is adapted to receive an identifier associated with the item that activates an indicator on at least one cubicle device of the group indicating the item is to be placed therein.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

detect, by the processing device, that a user device associated with a request for an item is within a threshold range of a scanning station communicatively coupled to a group of cubicle devices, the item corresponding to an order associated with an order ID;

identify a state of the item with respect to an interior cavity of at least one cubicle device of the group of cubicle devices based on a sensor of the at least one cubicle device, wherein the state of the item comprising at least a presence of the item detected, via the sensor, in the cavity of the cubicle;

receive instructions to activate, from the scanning station, the instructions provided by the scanning station in response to receipt of the order ID to cause access to the cubicle; and

activate, responsive to the received instructions and responsive to the state of the item comprising the presence of the item detected in the cavity, the at least one cubicle device to provide authenticated access to the interior cavity based on the state of the item.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the state of the item further comprises a removal of the item from the cavity of the cubicle.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the processing device is further to activate a user-perceivable indicator to indicate an association between the at least one cubicle device and a user of the user device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the processing device is further to:

compare a first identifier associated with the item with a second identifier presented by the user device at the scanning station; and

actuate an access assembly at a first opening of the at least one cubicle device based on a match between the first identifier and the second identifier.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the processing device is further to actuate the access assembly based on proximity of the user device to the at least one cubicle device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2018
From: ZURKUHLEN, PETER; COWAN, DAVID
To: CHIP CHOP HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 046799/0798 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62517347 · Jun 9, 2017
Related Publication 20180357843A1 · Dec 13, 2018
Cited By (1)
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