Electronic shopping cart
View Patent ↗The present invention discloses an electronic shopping cart comprising sensor unit, processing unit and display unit. The sensor unit comprises various sensors placed at each corner of the cart and sensory net placed at base of the cart. At least one sensory line connects sensors and sensory net. The sensors generate sensor data by detecting item placed into or taken away from cart. The sensory net detects change in weight of cart and generate sensory net data. The processing unit processes sensor data and sensory net data and accordingly retrieves information of item from at least one item database. Based on retrieved information, processing unit calculates subtotal of item and grand total cost of all items in cart and are displayed to user on display screen long with item details. Sensors, sensory net and sensory line together identifies item added into cart or removed from cart, and maintain integrity of items in basket.
1. An electronic shopping cart, comprising:
at least one cart with a basket to carry shopping items therein;
at least one sensor unit including at least one top sensor, at least one bottom sensor and at least one sensory net, said at least one sensory net detecting a weight of said items, said at least one sensor unit detecting items placed or taken from cart;
at least one electronic line to connect said at least one top sensor, said at least one bottom sensor and said at least one sensory net, at least one electronic line being in constant abutting contact with said at least one top sensor, said at least one bottom sensor and at least one sensory net simultaneously, said at least one electronic line extending horizontally entirely along a top perimeter and a bottom perimeter of said basket, said at least one electronic line further extending vertically along corners of said basket between said top perimeter and said bottom perimeter;
at least one processing unit to process data from said at least one sensor unit, said at least one sensor unit generating item details; and
at least one display unit to display said item details.
2. The electronic shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein said at least one top sensor is installed at top corners of said basket.
3. The electronic shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein said at least one bottom sensor is installed at bottom corners of basket.
4. The electronic shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein said at least one top and said at least one bottom sensor detect said items placed into or removed from said cart, said at least one top sensor and said at least one bottom sensor generate sensor data.
5. The electronic shopping cart of claim 4 , wherein said at least one sensory net detects a weight change within said basket and generates sensory net data.
6. The electronic shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein said at least one sensory net is installed at a base of said basket.
7. The electronic shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein said at least one sensor unit scans at least one data on said items to detect said items placed or removed from said basket.
8. The electronic shopping cart of claim 4 , wherein a processing unit identifies item details by retrieving said sensor data from a database.
9. The electronic shopping cart of claim 5 , wherein said processing unit based on sensory net data and sensor data, add or detect item details on display screen.
10. The electronic shopping cart of claim 8 , wherein said item details include an item name and an item cost.
11. The electronic shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein said at least one sensor unit includes at least one bar code reader.
12. The electronic shopping cart of claim 8 , wherein said processing unit calculates a subtotal of each of said items and a grand total cost of all of said items within basket based on said item details.
13. The electronic shopping cart of claim 12 , wherein said at least one display unit displays said subtotal and said grand total cost.
14. The electronic shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein said at least one top sensor, said at least one bottom sensor, said at least one sensory net and at least one electronic line together identify said items added or removed from said at least one cart and maintain the integrity of said items within said basket.
15. The electronic shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein said at least one top sensor is entirely above of said basket, said at least one bottom sensor is adjacent to laterals sides of said basket.
16. The electronic shopping cart of claim 1 , wherein said basket includes perforated sidewalls, said at least one bottom sensor aims within said basket through said perforated sidewalls.