IP Library Granted Patent US 11,023,955
Granted Patent B1
US 11,023,955 · App. 16/585,728 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Outside ordering system

Inventors: Robley Theron Carpenter, II (Denver, CO); Benjamin William Thielker (Denver, CO); Jacob Daniel Poore (Loveland, CO)
Assignee: Valyant AI, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,023,955
App. No.
16/585,728
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

An outside ordering system may employ one or more devices having a controller, camera array, microphone array, and speaker positioned within a device housing located outside of a building. The camera array can be positioned to identify a vehicle in which a customer resides and at least one facial gesture of the customer.

Claims (24)

1. A system comprising a controller, a first camera array, a second camera array, a microphone array, and a speaker positioned within a device housing located outside of a building, the controller connected to an ordering module disposed between the device housing and an order interface, the camera array positioned to identify a vehicle in which a customer resides and at least one facial gesture of the customer, the order module comprising a prediction circuit to predict an action of the customer in response to the at least one facial gesture of the customer.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein a display is positioned within the device housing and connected to the controller.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor is positioned within the device housing and connected to the controller.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the microphone array and speaker are connected to a noise cancellation circuit.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the microphone array is positioned to detect speech of the customer.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first camera array comprises multiple separate optical detectors.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the microphone array comprises multiple separate acoustic detectors.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera array is positioned to read a license plate of the vehicle.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first camera array is physically moved by the controller in response to an environmental condition predicted by the prediction circuit.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein an environmental circuitry of the ordering module proactively alters an order parameter in response to an environmental condition predicted by the prediction circuit.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the prediction circuit is configured to start fulfilling an order predicted by the prediction circuit based on the at least one facial gesture of the customer prior to the customer place placing any real order.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ordering module comprises an active noise cancellation circuit configured to cancel noise at a selected frequency based on a pitch and a volume of the customer detected by the microphone array.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ordering module comprises an identification circuit configured to correlate the at least one facial gesture with a customer profile stored in the ordering module.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a device housing positioned outside of a building;

a controller positioned within the device housing;

a camera array positioned within the device housing and connected to the controller, the camera array positioned to identify a vehicle in which a customer resides and at least one facial gesture of the customer, at least one camera array physically moved by the controller in response to a degraded ordering condition detected by the controller;

an ordering module connected to the controller and positioned external to the device housing; and

an order interface connected to the ordering module.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the ordering module comprises an automation circuit configured to bypass a human employee to enter a customer order into the order interface.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the ordering module comprises an environmental circuit configured to detect a weather condition with at least one sensor positioned in the device housing.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the camera array, a microphone, and a sensor are each connected to the ordering module and provide detected data about the customer.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the order interface is positioned in a kitchen of the building.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the ordering module is connected to a mobile computing device carried by a human employee.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NOTICE OF RECORDATION FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN THE DOCKET NUMBER AND THE THIRD ASSIGNOR'S LAST NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 050518 FRAME 0216. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CORRECTION TO THE NOTICE OF RECORDATION.. Recorded Sep 30, 2019
From: CARPENTER, ROBLEY THERON, II; THIELKER, BENJAMIN WILLIAM; POORE, JACOB DANIEL
To: VALYANT AI, INC.
Reel/Frame 050583/0601 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2019
From: CARPENTER, ROBLEY THERON, II; THIELKER, BENJAMIN WILLIAM; POOLE, JACOB DANIEL
To: VALYANT AI, INC.
Reel/Frame 050518/0216 →
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