US Patent Issued to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions on Jan. 20 for "Movable shelf system based on body recognition" (Mexican, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,420, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Movable shelf system based on body recognition" was invented by David John Steiner (Durham, N.C.), Hector Gabriel Ruelas Cobian (Tlaquepaque, Mexico), Martha E Contreras Ramirez (Zapopan, Mexico), Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez (Tlaquepaque, Mexico) and Rafael Lizardo Silva (Colima, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A movable shelf system is provided for a retail or grocery store. The system includes a movable shelf in a store location; an actuator for moving the movable shelf; a plurality of cameras in the store location, each of the plu...