Patent ID: 11945487
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. A commodity pickup apparatus, including a plurality of accommodation portions that are detachably mounted thereon and accommodate commodities picked up in accordance with an order from a customer, and being movable in accordance with an operation by an operator, the commodity pickup apparatus comprising:
a communication interface connectable to an external server;
a display device; and
a controller configured to:
obtain commodity pickup information including information related to a commodity to be picked up and a quantity thereof from the external server via the communication interface, and
cause the display device to display a screen showing, for each of the plurality of accommodation portions, a list of commodities to be accommodated in said each of the plurality of accommodation portions on a basis of the obtained commodity pickup information such that the list is shown at a display position corresponding to a mount position of said each of the plurality of accommodation portions, wherein

the commodity pickup apparatus further comprises:
a plurality of leg portions that change a traveling direction of the commodity pickup apparatus in accordance with a direction of a force applied thereto;
a support member that includes a handle and supports the plurality of leg portions, the support member having a width in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction that is narrower on a far side of the operator than on a near side of the operator;
a fourth frame member on which the plurality of accommodation portions are detachably mounted, the fourth frame member being installed on the support member such that a portion of the fourth frame member on the far side is higher than a portion of the fourth frame member on the near side;
a plurality of first imaging devices that are provided at outer edge portions of the plurality of accommodation portions mounted on the forth frame member to face inside of the plurality of accommodation portions; and
a second imaging device that is installed on the support member to be capable of capturing an image including all of openings, through which commodities are put, of the plurality of accommodation portions mounted on the forth frame member, and

the controller is configured to:
determine that a commodity picked up is put in a correct accommodation portion of the plurality of accommodation portions from an image captured by the second imaging device, and
detect a commodity feature amount for identifying the commodity put in the accommodation portion or a code symbol attached to the commodity from images respectively captured by the plurality of first imaging devices.