Patent ID: 11945490
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 15:
16. A shopping cart movement control system, comprising:
a limitation pattern drawn on a surface at a boundary between a first area and a second area, the limitation pattern comprising a pair of parallel lines, each line in the pair being distinguishable from the other by at least one of color or pattern;
a plurality of shopping carts intended for use in the first area but not in the second area, each shopping cart comprising:
an imaging unit configured to acquire images of the surface at a present location of the shopping cart;
a controller configured to:
detect the limitation pattern in images acquired by the imaging unit;
determine based on the detected limitation pattern whether the shopping cart has been moved from the first area to the second area or from the second area to the first area; and
control mobility of the shopping cart based on whether the shopping cart has been moved from the first area to the second area or from the second area to the first area.