Patent ID: 11946688
Assignee: FFF ENTERPRISES, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F  A  G | IPC A  F

Claim 0:
1. A medical cabinet system that stores packaged medicine or other regulated healthcare related devices for stocking or dispensing using an optical scanner, comprising:
an optical scanner that is configured to scan products;
a cabinet adapted to be positioned in a room to allow for walk-up access by users, the cabinet comprising:
a frame that supports the structure and contains a plurality of drawers,
the plurality of drawers being adapted in the cabinet to secure products from open removal from the cabinet unless unlocked by the system,
a display monitor,
a computer that is configured to lock the plurality of drawers and unlock one or more drawers in a response to a user providing one or more credentials to authenticate the user on the medical cabinet system, and
a camera that is configured to record a view of activity in the room,

wherein the medical cabinet system is configured to store serial numbers for individual items stored in the drawers by loading the serial number when the item is scanned using an optical scanner and inserted in the drawers, and wherein the cabinet maintains the status of the items using the serial numbers when authorized users take items from the cabinet; and
a plurality of portable open-top inventory trays, wherein the trays are adapted to be placed on a table top or shelf, and each of the trays comprises a planar top surface adapted to be open for access by hand of users, regardless of whether users are authenticated, to receive packaged medicine or other regulated healthcare related device for stocking or dispensing on the trays, wherein the trays are configured to be positioned in the room, wherein each of the trays comprises a weight sensor configured to detect a change in the weight of the items on the tray;
wherein the cabinet system is configured to allow users to login to the system while in view of the cabinet to authenticate the user and record video of users that interact with the trays,
wherein the system is configured to update the serial number of the item taken from the tray, and
whereby the trays provide an expansion of the cabinet by providing one or more trays that provide open access to items from the top side of the tray,
wherein when the weight sensor of the tray is activated by a weight change of the items on the tray:
the tray switches to an active mode from a sleep mode in which operating in a lower power mode than the active mode until the weight sensor is activated,
the cabinet activates the camera to record a user including the user's action,
the tray communicates with another nearby device via wireless communications an update including the weight change, and
during the sleep mode, the tray maintains the time and measures time since last update was transmitted.