Patent ID: 9630639
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A47F,B60K,B60T,B62B,G01C,G06K,G06Q,G08B,G08G,H02K,H04W,Y10T

Claim:
1. A system for training a non-motorized retail cart, the system comprising: a portable training object positioned on a first non-motorized cart, the portable training object comprising a dead reckoning navigation system that is configured to determine, record, and store coordinate data related to the shape and extent of a confinement area of a retail environment, the dead reckoning navigation system comprising: a transmitter configured to provide a signal indicative of a reference direction; a receiver positioned on a second non-motorized cart, the receiver configured to receive the signal indicative of the reference direction; a cart navigation system positioned on the second non-motorized cart and in communication with the receiver, the cart navigation system configured to receive the coordinate data and the reference direction, the cart navigation system also configured to calculate a position and heading of the second non-motorized cart based at least in part on the coordinate data and the reference direction; and a movement inhibition system on the second non-motorized cart, the movement inhibition system configured to inhibit movement of the second non-motorized cart in response to an inhibition signal from the cart navigation system, the inhibition signal provided when a theft condition is satisfied.