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Mark Robert Hacker0
Raegen Henry Siegfried0
Date of Patent
April 20, 2021
Patent Application Number
16567001
Date Filed
September 11, 2019
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Patent abstract
A method of vending a product (n) in an automated vending machine (28) includes displaying an initial stock (S) of several products (n) on a display shelf (34), and identifying any product (13) removed therefrom by a customer (48) not by detecting the removed product (13) itself, but by comparing images (50,52) of the displayed stock (S) before and after product removal to determine any product (13) missing in the post-image (52) of remaining stock (S-(S-P)), and then charging payment for the missing product (13) to the customer (48).
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