Patents by Inventor Tudor Andronic
Tudor Andronic has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12387252Abstract: A method operates a sales device for goods. The method includes: detecting, using a shelf with automatic removal monitoring, a removed item and determining item data of the removed item; receiving the item data of the removed item; adding the item data of the removed item to a list of items intended for payment; receiving an item number from a product scanner; adding the item associated with the item number to a list associated with the product scanner; identifying the product scanner at the sales device; collecting, with at least one sensor, data about items in a shopping cart or a shopping basket which is located on a support plate of the sales device; and validating the list of items associated with the product scanner on the basis of the data from the at least one sensor and the list of items intended for payment.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KGInventors: Tudor Andronic, Meik Huber
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Patent number: 12254455Abstract: A method operates a sales device for goods. The method includes: detecting, using a shelf with automatic removal monitoring, a removed item and determining item data of the removed item; reading out a customer identification number of a customer in a vicinity of the shelf from which the removed item has been removed; receiving, by a controller, the item data of the removed item and the customer identification number; adding, with the controller, the item data of the removed item and the customer identification number to a list of items intended for payment; and detecting, with a detector, items for which a payment transaction is to be executed. The detector has at least one sensor and an evaluator and for detecting articles, at least the data of the sensor and the list of items intended for payment are being made available to the evaluator as input variables.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2024Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KGInventors: Tudor Andronic, Meik Huber
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Patent number: 12198178Abstract: A method operates a sales device for goods. The method includes: detecting, using a shelf with automatic removal monitoring, a removed item and determining item data of the removed item; receiving, by a controller, the item data of the removed item; adding, with the controller, the item data of the removed item to a list of items intended for payment; and detecting, with a detector, items for which a payment transaction is to be executed, the detector having at least one sensor and an evaluator. For detecting the items, at least data of the sensor and the list of items intended for payment is made available to the evaluator as input variables.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KGInventor: Tudor Andronic
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Publication number: 20240144218Abstract: A method operates a sales device for goods. The method includes: detecting, using a shelf with automatic removal monitoring, a removed item and determining item data of the removed item; reading out a customer identification number of a customer in a vicinity of the shelf from which the removed item has been removed; receiving, by a controller, the item data of the removed item and the customer identification number; adding, with the controller, the item data of the removed item and the customer identification number to a list of items intended for payment; and detecting, with a detector, items for which a payment transaction is to be executed. The detector has at least one sensor and an evaluator and for detecting articles, at least the data of the sensor and the list of items intended for payment are being made available to the evaluator as input variables.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Tudor ANDRONIC, Meik HUBER
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Patent number: 11900349Abstract: A method operates a sales device for goods. The method includes: detecting, using a shelf with automatic removal monitoring, a removed item and determining item data of the removed item; reading out a customer identification number of a customer in a vicinity of the shelf from which the removed item has been removed; receiving, by a controller, the item data of the removed item and the customer identification number; adding, with the controller, the item data of the removed item and the customer identification number to a list of items intended for payment; and detecting, with a detector, items for which a payment transaction is to be executed. The detector has at least one sensor and an evaluator and for detecting articles, at least the data of the sensor and the list of items intended for payment are being made available to the evaluator as input variables.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: BIZERBA SE & CO. KGInventors: Tudor Andronic, Meik Huber
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Publication number: 20220207504Abstract: A method operates a sales device for goods. The method includes: detecting, using a shelf with automatic removal monitoring, a removed item and determining item data of the removed item; reading out a customer identification number of a customer in a vicinity of the shelf from which the removed item has been removed; receiving, by a controller, the item data of the removed item and the customer identification number; adding, with the controller, the item data of the removed item and the customer identification number to a list of items intended for payment; and detecting, with a detector, items for which a payment transaction is to be executed. The detector has at least one sensor and an evaluator and for detecting articles, at least the data of the sensor and the list of items intended for payment are being made available to the evaluator as input variables.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Tudor Andronic, Meik Huber
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Publication number: 20220207591Abstract: A method operates a sales device for goods. The method includes: detecting, using a shelf with automatic removal monitoring, a removed item and determining item data of the removed item; receiving, by a controller, the item data of the removed item; adding, with the controller, the item data of the removed item to a list of items intended for payment; and detecting, with a detector, items for which a payment transaction is to be executed, the detector having at least one sensor and an evaluator. For detecting the items, at least data of the sensor and the list of items intended for payment is made available to the evaluator as input variables.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventor: Tudor Andronic
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Publication number: 20220207595Abstract: A method operates a sales device for goods. The method includes: detecting, using a shelf with automatic removal monitoring, a removed item and determining item data of the removed item; receiving the item data of the removed item; adding the item data of the removed item to a list of items intended for payment; receiving an item number from a product scanner; adding the item associated with the item number to a list associated with the product scanner; identifying the product scanner at the sales device; collecting, with at least one sensor, data about items in a shopping cart or a shopping basket which is located on a support plate of the sales device; and validating the list of items associated with the product scanner on the basis of the data from the at least one sensor and the list of items intended for payment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Tudor Andronic, Meik Huber