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A
HUMAN NECESSITIES
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FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
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Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for
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for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets
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for storing or handling self-service hand-carts or baskets
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Row-length limitation means for stored shopping trolleys
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A47F10/045

SHOPPING CART MONITORING SYSTEM
20190102581 · 2019-04-04 ·

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to detect shopping carts and/or estimate the number of shopping carts in a specified area of a retail facility. In some embodiments, detected magnetic fields from an area are compared with values from a database to estimate the number of shopping carts present, and notifications may be provided regarding actions to be taken based on the arrangement and density of shopping carts in the area.