A universal support clip for coupling a mobile electronic device to a shopping cart comprises a bar clamping member, which comprises a first end; a second end having a base portion constructed and arranged to accommodate a plurality of different device mount interfaces; and a body portion between the first and second ends, the body portion including a curved interior wall for receiving a portion of a handlebar of the shopping cart from the first end in an open state and for securing to the portion of the handlebar when the first end is in a closed state

A system, comprising: at least one shopping cart having a terminal for outputting and/or receiving information, an energy storage unit for supplying power to the terminal, and an interface unit for at least receiving power for charging the energy storage unit; and at least one mobile charging unit which comprises: a housing; a power supply device configured to provide power for charging the energy storage unit, the power supply device being positioned within the housing.

An automated checkout system accesses an image of an item inside a shopping cart and receives an identifier determined for the item inside the cart. The automated checkout system determines a load measurement for the item inside the cart using load sensors coupled to the cart. The automated checkout system encodes a feature vector of the item based at least on the determined weight, the accessed image, and the determined identifier. The automated checkout system inputs the feature vector to a machine-learning model to determine a confidence score describing a likelihood that the identifier determined for the item matches the item placed inside the cart. If the confidence score is less than a threshold confidence score, the automated checkout system generates a notification alerting an operator of an anomaly in the identifier.

A shopping cart includes a cart body, a handle attached to the cart body on a front side thereof, a terminal attached to the cart body and including a display screen on a rear side of the cart body and on which information of an item stored in the shopping cart can be displayed, and a basket table attached to the cart body at a position lower than the display screen and the handle and located between the display screen and the handle when viewed from above.

This disclosure describes, in part, a mobile apparatus for identifying items within a facility using an omnidirectional imaging system. For instance, the mobile apparatus may include a main frame, a chassis attached to the main frame, a basket that attaches to the chassis in order to prevent the basket from contacting the main frame, and an omnidirectional imaging system providing image data in and around the mobile apparatus. A user may place item(s) within a receptacle of the basket. The mobile apparatus may further include a handlebar module attached to the main frame, the handlebar module including the omnidirectional imaging system and a computing system for identifying items and events in and around the cart.

A mobile phone holder is mounted to a seat back or a similar support surface of a shopping cart. The holder is a generally S-shaped clip with one bend (a mounting bend) that engages the top edge of a panel of a shopping cart and another bend (a holding bend) that receives an object to be held, such as a phone. A cutout window reveals the microphone of the held phone and/or control or home button. A back of an intermediate panel includes a horizontal flange to maintain the holder at a viewing angle relative to the seat back.

Various embodiments herein relate to powered pusher devices configured to push wheeled objects from one location to another. Further embodiments relate to wheeled objects such as carts for transporting items from one location to another. Other embodiments relate to platform powered pushers that can be coupled to a family of various wheeled objects.

Described in detail herein are systems and methods for interacting with an interactive display using a shopping cart. A biometric device integrated with the handle portion on a shopping cart can detect and discriminate between user attributes. At least one RFID tags can store the captured biometric information associated with the user attributes. A RFID reader and a computing system can be disposed within a predetermined distance of the shopping cart. The RFID reader can communicate with the at least one RFID tag in response to the at least one RFID tag being with a range of the at least one RFID reader to transfer the biometric information stored in the RFID tag to the RFID reader. The RFID reader can transmit the biometric information to the computing system. The computing system can authenticate the user based on the biometric information received via the at least one RFID reader.

Disclosed is a trolley for carrying articles, including a base for carrying articles with wheels; a trolley frame fixedly connected to the base and extending upwards, the trolley frame forming a baffle at the front side of the base, the trolley frame including an upper portion, a middle portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion is connected to the front end of the base, the middle portion is provided with a foldable storage unit, and the upper portion is provided with a handle; and the base and the trolley frame form a carrying space, the foldable storage unit is provided with a retracted location and an unfolded location at which a storage space formed by the foldable storage unit occupies a part of the carrying space. A user may decide to unfold or retract the storage unit as necessary to properly place the articles being carried.

An electronic device mounting system for mounting an electronic device to a cart includes a cart that may have a child seated therein. An electronic device is provided and a mounting unit is removably coupled to the cart. The electronic device is removably positioned in the mounting unit and the mounting unit is positioned at a selected orientation with respect to the cart. In this way the mounting unit facilitates the electronic device to be accessible to the child thereby occupying the child.