An intelligent payment terminal installed on a shopping cart includes a mounting seat, an mounting assembly adapted to the shopping cart, an information acquisition module for acquiring goods information, a control module for making payment for the goods in the shopping cart, and a power supply module. The mounting assembly is arranged at a lower end of the mounting seat. The information acquisition module is arranged on a side wall of the mounting seat. The control module is arranged on an upper end of the mounting seat. The power supply module is arranged on the mounting seat. The power supply module is electrically connected to the control module. The control module is electrically connected to the information acquisition module. The intelligent payment terminal can be adapted according to the size of the shopping cart and is capable of a payment function.

A cart robot analyzing a hand motion of a user is disclosed. The cart robot comprises a code input interface obtaining a product identification code, a sensor detecting a hand motion of a user, a weight measuring device measuring a weight of one or more products contained in a product loading space, and a controller. When there is no change in weight of the loaded products, the cart robot updates a shopping list with respect to the products loaded in the product loading space in real time by analyzing the hand motion of the user. Therefore, the convenience of the user is enhanced.

A shopping cart basket comprises one or more modular baskets couplable to a bottom basket having a plurality of wheels extending downwardly to allow the shopping cart basket to roll. Each of the modular baskets has a foldable bottom wall that can act as a bottom of a separate basket or can be folded against a side wall of the modular basket. The modular baskets could be used to hold items within a smaller compartment, and can be combined with the bottom basket to form a roll-able shopping cart having a larger compartment. Such a cart is advantageously used in a store, such as a grocery store, a retail shopping mall, or a home improvement store.

A system for monitoring and controlling shopping cart usage comprises a wheel assembly that attaches to a shopping cart. In some embodiments the wheel assembly includes a wheel, a brake that can be activated to inhibit rotation of the wheel, a controller that controls the brake, a VLF receiver, and an RF transceiver. The RF transceiver may, for example, operate in a 2.4 GHz frequency band. In some implementations, the RF transceiver may be used to detect entry of the shopping cart into a checkout area of the store, and the VLF receiver may be used to detect that the shopping cart is exiting the store. The controller may activate the brake if the shopping cart attempts to exit the store without first passing through a checkout area.

A contactless power feeding device for charging a battery disposed on a cart by contactless power feeding includes a plurality of first power feeding units in a row along a first direction. Each includes a power transmitter configured to transmit electric power to a power receiver attached to a cart. The device has plurality of tracks along which wheels of the cart move, and a housing connected to the one of the first power feeding units located at an end of the row. The housing includes a surface that serves as an end of each of the tracks. A first relay board is in the housing and configured to relay electric power from an external power supply to the plurality of first power feeding units.

According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a processing circuit having programmed instructions to: determine a cart location of a shopping cart that is moved by a customer and used for transportation of a merchandise purchased by the customer; and provide a notification for promoting a return of the shopping cart to a return area for returning the shopping cart in response to a determination that (i) the shopping cart is located in a place outside of the return area and (ii) a stay time of the shopping cart at the place outside the return area exceeds a threshold length of time.

A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart, a locationing component, and a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for a product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of the product within the store relative to the shopping cart, and wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the advertised product relative to the location of the shopping cart.

Self-checkout vehicle systems and methods comprising a self-checkout vehicle having a camera(s), a weight sensor(s), and a processor configured to: (i) identify via computer vision a merchandise item selected by a shopper based on an identifier affixed to the selected item, and (ii) calculate a price of the merchandise item based on the identification and weight of the selected item. Computer vision systems and methods for identifying merchandise selected by a shopper comprising a processor configured to: (i) identify an identifier affixed to the selected merchandise and an item category of the selected merchandise, and (ii) compare the identifier and item category identified in each respective image to determine the most likely identification of the merchandise.

A cart has a wheeled base unit with a first frame portion on one side and a second frame portion on another. The frame portions are coupled by a frontend part. A handle unit connects the frame portions at a backside of the cart and also connects the base unit to a basket. An inner frame portion is between the frame portions and extends to the frontend part of the base unit. The inner frame portion includes a front contact portion and a stopper portion. A spacer portion is attached to the inner frame portion closer to the backside of the base unit than the stopper portion. The spacer portion is positioned to contact a front contact portion of another cart when carts are nested. A coupling portion is sandwiched between the inner frame portion and a frontend part of another cart when carts are nested.

Disclosed is a trolley with a limit structure, including: a base destined to carry articles and equipped with wheels; a trolley frame fixedly connected to the base and having a handle for hand holding; a first limit plate provided at one side of the base near the trolley head and destined to limit the movement of an article being carried; and a second limit piece provided at one side of the base near the trolley tail and destined to limit the movement of the article being carried, the second limit piece appearing as a slope element having a substantially triangular end surface, and the slope element having a bevel facing the first limit plate. Even the length of goods exceeds the base, the goods can still be obliquely placed in the bearing space formed by the first limit plate, the second limit piece and the base.