Patent №
US 8,060,246
Granted
2011-11-15
Filed 2008
Owner
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
Lab
—
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12347119
A networked items dispenser is disclosed. The device includes a housing having a bulk storage bin for storing items, a temporary storage bin for receiving the items, and a dispensing receptacle for receiving the items from the temporary storage bin. A communications network interface is provided for entering programming instructions. A programmable internal memory device is also included for storing a schedule for dispensing the items, such that the schedule can be automatically adjusted according to a hierarchy of dispensing rules.
AI classification
Ownership
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
assignment · 220460278
Assignors
BERG, MICHEL J.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.