ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,643, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Shoalter Automation Ltd. (Hong Kong).
"Automated retail store and system" was invented by Wai Kay Wong (Hong Kong), Chi Kong Lau (Hong Kong), Yuet Mei Tsang (Hong Kong), Chiu Yuen Yeung (Hong Kong), Lok Hei Leung (Hong Kong), Wai Kin Wong (Hong Kong) and Clement Chek Bong Cheung (Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated retail store system for providing automated storage of multiple items and scheduled handling of a customer order for said items at a single retail site, including: a store control system adapted to operate under the control of control signals generated based on orde...