公开(公告)号：US20190282001A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-19

申请号：US16136177

申请日：2018-09-19

Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.

Inventor： Wei Deng ,  Shijie Cao ,  Hongyan Pei ,  Huawei Yu

IPC: A47F10/02 ,  A47F5/00 ,  G01C3/12

Abstract: The present application proposes an apparatus and method for detecting stock-out of articles on a rack and a rack. The apparatus includes: a distance detector configured to detect a distance between the article farthest from a first end and one of the first end and a second end; and a controlling and processing unit communicatively connected to the distance detector and configured to determine whether the articles are out of stock based on the distance.