公开(公告)号：US20190210772A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US16327018

申请日：2017-08-22

Applicant: Carnegie Mellon University

Inventor： Daragh Joseph Byrne ,  Jonathan Cagan ,  Stephen Van Marter Krotseng ,  Shraddha Premjibhai Joshi

IPC: B65D43/26 ,  H04W4/80 ,  E05B47/00 ,  B65D25/04 ,  E05G1/08 ,  E05G1/00

CPC classification number: B65D43/26 ,  B65D25/04 ,  B65D43/267 ,  B65D2543/00166 ,  E05B47/0002 ,  E05B2047/0094 ,  E05G1/005 ,  E05G1/08 ,  E05Y2900/602 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: Provided is a storage container including a base and a cartridge container attachable to the base. The cartridge container defines a plurality of internal chambers and includes a plurality of individually operable doors, each of the plurality of doors corresponding to one of the internal chambers. The storage container further includes a plurality of individually addressable actuators disposed in at least one of the base and the cartridge container, each of the plurality of actuators corresponding to one of the doors. A microprocessor is programmed or configured to receive at least one instruction from a server computer, and transmit a command, based on the at least one instruction, to actuate one of the plurality of actuators. Actuating one of the plurality of actuators causes the corresponding door to move from a closed position to an opened position. Systems and methods are provided for remote and immediate dispensing of articles.