---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002624"
title: "Automated retail store and system"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:14:16.340104Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002624"
categories:
  - "material-handling/conveying-systems"
keywords:
  - "b65g1/1373"
  - "g06q10/0836"
  - "g06q10/087"
  - "g06q10/087"
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---

# Automated retail store and system

## Abstract

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 order information for an order by a customer, said order information including information representing one or more items and a pickup time; a plurality of storage channels for storing different respective items; a retrieval system adapted to operate under the control of said store control system to: retrieve a plurality of said items in said order information from said channels, and place a plurality of said retrieved items into a delivery container; a conveyor system adapted to operate under the control of said store control system to: move said delivery container to either a storage rack or a locker compartment based on said pickup time, and move said delivery container from said storage rack to an available said locker compartment based on said pickup time; and a verification system adapted to operate under the control of said store control system to: verify an identity of said customer or a unique identifier for said order, and allow said customer to access said items in said locker compartment only when said identity or said identifier has been successfully verified.