Jacobus M Berkhout

20110000760, Jan 6, 2011

Jul 1, 2010

12/829366

Raffi Mekhitarian - Shadow Hills CA, US
Dikran Babikian - Glendale CA, US
Jacobus Marcus Berkhout - Menlo Park CA, US
Robert Riccomini - Saratoga CA, US
William Conway - Moorpark CA, US
Peter Hues - San Jose CA, US

G07F 9/10
B65D 83/00

194350, 221156, 221 97, 221 1

A vending apparatus and method of vending a product. Embodiments of a vending apparatus include a dispense mechanism configured to dispense a product, the dispense mechanism including a chamber that is rotatable relative to an opening of the dispense mechanism for aligning the product with the opening and dispensing the product therethrough. Further embodiments of a vending apparatus include a coin mechanism for receiving at least one coin before the vending apparatus dispenses a product, the coin mechanism including a delay mechanism configured to slow movement of an actuating device for avoiding jamming of the at least one coin in the coin mechanism.

20120127257, May 24, 2012

Nov 18, 2010

12/949614

Torence Lu - Fremont CA, US
Monica Shen Knotts - San Jose CA, US
Ashok T. Desai - Fremont CA, US
Richard T. Wales - Sunnyvale CA, US
Jacobus M. Berkhout - Menlo Park CA, US
Michael C. Makay - Santa Clara CA, US

H04N 7/14

348 1401, 348E07077

An apparatus is provided in one example and includes a camera configured to receive image data associated with an end user involved in a video session. The apparatus further includes a display configured to interface with the camera. The camera and the display cooperate such that the apparatus can initiate the video session involving the end user, and activate a retracting mechanism configured to move the camera such that the camera is retracted from a view of the display and the camera moves to an inactive state.