Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Constructing shopper carts using video surveillance
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Application No.: US16177744Application Date: 2018-11-01
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Publication No.: US10943128B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Brent Vance Zucker , Stefan Bjelcevic , Adam Justin Lieberman
- Applicant: NCR Corporation
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: NCR Corporation
- Current Assignee: NCR Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner
- Main IPC: G06K7/14
- IPC: G06K7/14 ; G06K9/00 ; G06K7/10 ; G06Q20/12 ; G06Q30/06 ; H04N5/247 ; G06T7/20 ; G06K9/62

Abstract:
A system can visually track which items in a store are selected for purchase by a shopper. The system can form a virtual shopping cart by analyzing multiple images, over time, to determine which purchasable items are located with the shopper, such as in a physical shopping cart, in a basket, or held by the shopper. By analyzing multiple images, over time, the system can account for items misidentified in one or more images, or fully or partially obscured in one or more images as the shopper traverses the store. Alternatively, the system can form a virtual shopping cart by analyzing instances in which a purchasable item is removed from a shelf or placed on a shelf. Items removed from, but not returned to, a shelf can be considered to be selected for purchase. The system can include a frictionless checkout that charges the shopper for the selected items.
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