Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self checkout system
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Application No.: US17171155Application Date: 2021-02-09
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Publication No.: US11620880B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Mohammad Khojastepour , Mustafa Arslan , Sampath Rangarajan , Eugene Chai , Carlos Bocanegra
- Applicant: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Princeton
- Assignee: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Princeton
- Agent Joseph Kolodka
- Main IPC: G07G1/00
- IPC: G07G1/00 ; G06Q20/20 ; G06K7/10 ; G06K19/07 ; G06N3/04 ; G06N3/08 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06Q20/18 ; G07C9/00 ; G06Q10/087

Abstract:
Systems and methods for is provided for self-checkout at a point-of-sale. The system and method includes a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) transceivers, an RFID reader, wherein the RFID reader is configured to receive a response with an RFID code from each of a plurality of RFID tags activated simultaneously by at least one of the plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) transceivers, and decode the RFID code from the response received from each of the RFID tags, and a classifier configured to determine whether each of the plurality of RFID tags is inside or outside a walk-through checkout area inside a store, wherein the system calculates an amount charged to a customer based on the cost of the items identified as within the walk-through checkout area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210248879A1 SELF CHECKOUT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-08-12
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