Automated point of sale system

A system for automatically analyzing a personal service session between a merchant and a customer and completing a transaction therefor, comprising at least one processor configured to communicate with at least one video camera configured for monitoring a service location, the at least one processor being configured or programmed to:

• determine, based at least partially on an identification of at least one start trigger event, that a personal service session has begun;
• analyze an output from the at least one video camera comprising a plurality of frames of video data collected during the personal service session to identify at least one sequence of frames of the video data;
• identify at least one service transition trigger event occurring after the at least one start trigger event based on monitoring the merchant and the customer with the at least one video camera and analyzing the output, wherein the at least one service transition trigger event represents a transition between a first type of service provided by the merchant to the customer and a second type of service provided by the merchant to the customer during the personal service session;
• automatically match at least one frame of the at least one sequence of frames preceding the at least one service transition trigger event to the first type of service and at least one frame of the at least one sequence of frames succeeding the at least one service transition trigger event to the second type of service that was provided during the personal service session;
• determine that the personal service session has ended based at least partially on an identification of at least one end trigger event;
• automatically determine a duration of at least one of the first type of service and the second type of service;
• determine a transaction value of the personal service session by determining a total value of at least the first type of service and the second type of service, wherein the transaction value is determined based at least partially on the determined duration and a price per unit of time associated with the at least one of the first type of service and the second type of service;
• and
• generate an electronic invoice based at least partially on the determined transaction value.

A computer program product for automatically analyzing a personal service session between a merchant and a customer and completing a transaction therefor using at least one processor configured to communicate with at least one video camera configured to monitor a service location, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• determine, based at least partially on an identification of at least one start trigger event, that a personal service session has begun;
• analyze an output from the at least one video camera comprising a plurality of frames of video data collected during the personal service session to identify at least one sequence of frames of the video data;
• identify at least one service transition trigger event occurring after the at least one start trigger event based on monitoring the merchant and the customer with the at least one video camera and analyzing the output, wherein the at least one transition trigger event represents a transition between a first type of service provided by the merchant to the customer and a second type of service provided by the merchant to the customer during the personal service session;
• automatically match at least one frame of the at least one sequence of frames preceding the at least one service transition trigger event to the first type of service and at least one frame of the at least one sequence of frames succeeding the at least one service transition trigger event to the second type of service that was provided during the personal service session;
• determine that the personal service session has ended based at least partially on an identification of at least one end trigger event;
• automatically determine a duration of at least one of the first type of service and the second type of service;
• determine a transaction value of the personal service session by determining a total value of at least the first type of service and the second type of service, wherein the transaction value is determined based at least partially on the determined duration and a price per unit of time associated with the at least one of the first type of service and the second type of service;
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• generate an electronic invoice based at least partially on the determined transaction value.