US 12,646,280 B1 · Item-identifying carts

Abstract

This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying, mobile cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify a user operating the cart and items that the user places into a basket of the cart. In addition, the cart may update a virtual shopping cart of the identified user to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include multiple imaging devices and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The mobile cart may also include an imaging device oriented away from the basket such that a user operating the mobile cart may scan a user identifier using this imaging device to enable recognition of the user.

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A mobile cart comprising:

a frame comprising:
a bottom having a perimeter;
one or more sides coupled to and extending upward from the perimeter of the bottom, the bottom and the one or more sides defining a receptacle;
a camera coupled to the frame and directed at least partly towards the receptacle;
a display coupled to the frame;
one or more processors;
and
one or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
receive first data indicating a user identifier for determining an identity of a user associated with the mobile cart;
cause the display to present second data based at least in part on determining the identity of the user from the user identifier;
cause the camera to generate image data;
and
determine that the image data represents an item identifier associated with an item.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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