US 12,711,285 B2 · Smart cart security with auditing

Abstract

Methods and a system for automated smart cart security and auditing are provided. A cart includes one or more cameras mounted thereon to monitor items placed in the cart. The system performs local item recognition on the items placed in the cart by a mobile shopping device, focusing particularly on high-value items to prevent shrink. When discrepancies are detected between scanned items and items placed in the cart, the system accumulates audit points based on factors including, by way of example only, customer trust level, store shrink rates, and transaction risk scores. Upon reaching configured thresholds, the system triggers automated audit interventions that must be resolved before checkouts at self-service checkout (SCO) terminals.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

triggering an activation of at least one camera mounted to a cart during a shopping journey of a customer within a store based on a receipt of a first item code scanned by a mobile device of the customer during a self-shopping transaction;
attempting to perform a local visual item recognition on at least one image provided by the at least one camera;
determining whether the first item code matches a second item code when the performing returns a second item code;
assigning audit points to the self-shopping transaction based on at least the determining;
and
initiating an audit intervention for the self-shopping transaction when the customer initiates a checkout at a self-service terminal (SST) and the audit points exceed a threshold.

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Smart cart security with auditing

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Smart cart security with auditing

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