Item detection point of sale system

A point of sale (POS) system, comprising:

• with the POS system having a terminal station apparatus and a bagging station apparatus with a bagging area, the terminal station apparatus includes a scanning platform having a scanning window and an optical scanner operable to scan through the scanning window a visual object identifier code disposed on an object while transferred over the scanning window, the POS system being operationally coupled to an optical sensor device having an optical sensor with a field of view that includes a region about the POS system and operable to capture an image that includes the POS region, the POS region includes a set of POS subregions with a POS subregion associated with a container configured to carry one or more objects, a POS subregion associated with the scanning window, and a POS subregion associated with the bagging area;
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• wherein the POS system further includes processing circuitry and a memory, with the memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry whereby the processing circuitry is configured to:
• identify an interacted object from a set of detected objects that is interacted with in the POS region as displayed in a set of successive images based on the set of detected objects and successive image data that represents the set of successive images of the POS region captured by the optical sensor;
• determine a set of successive image segmentation masks representing segmentation of the interacted object, the set of detected objects, and the set of POS subregions displayed in the set of successive images based on the successive image data;
• determine a set of detected object characteristics based on the set of successive image segmentation masks, the set of detected object characteristics including a distance between at least one of the set of detected objects and at least one of the set of POS subregions and a distance between the interacted object and the container from initial detection of the interacted object in the POS region to a last detection of the interacted object in the POS region;
• extract a set of interacted object track characteristics that corresponds to the interaction with the interacted object in the POS region as displayed in the set of successive images based on the set of detected object characteristics determined from the set of successive image segmentation masks representing segmentation of the interacted object, the set of detected objects and the set of POS subregions displayed in the set of successive images;
• apply an artificial intelligence model to the set of interacted object track characteristics to obtain an indication that the interacted object is transferred to the POS subregion associated with the bagging area without being scanned and a corresponding confidence level, the artificial intelligence model having been trained based on a set of predetermined interacted object track characteristics related to an object interacted with in the POS region from initial detection of that object in the POS region to a last detection of that object in the POS region that is proximate the POS subregion associated with the bagging area and without being scanned;
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• determine that the interacted object is transferred to the POS subregion associated with the bagging area without being scanned based on the indication and the corresponding confidence level.

A point of sale (POS) system, comprising:

• a terminal station apparatus having a scanning platform that includes a scanning window and an optical scanner device operable to scan through the scanning window a visual object identifier code disposed on an object while transferred over the scanning window;
• a bagging station apparatus having a bagging area;
• an optical sensor device having an optical sensor with a field of view that includes a region about the POS system and operable to capture an image that includes the POS region, with the POS region having a set of POS subregions including a POS subregion associated with a container, a POS subregion associated with the scanning window, and a POS subregion associated with the bagging area;
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• a processing circuitry and a memory containing instructions executable by the processing circuitry whereby the processing circuitry is operative to:
• identify an interacted object from a set of detected objects that is interacted with in the POS region as displayed in a set of successive images based on the set of detected objects and successive image data that represents the set of successive images of the POS region captured by the optical sensor;
• determine a set of successive image segmentation masks representing segmentation of the interacted object, the set of detected objects, and the set of POS subregions displayed in the set of successive images based on the successive image data;
• determine a set of detected object characteristics based on the set of successive image segmentation masks, the set of detected object characteristics including a distance between at least one of the set of detected objects and at least one of the set of POS subregions and a distance between the interacted object and the container from initial detection of the interacted object in the POS region to a last detection of the interacted object in the POS region;
• extract a set of interacted object track characteristics that corresponds to the interaction with the interacted object in the POS region as displayed in the set of successive images based on the set of detected object characteristics determined from the set of successive image segmentation masks representing segmentation of the interacted object, the set of detected objects and the set of POS subregions displayed in the set of successive images;
• apply an artificial intelligence model to the set of interacted object track characteristics to obtain an indication that the interacted object is transferred to the POS subregion associated with the bagging area without being scanned and a corresponding confidence level, with the artificial intelligence model having been trained based on a set of predetermined interacted object track characteristics related to an object interacted with in the POS region from initial detection of that object in the POS region to a last detection of that object in the POS region that is proximate the POS subregion associated with the bagging area and without being scanned;
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• determine that the interacted object is transferred to the POS subregion associated with the bagging area without being scanned based on the indication and the corresponding confidence level.