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US 2014/0180848 A1Published application
Estimating Point Of Sale Wait Times
AssigneeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
InventorsStuart Argue, Anthony Emile Marcar
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AssigneeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
InventorsStuart Argue, Anthony Emile Marcar
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Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing an estimate of the delay to check out at a store for a target time and date. A user computing device may receive or infer target data such as a time, date, and location at which a user would like to go shopping. The target data may then be input to a delay model for a target location. The delay model returns a checkout delay estimate that is provided to a requesting user. In some embodiment, alternate locations to a target location that provide a shorter wait time may be identified. In some embodiments, delay estimates may be based on throughput data for cashiers working at a target time. The delay model may be trained or updated using observations of wait times based on images of a queue at a POS station.
A method for delay estimation, the method comprising:
A system for delay estimation, the system comprising one or more processors and one or more memory devices operably coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memory devices storing executable and operational code effective to cause the one or more processors to:
A method for delay estimation, the method comprising:
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